James Stuart Bell, Jr., was director of religious publishing at Doubleday, executive director of Bridge Publishing, and executive editor at Moody Publishing. He has written or consulted for more than a dozen other Christian publishers. At present he is the owner of Whitestone Communications, Inc., a literary development agency. His roles include writer, editor, compiler, packager, publishing consultant, and literary agent. He has compiled Cup of Comfort, Life Savors, and God Encounters series, and the co-author of numerous books in the Complete Idiots Guide series. He makes his home in the western suburbs of Chicago and is married with four children.
