Brenda Peterson is a writing teacher and the author of seventeen books, including her first memoir Build Me an Ark, chosen as a 'Best Spiritual Book of 2001' (Spirituality and Health magazine) and three novels, one of which, Duck and Cover, was chosen by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year. The Christian Science Monitor selected her 2010 memoir, I Want to Be Left Behind, among the 'Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of the Year'. Sarah Jane Freymann is also a writing teacher and has been a literary agent since 1974. She is the founder and president of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, which has a strong commitment to serious self-help and spiritual books and she has worked closely with several authors whose memoirs have made New York Times Bestseller lists.