from Staunton, Virginia

Caleb Grimes lives and writes in Staunton, VA after having moved from Northern Virginia 2 years ago. Caleb participated in the 4th Annual Book 'Em in Waynesboro, VA in 2007 and will return in the fall for the 5th Annual event.

Caleb is happy to be a participant in the 1st Book 'Em event in Charleston. He will be returning to his roots as he graduated from Wando High School and the College of Charleston. Prior to moving to Staunton, Caleb held a job as a carriage tour guide in downtown Charleston.

The Star Wars movies have always been inspiring to him and so he wrote a book about all those spiritual and practical truths that show up in the movies that relate to life outside the Star Wars universe. He is currently writing a novel. His wife, Leslie, is an abstract painter and his son, Sam, likes to play Star Wars.

Caleb will be signing Star Wars Jesus - A spiritual commentary on the reality of the Force.

                     from Newport News, Virginia

Denise Jeffries has been writing since 1993.  Having journaled life events since she was a child, on the prompting of a friend she decided to put those thoughts and dreams into books.  She has two single titles, four anthologies and four published short stores to her fiction writing credits plus numerous nonfiction articles and essays.  She is known for bringing the characters alive in her stories while adding a touch of wit, mystery and suspense.  Denise, a Registered Nurse, resides with husband, Leon in Newport News, Virginia.  When she is not writing, thinking about writing or providing workshops on writing, she works as an Assistant manager of a cardiac unit. She loves traveling, reading and killing off people in her books and she does each one with flare and pizzazz.

                  from Waynesboro, Virginia

Bob Johnson is the pastor of the Blue Ridge Chapel Church of the Brethren in Waynesboro, Virginia. Chaplain Bob is a Master Chaplain with the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC), where he currently serves as a disaster response team member and holds life membership. He also serves as the Mid-East Regional Director for the organization, providing administrative leadership for chaplains in seven states and the Washington D.C. area.

Chaplain Bob served two tours of duty at the World Trade Center disaster site in New York. He also served as the point man for the ICPC in Gulfport, Mississippi, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, serving the police departments of Gulfport, Long Beach, and Pass Christian. His inspirational book, I Saw God in the Midst of Tragedy, recounts his volunteer experiences following 9/11 in New York City.