Religion/Spirituality

Lake, DeeDee

Birth Year (-Died Year)
1964
Birth City
Portsmouth
Birth State
VA
Current Location
Fountain, CO
Biography

Colorado has been DeeDee’s home for the past sixteen years. A Navy brat and an Army wife, she has lived in fifty houses. She loves her Fountain home the best. She and Seth, her husband of more than thirty-nine years, have two adult kids and their spouses, three grandkids, and five grand-fur babies.

DeeDee is an author, speaker, owner of Cherish Relations Retreats, columnist, and blogger. But her claim to fame is she never meets a stranger. She is The Connection Expert and uses her lifelong skills of connecting to bring people together.

Education/Training
Graduate of George C. Wallace Community College with an AA in English
Graduate of National Speakers Association, Speaker Academy, Denver Chapter
Certified Life Coach
CASA
Organizations
* National Speakers Association, Denver Chapter
* American Christian Fiction Writers
* Christian Independent Publishers and Authors
* Advanced Women Speakers and Authors
* Pikes Peak Christian Church member
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
* Connecting in relationships
* Creating extraordinary marriage relationships through communication, commitment, and humor
* Co-Authoring - how I did it and you can too
* Do's and Don'ts at Author Conferences and in the Writing Industry
* Military Lifestyle - how to connect and keep your marriage sacred

Tracy, David

David Tracy
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1955
Birth City
Denver
Birth State
CO
Current Location
Westminster, CO
Phone (Public)
(303) 439-8787
Occupation(s)
Retired
Biography

David Tracy was born and raised in Denver. He was a Division I athlete at Colorado State University where he graduated in 1977. Upon graduation, he began his career in the publishing industry. He worked for the Denver Catholic Register, The Rocky Mountain News, Boulder Daily Camera, and The Denver Post. He retired early in 2006 before he started his own media company, fueled by his US Patent on a media indicia delivery system. His company and patent was sold in 2014 before his final, official retirement. During COVID isolation, David began work on his first book which was published in November of 2021.

Awards/Honors
NCAA Division I athlete
US Patent # 6990352, awarded January 24, 2006
April 25, 2019 - Became proud Grandfather to Owen and Wyatt Hale!
Education/Training
BA - Colorado State University - 1977
Local Authors Genres
Organizations
Member of Holy Family Catholic Community, Denver.
Speaker Availability
Yes

McKamie, Rebekah

McKamie, Rebekah
Birth City
Colorado Springs
Birth State
CO
Current Location
Calhan, CO
Occupation(s)
Christian Author
Biography

Rebekah Tyne McKamie is a Christian Author residing in Calhan, Colorado. She has lived in Colorado her entire life, only leaving the Colorado Springs area for three years to attend Adams State College (University) in Alamosa. Rebekah has been gathering up truth and adapting it into books for over a decade. In February 2020, she launched Settings Christian Publishing, LLC, with the hope of making books more beautiful and inserting more Biblical truth into Christian literature. She believes: “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.” Proverbs 25:11 Mrs. McKamie is a Youth Pastor’s wife and homeschool mother of three. She sings on the worship team and ministers to the youth of her community through her church, Rocky Mountain Calvary – Ellicott Campus. Above all, she is thankful to serve a loving, gracious God.

Education/Training
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Adams State University (2007)
Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
No

Baxter, William Edwin

Baxter, William Edwin
Birth City
Fullerton
Birth State
CA
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Civilian Contract Worker at Ft. Carson (Service Source Inc. hires people with disabilities to work as contract workers)
Biography

William Edwin Baxter was born on October 11, 1954 in Fullerton, California. He was born with developmental disabilities, but has strive not to let his disabilities defeat him in life, but to go above and beyond them by accomplishing great things and inspiring others to do the same. This became his legacy. He lived most of his life in Orange County, California; but currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On July 9, 2016, William suffered a massive pulmonary embolism which almost ended his life, but he survived. Had he died in the E.R. at Memorial Hospital, his legacy would have died with him. Realizing this, he began to write his first book, entitled W.E.B. Tales (W.E.B. is his initial name for William Edwin Baxter). The book was published as an e-book in May 2018, and as a paperback in July 2018. Other books have been published since W.E.B. Tales which can be found on my author page on amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/William-Edwin-Baxter/e/B07GC44FVR

Awards/Honors
President's Team Award for Service Excellence - from Service Source Inc., August 2015
Employee of the Year Award - from Service Source Inc., in August 2018
Distinguished Toastmaster Award - Highest award from Toastmasters International, February 1996
Education/Training
B.S. Degree, Recreation, California State University, East Bay, 1979 - A.A. Degree, Liberal Arts, Ohlone College, 1977 -Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville, MD, 1974
Published Works Book Jackets
Organizations
Member of Toastmasters International since November 1990
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
I would like to talk about "Going Above and Beyond" disabilities and other obstacles which can stand in the way of working towards one's goals and achieving them (as chronicled in my keynote speech: https://webblog305448100.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/w-e-b-keynote-address/)

Horval, Andrew

Horval, Andrew
Birth City
Cleveland
Birth State
OH
Current Location
Fountain, CO
Occupation(s)
U.S. Army, retired
Biography

Andrew served in the United States Army for 22 years and is a retired Master Sergeant. Upon retirement, Andrew and his family chose to reside in the Pikes Peak region to continue their Christian service within the military and veteran community.

Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Christian/Biblical

Jadusingh, Laul

Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Author - Translator
Biography

A resident of Colorado Springs since 7/2015. Active writer and translator. Have held three book-signings at Bookman bookstore on Colorado Avenue since October 2017.

Education/Training
Harvard University, 1972-1976, Sanskrit and Indian Studies/Buddhist Studies; U.C.Berkeley, 1987-1989, Buddhist Studies
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Buddhism - Yoga Philosophy - Comparative Philosophy (East-West) - Comparative Religions - Indian Philosophies/Religions - Buddhism and Science - Tantra: Buddhist and Hindu

Holland, Jamarr

Birth Year (-Died Year)
1978
Birth City
Harrisburgh
Birth State
PA
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Production Specialist
Biography

Jamarr Holland is a new author who lives in Colorado Springs. As a teenager, he became interested in writing poetry after viewing the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. He has a wide range of interests, which includes pseudoscience, different belief systems, current events and everything in between. He is also a huge X-files fan and comic book geek.

Education/Training
Associate Degree in Biblical Studies
Local Authors Genres
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
My Book - Super Heroes - Religion

Riley, Gina

Riley, Gina
Birth City
Detroit
Birth State
MI
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Former librarian and teacher - Cherokee Two-Spirit Shaman
Biography

I was still living as a man when I moved to in the year 2000. Having been outed as transgender, and fired at the Prep-School where I had been working, I was recruited at the National Librarians' Conference to be the Coordinator of Information and Technology at Mitchell High School, where I was again outed and fired. In 2007, after being outed and fired at CollegeAmerica, I transitioned to living full time as a woman. My storytelling-performances in The Story Project in Colorado Springs and for The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers are viewable on YouTube. I also sing karaoke and do an occasional standup open-mike.

Awards/Honors
First Place - Bowling This Month, Amateur Bowling Writers Contest
First Place - Best Creative Non-Fiction 2013, Loyola Maryland University Literary EZine
Education/Training
Master's Degree in Library Science - Bachelor's Degree in English, Wayne State University, Michigan
Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Storytelling - Transgender - Theory of Mind - Education

Bowersox, Jodi

Author Jodi Bowersox
Pseudonym
J. B. Stockings
Birth City
Franklin
Birth State
NE
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Author, artist, seamstress
Biography

Jodi Bowersox has never liked being put in a box. Over the course of her life, she has been an actress, seamstress, designer, business owner, homeschool teacher, kid's choir director, and artist, so it's only natural that her writing would take on an eclectic flare as well.

Her romance novels span genres from faith fiction to suspense to time travel to sci fi with small town and big city settings. Several have won awards from the Colorado Book Awards, the Colorado Authors League, and the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. She has also been named a finalist in the American Fiction Awards and the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards.

In addition to novels, she has children's picture books to her credit under the name J.B. Stockings that include her new series of books for birth to three that she calls Sing-a-Story books.

As an award-winning watercolor artist, Jodi specializes in pet portraits and has illustrated a couple of her children’s books herself. A Tale of Two Kitties and Cats feature some of her favorite pets. You can read more about Jodi’s writing and other creative endeavors, as well as read samples of her books, at jodibowersox.com.

Jodi lives in the heart of Colorado Springs with her husband and too many cats where they never get tired of looking at the mountain views.

Education/Training
B.A. in Theater from Sterling College, Sterling KS
Published Works Book Jackets
Organizations
Member of the Colorado Authors League
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
* The Writing Process
* The Editing Process

Gomez King, Royce

Birth City
Colorado Springs
Birth State
CO
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Author - speaker - consultant
Biography

Royce Gomez King has been a serial entrepreneur for more than 25 years and is an SBDC Certified Coach, Certified Direct Response Copywriter, and frequent trainer on online marketing strategies. Her education in Nonprofit Management and working with executives extends internationally through speaking and consulting. Her columns and business advice have been published in the Small Business Expert Forum, Huffington Post, Carol Roth, Charity Magazine, and more. 

With the release of Unwrapping Your Worth in Christ: Relishing Moments With God, Royce is serving missionaries around the world and is committed to helping others develop a relationship with Jesus. In addition, Royce has served in volunteer ministry for nearly 30 years. She’s held leadership roles within the church, including youth group leader, Bible study leader, retreat speaker, and others. Her heart for at-risk populations has always spurred her to serve and mentor women and young girls.

Today Royce and her husband reside in Colorado, and have two grown children and a precious granddaughter. She enjoys hiking, traveling, good food, and reading.

Organizations
Toastmasters
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
* Empowering women
* Adversity
* Communication
* Healthy boundaries
* Social enterprise
* Travel hacking