About the Authors
Meet the team behind The Vintage Jane Austen series!
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Sarah Holman
Author of Emmeline
Sarah Holman is a not so typical mid-twenties girl: A homeschool graduate, sister to six awesome siblings, and author of many published books and short stories. If there is anything adventuresome about her life, it is because she serves a God with a destiny bigger than anything she could have imagined.
Visit Sarah Holman online at www.thedestinyofone.com
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Kelsey Bryant
Author of Suit and Suitability
Since becoming an Austenite as a teenager, Kelsey has dreamed of writing a book in ode to Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility is one of Kelsey’s favorite novels and Elinor Dashwood is her favorite book character, so it’s easy to imagine her ecstasy as she was writing Suit and Suitability. This is her first published historical fiction work; she has also published two YA contemporary novels.
Kelsey lives in Central Texas with her family, where she’s also a copy editor, a martial arts instructor, and an avid student of the Bible.
Visit Kelsey Bryant online at her author website or her blog: Kelsey’s Notebook
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Sarah Scheele
Author of Bellevere House
Sarah Scheele scribbled incessantly as soon as she could read and write. A heavy background—some might say an overdose—of literature during her childhood set writing into a loop she has yet to escape. That education in classics gave birth to several of her stories, including a rewrite of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park for this collection. She used to wonder why Edmund and Fanny couldn’t have a better resolution?—and so she decided to give them one. Today she does many things with her time. But then she writes, which is the most important thing to mention in an author’s biography. Sarah lives on a farm in Texas with a ladylike cat and a tomboyish Pomeranian.
Visit Sarah Scheele online at www.sarahscheele.com
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Emily Ann Benedict
Author of Perception
Emily has been an admirer of Jane Austen’s writing since the age of twelve, so naturally she jumped at the chance to breathe new life into Jane’s final novel, Persuasion. An administrator by day and writer by night, Emily is the author of the best-selling Father Christmas Series as well as two other mystery novels. When she is not writing, you will probably find her at a coffee shop in California with her husband, discussing movies, history and the indomitable Miss Austen.
Visit Emily Ann Benedict at emilyannbenedict.net
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Rebekah Jones
Author of Presumption and Partiality
Rebekah Jones is first and foremost a follower of the Living God. She started writing as a little girl, seeking to glorify her King with her books and stories. Besides writing, she is an avid reader, songwriter, pianist, singer, artist, and history student. She also loves children. She lives with her family in the Southwestern desert.
Visit Rebekah Jones online at www.rebekahsquill.com
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Hannah Scheele
Cover Designer for The Vintage Jane Austen
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Editor of Second Impressions: A Collection of Fiction Inspired by Jane Austen
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Authors of short stories in Second Impressions
E. Kaiser Writes
Author of Chocolate Surprise, The Mansfield, and Peace in the Orchard
E. Kaiser Writes credits her nearly nomadic childhood for the vast reach of her fictional worlds. She has lived in the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, the plains, the deep forest, the searing Texas summer, and the frozen Minnesota north.
She wears many hats: writer and editor of ad copy, web copy, office correspondence, and fiction; a cowgirl, animal trainer, seamstress, jeweler, artist and…authoress!
Visit her at her blog, her FB author page, and her website, EkaiserWrites.webs.com, where you can find links to her other social media sites.
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Mikayla Holman
Author of Emma’s Irritation
Mikayla Holman is a seventeen-year-old from Central Texas. She is very passionate about writing and photography; she hopes to make one of them her profession someday. Until then, she likes to keep her writing in practice by blogging, emailing, and writing lots of novellas. She fills up her camera card super-fast by taking photos of nature, and occasionally portraits. When not pursuing those hobbies, she can oftentimes be found hanging out with her friends, reading heaps of books, reading blogs, or biking around in the country.
Visit her at ordinarygirlextraordinaryfather.blogspot.com, or any of her other spots on the web: Pinterest, Goodreads, and Instagram.
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Therese Peyton
Author of The Secret of Pemberley Estate
Therese Peyton is a twenty-one-year-old Catholic girl with the heart of a child. Her biggest dream is to write and publish clean and beautiful Japanese manga comics. She’s a Victorian living in modern times who loves drawing, writing, classical music, common sense, and Louisa May Alcott. A homeschool graduate, Therese lives with her mom, dad, and five siblings out in the boonies.
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Gail Bryant
Author of Gently Pursued, Finally Persuaded
Gail Bryant is a sixty-something grandma born and raised in the Chicago area, who, along with her husband, has called Central Texas her home for over thirty-five years.
After observing the enjoyment and satisfaction the budding authors in her daughter’s writing group experienced by creating characters and telling their stories, she wanted to see first-hand what all the fun was about, hence her first short story.
She endeavors to keep her mind and body active and well nourished by learning new things, reading good books, listening to good music, eating good food, and spending time with her grandson, not necessarily in that order.
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Hannah Jones
Hannah Jones, author of “Elaina,” is, most importantly, a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. She has been homeschooled all her life and lives in the Southwest. There are many things she enjoys, including writing, reading, drawing, painting, singing, music, tap dancing, vintage everything, family, and friends, but above all she loves to tell people about the joy of God’s love!
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Jennifer Baxter
Jennifer Baxter, author of “Mother’s Day” and “Maid in Houston,” is a Jane Austen fan girl and hobby author. When she is not writing stories, she is living them in Texas, the greatest state on earth.