Sarah M. Wells is the author of The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Bible to Help Kids and Parents Engage and Love Scripture; a novella-length essay, The Valley of Achor, available on Kindle; a collection of poems, Pruning Burning Bushes; and a chapbook of poems, Acquiesce, winner of the 2008 Starting Gate Award. Sarah’s work has been honored with four Pushcart Prize nominations. Her essays have been listed as Notable Essays six times in The Best American Essays. She is a 2018 recipient of an Ohio Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Sarah serves as the Director of Content Marketing at Spire Advertising. She resides in Ashland, Ohio with her husband, Brandon, and their three children, Lydia, Elvis, and Henry. sarahmariewells.com