Jessica Joy Renshaw

Jessica Joy Renshaw grew up (as Jessica Reynolds) in a family of writers, publishing two books as a teenager, one of them To Russia with Love. As Jessica Shaver (her married name) she wrote the best-selling book Gianna: Aborted and Lived to Tell About It, plus hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers, and taught writing for American Christian Writers around the country. Widowed and remarried, she has written seven books as Jessica Renshaw, including The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age, and a Brave Wooden Boat; The Dog Who Only Ate Tacos; and Merry Christmas, A.D. 1.