Award winning author, Anne Hope, is a former Christian singer/songwriter who grew up in a small town in North Carolina. She received her graduate and undergraduate degrees at Wake Forest University where she also played basketball. She has been a college professor, a division I college basketball coach and college administrator. She has been active in Christian ministry over the years, including initiating campus groups of Athletes in Action, writing courses, music ministry, missions, as well as teaching and speaking engagements. She was a sports newspaper columnist early in her career and has, over the course of time, remained an avid athlete. Anne now lives and works out of her home in Kansas City, Missouri. Her new memoir, Bent Pages, won the International Impact Book Award, the Firebird Book Award, and was honorable mention at the Hollywood Book Festival. She can be reached at annehope19@gmail.com or annehopebooks.com.