Eileen K. Parsons

Eileen has had a passion for writing since her youth. She attended Augusta State University, majoring in Communications and Creative Writing. Since then, her work has appeared in the Good Newspaper in Syracuse, NY as well as various local Christian publications and newsletters. It has long been her desire to write stories and novels that would inspire Christians to move closer to the Lord and draw the unsaved into the Truth of Christ. Her first Christian fiction novel, "The First Rose of Summer," was published in December 2011 with WestBow Press, a Division of Thomas Nelson and is the recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Book Festival. The novel also received "Runner up" in the 2014 New York Book Festival.

Eileen was born in Watertown, NY. Her father was in the Army, offering her a life of diversity and travel. She had the opportunity to see different parts of the world, traveling the East Coast of the United States as well as Germany. She spent most of her youth in Augusta, Georgia. She gave her life to Christ as a child and has continued to have a passion to serve Him. Her many experiences in life have increased her faith. She uses her travels and encounters as topics in many of her articles and stories. She currently lives in Northern New York.