SANDRA D. BRICKER was an entertainment publicist in Los Angeles for 15+ years where she attended school to learn screenwriting and eventually taught the craft for several semesters. When she put Hollywood in the rearview mirror and headed across the country to take care of her mom until she passed away, she traded her scripts for books, and a best-selling, award-winning author of LIVE-OUT-LOUD fiction for the inspirational market was born. Sandy is best known for her Another Emma Rae Creation and Jessie Stanton series for Abingdon Press. She was the managing editor of Bling!, an edgy romance imprint for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas.