Janet Gibson leads a life dedicated to bold and soulful storytelling – and fearless adventures. Career highlights include working as an award-winning writer and editor, specializing in celebrity interviews and fashion reporting; as a marketing pro for media entities and real estate companies; and as a registered private investigator with her late husband, breaking cases in Washington, D.C., New York and Puerto Rico.
Johanna Jones, EdD has worked in the field of disability for over twenty-five years and considers herself a lifelong learner. Johanna believes her strength comes from her belief in God and credits her faith as the conduit for renewal, growth, and change.
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Jessie Crawford, Jr., was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Hooper City High School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy. Later, he attended Philadelphia Technical Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied refrigeration and air conditioning. Mr. Crawford is always willing to share his stories with teachers and students. He makes himself available for speaking engagements to schools, educational facilities, churches, and anyone who has a desire for him to come. Mr. Crawford currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife, Josephine. He has one son, Anthony (Kim), and two grandchildren, Elijah and Noni.
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Alan Gribben’s fiction and poetry reflect his boyhood in the Midwest, advanced degrees from West Coast universities, travel abroad and to most states in the nation, and teaching experiences. They also reveal his innate curiosity about, and observation of, human nature. The tilted perspectives of his short stories and poems explain the title of this collection, In A Slightly Different World.
Born in Indiana, Beth Debrecht has been a swimmer all her life. Her dad made sure she was in the water before she could walk. In college she got her WSI (Water Safety Instructor) certification and was a swimmer who taught swimming to others in the summers. After getting her bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Health, she was a physical education teacher in Indiana for 4 years before moving to south Florida where she continued to teach for 36 years in the school system. She was also a competitive swim & dive coach, a synchronized swimming coach, and summer swimming instructor.
She retired from teaching in the school system in 2018 when she moved to Birmingham, AL. She has had many wonderful experiences with children and adults in the water, and she has wanted to write a children’s book about learning to swim for several years. She loves teaching people about the “Magic of Water” and how it holds them up when they relax. Her goal has always been to make children safe and confident in the water. She believes in the importance of water safety and hopes her book can make children more comfortable with taking swim lessons and having fun in the water.
