Pat Williams is the co-founder and senior vice president of the NBA''s Orlando Magic. He is also a popular motivational speaker averaging over 150 appearances a year. Williams spent 50 years in professional baseball and basketball as a player and executive. He served as general manager of the 1983 world champion Philadelphia 76ers and managed both the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks. Williams is the author of over 75 books. He and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations. He and his family have been featured on major network shows such as Good Morning America, The Today Show, Fox & Friends, and Mike and Mike as well as in such diverse publications as Sports Illustrated, Reader''s Digest, Good Housekeeping, The Wall Street Journal, and Focus on the Family.

Jim Denney has written more than 120 books, both fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of Answers to Satisfy the Soul, Writing in Overdrive, Write Fearlessly!, and the Timebenders science-fantasy series for young readers-Battle Before Time, Doorway to Doom, Invasion of the Time Troopers, and Lost in Cydonia.