Amy K. Rognlie won her first contest for her debut story, “My Pet Kangaroo” in second grade. Since then, besides her Short Creek Mysteries series, Amy has gone on to author two novels and one novella for Barbour Publishing, as well as two self-published historical novellas, Miss Opal Makes a Match and Miss Opal Learns a Lesson. She is hard at work on the third Miss Opal book as well as a nonfiction book entitled When Your Child is Behind Bars: Help and Encouragement for Moms of Inmates.
Amy is the English chair and middle school English teacher at a classical Christian school, where she enjoys teaching students who love to read and write. She and her husband live in Central Texas, where Amy is also a regular columnist for a regional publication, Tex Appeal Magazine. Amy and her husband have three grown sons and one lovely granddaughter. And while Amy does not currently have a pet kangaroo, she does have three dogs and two parakeets.
Amy is active in jail and prison ministry as well as in her local church, where she teaches the Sunday morning women’s Bible study. She enjoys reading, writing, gardening, creating pottery, leading Bible studies and speaking to women’s groups.
Her current favorite verse is Deuteronomy 33:27, “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”
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