Leslie Turner is a nationally published contributing writer in multiple books and has been a featured guest columnist for nationally recognized business and higher education publications. She is the owner and founder of Encourage Publishing, an award-winning independent Christian publishing house established in 2014, and proud member of both the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association and the Independent Book Publishers Association.Prior to "God's Rock and Roll Army," Turner co-wrote "Diving into the Deep" (2014, Encourage Publishing), and has edited multiple books. Leslie Turner has two successful blogs: The Power of CHANGE, the Mercies of FAITH shares inspirational short stories and serials about people she has met and her own experiences.The Power of SMALL - Smart Tips for Storytellers focuses on authors and the publishing industry and is also linked through the encouragepublishing.com website home page.Leslie's next inspirational biography will tell the stories of several ordinary people who experienced miracles and overcame extraordinary challenges, to be published early 2025.Leslie received two degrees with high distinction from Indiana University, Bachelors of Arts in both Music Business and Spanish. She has completed her first year toward a Master's in Instructional Design. Prior to publishing, she worked in higher education, technology, business and marketing for over twenty years. Leslie and her husband attend Graceland Baptist Church in New Albany, Indiana. Leslie's next inspirational biography will tell the stories of several ordinary people who overcame extraordinary challenges, to be published early 2025. "We are surrounded by people everywhere we go who are walking heroes, but you would never know it. I love telling their stories and inspiring those whose struggles may seem invisible to everyone else, but never to God. I do have a novel I am anxious to write," she notes. "With the working title "Helen of Antioch," it's going to be a historical fiction based loosely on the teenage journals of a woman near and dear to my heart who was born in the early 20th century, and passed away in 2010." Follow Leslie on social media through Encourage Publishing.