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Sam Shammas Author

Sally Lloyd-Jones is an award-winning New York Times bestselling writer of over 30 books for children. Her books are written for children (although a lot of adults are reading them, too) and include: The Jesus Storybook Bible, an ALA Notable and winner of the Platinum Book Award; Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing, winner of the Association of Christian Publisher’s Adult Devotional Book of the year; and the Christopher Medal winner, Baby Wren and the Great Gift. Sally was born in Africa, educated in England, studied at the Sorbonne, and now lives in New York City. She can be found at sallylloyd-jones.com. Sam Shammas has a Master’s degree in English Literature from St Peter's College, Oxford University and trained at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She worked for six years at All Souls Church Langham Place in London, where she co-wrote and developed Christianity Explored, Discipleship Explored, and CY (a curriculum for youth based on Mark’s Gospel). She currently works at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, where she co-wrote and developed the curriculum for Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God and The Prodigal God, as well as an eight-week discipleship curriculum, Gospel in Life