Maggie Wallem Rowe, M.A.B.S., is a national speaker, dramatist, and author from western North Carolina. She’s been married for over 45 years to her pastor-husband, Mike, and is a mother of three and grandmother to six, and her work includes decades in public relations, adult education, and ministry to women. She has served as an adjunct communications professor at Daniel Webster University (NH) and Wheaton College (IL). Maggie’s first book, This Life We Share, was a finalist for the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award in the New Author category. Maggie was also a TEDx presenter in 2021. Her second book, Life is Sweet, Y’all, released by Tyndale House Publishers in 2022. Maggie is a member of the Redbud Writers Guild and has served on the faculty of several writers’ conferences. She blogs weekly at “View from the Ridge” (maggierowe.com).