Discover the Next Generation of Christian Storytellers…
Featuring Eden Joy
Growing up, Eden Joy navigated the love and loss of walking alongside over a dozen bonus siblings through foster care and Safe Families for Children. Now she crafts wholesome, fantastical stories about characters longing for a better world and striving to make a difference in the meantime. She writes for teens needing to feel seen in the hurting, the helping, and the hoping. When she’s not writing, editing, or curating Pinterest boards for her books, Eden can be found working at her local library, rock climbing, learning a language, or crushing her family and friends at word games.
About Her Short Story
Twelve year-old Thomas and his younger brother and sister are trying to help their Cuban foster brother adjust to staying in the US until it’s safe enough for him to return to his parents, but the only thing he’ll open up about is his love for Cuban food.
With his birthday in two days, the siblings embark on a quest to make his favorite dessert. They just never expected to be helped by a magical monkey guardian and find community in their own town, while helping their brother find his.
Her Accomplishments
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Written four full-length novels.
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Received and implemented professional developmental edits on multiple projects.
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Attended four writers’ conferences in 2023 and 2024, where she was able to network with dozens of industry professionals and hundreds of fellow authors.
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Started Story Treasures, a bookish jewelry business, and practiced extensive in-person and online marketing.
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Grown a bookish jewelry Etsy business selling hundreds of products while also networking and serving authors such as Anna Rose Johnson, Sara Ella, and Caroline George.
Meet the 11 other authors in the anthology!
sarah
abegglen
caroline
guajardo
alayna
niblack
helen
curtis
annika
crum
Rebecca
washburn
R.L.
Nguyen
Shannae
Grace
Kimberly C.
Grace
katharine
Stacy
Support the next generation of writers
100% of the proceeds from this anthology go toward helping up-and-coming writers attend writing conferences where they can pitch their work to agents and publishers.
About the Author Conservatory
Conservatory, noun: “A school specializing in one of the fine arts.”
The Author Conservatory is an online apprenticeship-modeled program that teaches students the writing & business skills they need to get published and support themselves financially. The Voices of the Future anthology features short stories from nine of our 2024 graduates.
