K.C. Sanford is an American author, adventurer, and adoptee. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two dogs who can’t be trusted to make good decisions. K.C. writes under her alias – a meld of names that she has had during her life. You want to know who she is, and she truly understands. To you, she says, welcome to her world.
CARLYN MONTES DE OCA is a #1 Amazon bestselling award-winning author, international speaker, animal-human health expert and passionate animal advocate.
A former film editor on such movies as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Three Men and a Little Lady, Carlyn holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in communication arts and a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Emperor’s College. She is also certified in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies at Cornell University.
Montes De Oca was voted PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 and is currently an Animal Ambassador at Animal Protection of New Mexico. She is the founder of The Animal-Human Health Connection.
Laura L. Engel, born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast transplanted to San Diego over 50 years ago. She is married to the love of her life, Gene, and the mother of six grown children and an adored golden retriever, Layla Louise. Laura is the proud Grammy of 10 cherished grandchildren.
In 2016 Laura retired from a 35-year career in the corporate world with plans to quietly catch up on hobbies and travels with her husband Gene. In October of that year her plans changed when a miracle happened in her life. She soon found herself busier than ever taking writing classes and writing up a storm about a secret she thought she would take to her grave.
Along with writing her memoir, Laura is the past president of the International Memoir Writers
Diane Bay is an artist and writer living in Benton, Kentucky. She grew up as an adoptee in the Chicago area. Although she didn’t know her birth families, she always had a strong creative drive, drawing and painting from an early age. She has studied with several acclaimed oil painters, including Kathie Odom and Gayle Leveé. Diane’s style is representational impressionism. She hopes to convey the uplifting feeling that natural beauty brings to her heart.
In 2012, Illinois State opened their long-sealed adoption records and Diane sent for her original birth certificate. This began a new chapter in her life as she reunited with her birth families. She was surprised to find out her birth mother was the ’70s Hollywood icon Karen Black, who starre
