LeAnn Weiss, as a college student, accepted her pastor's challenge to reexamine the Bible as God's personal love letter and source of encouragement. As she started journalizing what God showed her while she meditated on Scripture, her walk with God was revolutionized, and she began writing personalized, paraphrased scriptures featured in the best-selling Hugs Book Series. LeAnn's Encouragement Company was recently featured in Women of Faith speaker Marilyn Meberg's best-selling book I'd Rather Be Laughing.

Gary Myers grew up and lived in Muncie, Indiana until the Lord moved him to South Carolina to train for the ministry. He later moved his family to West Monroe, Louisiana to work in the ministry. Not long after, he began working for Howard Books. He is also the author of the Hugs series and The Christmas Story. He currently lives in West Monroe with his wife Kristen.