Johnnie Alexander Donley, an aspiring novelist, is writing her second novel which is a finalist in this year's American Christian Fiction Writers' Genesis contest (historical fiction category). Her first novel, tentatively titled When Sparrow Falls, won Best Novel at the Florida Christian Writers Conference (2010). Johnnie's essays and poetry have been published in small press and regional markets. She has also written articles for a Christian website and has extensive editing/ghostwriting experience. However, her heart’s desire is to write inspirational fiction and family histories.

She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray with The Steve Laube Agency.

Johnnie and her husband have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and four grandchildren. Their youngest child and only son disobyed the family rule, "Thou shalt not go west of the Mississippi," and is a college student in Oklahoma, more than a thousand miles from home.

When she's not writing or spending time with family, Johnnie facilitates a weekly women’s Bible Study and volunteers with her county's guardian ad litem program. She celebrates the hilltop view at www.johnniedonley.com and can be contacted at: johnnie.donley at ymail.com.