amyschisler
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
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| Member | Aug 6, 2014 (11 years) |
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- Member
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Aug 6, 2014 (11 years)
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- 2 years
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Bio
Amy Schisler is an award-winning novelist, children’s book author, spiritual writer and speaker, reader, and avid traveler. She has published sixteen novels, two picture books, two devotionals, one book on the saints, and a Bible study. A former librarian, Amy enjoys a busy life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where she schedules the altar ministry for the Chapel of St. Michael (Saints Peter and Paul Parish), leads the Saints Peter and Paul Women of Faith Study Group, organizes parish and small-group pilgrimages, and runs a week-long Girl Scout Camp every summer. Amy holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Maryland and a Certificate of Theology from the Augustine Institute. She and her husband, Ken, teach Marriage Prep classes for the Diocese of Wilmington. In 2017, Amy was honored by Bishop Malooly with the Merit of Order for her contributions to Saints Peter and Paul Parish and the Diocese of Wilmington. Amy and Ken raised three daughters and love any opportunity to spend time with their granddaughter, Evelyn Ruth.
The recipient of numerous national literary awards, including the Illumination, LYRA, Independent Publisher, International Digital, Indies, Eric Hoffer, and Golden Quill Awards, as well as honors from the Catholic Press Association, Amy’s writing has been hailed “a verbal masterpiece of art” and “everything you want in a book.”