Marlo Schalesky is the founder and president of Wonder Wood Ranch, a California charitable organization that brings hope through horses to at-risk, gang-impacted, homeless, and other disadvantaged children in Monterey County. She is also the award-winning author of twelve books. Her fiction includes RITA finalist Shades of Morning, the Christy Award-winning Beyond the Night, and ACFW Book of the Year winner Veil of Fire.
Marlo is also a California native, a graduate of Stanford University (with a B.S. in Chemistry!). In addition, she has earned her Masters in Theology, with an emphasis in Biblical Studies, from Fuller Theological Seminary. After twenty years on the infertility journey and numerous miscarriages, Marlo now lives with her husband, six children, and fifty-some critters in a log home in Central California.