About Us

Beverly Varnado’s passion for writing began at an early age when at eight she published her first magazine, which she sold door to door for a nickel. She also received a long awaited present of a journal for her birthday that year. The magazine folded in the first week, but the journal writing continues to the present day, filling her closets to overflowing with decades of reflections.

Born in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Beverly graduated from college cum laude with a degree in art which helps her write a more painterly world. Her Southern fiction emanates from her soul and reflects her love of the arts and nature as well as her desire to glorify God in all that she does.

Beverly writes to give readers hope in the redemptive purposes of God. She has spoken and sung about this hope for many years in churches and civic clubs at the local and state level in Georgia. She has been a songwriter for twenty-five years and produced two projects composed of her own compositions. She lead worship services in her church for many years and still does so in maximum security prisons for women. Over ten years, she has had the privilege of seeing hundreds of women make decisions for Christ in these institutions.

In addition to the ten years she spent working in the fashion industry, the two years directing a ministry, and nine years home schooling her children she has also been involved in many volunteer efforts which have included: former President of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church Clergy Spouses, Lay Witness Mission Movement participant, certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church, board member for the University of Georgia Wesley Foundation and a participant in the Athens Symphony Chorus.

At the 2005 Blue Ridge Mountain Conference Beverly received three awards in the unpublished author’s contest. Since that time she has received two honorable mentions in the 2007 Writer’s Digest Competition, and was a finalist in the 2008 and 2009 Gideon Media Arts Screenplay Contests. A special highlight of the Gideon award was the opportunity to pitch her project to producer, Ken Wales, who requested her script. He is one of the producers of the moving film, “Amazing Grace and the television series “Christy.” In 2009, she was mentored by the lovely, Nancy Stafford ,actress in many television and movie projects, but best known for her role as Michelle in the series Matlock. Also, in 2009 Beverly was named a finalist in the international screenwriting competition, the Kairos Prize. She’s included in a book just released in 2010, Faith and Finance. Among her other writing credits are Focus on the Family parenting magazines, the Upper Room, and The Athens Banner Herald. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers.

She lives in North Georgia with her husband, Jerry, their two children, two dogs, and two cats.