Connie Lounsbury is an award-winning author and inspirational speaker who resides in rural Monticello. She has written eight books, mostly historical fiction and memoir, and 34 short stories, mostly inspirational. She has ghostwritten several books and is a frequent contributor to Guideposts magazines and books. She speaks on many subjects, including “How to Write Memoir,” “Hobos of the Great Depression,” “How God Speaks to Ordinary People,” and “You Have to be a Little Bit Crazy to be a Writer.”