The Literary Showcase Featuring Akanbi, Sanders, Clair, & Goodman

Jimi Akanbi is a Christian author who has a passion for God. He holds an MBA in Finance and is an active member of the prayer team at his church. He has written two books Taking Your Life to the Next Level: 7 Keys to Living the God Kind of Life and Uncommon Truths Leading to Success: Maximizing these Benefits of Christianity in Your Life. In his spare time he likes to write, read, counsel and play sports. Otis G. Sanders is a professional photographer. In November of 2011, Otis published his first table-top photo book entitled: "Always & Forever, Love" Subtitled: Success Stories of Marriages 20+ Years Strong. The book started with the question,“What does it take to have and maintain a loving, lasting, and happy marriage?" With that question,Otis set out to get answers by interviewing and photographing 50 couples of different ethnic backgrounds to find out what they were doing and continue to do to have successful marriages. Alexandra Clair currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee.  Her Wood’s End series is influenced by her work in deliverance ministry.  The sequel to Wood’s End, The Year Between the Wood, will be published in 2014. Alexandra was working on the sequel to Wood’s End, when she felt God’s leading to write Discerning Spirits, Visionary Gifts in Practice, published May 2013.  Miriam Goodman is a journalist, author, award-winning radio and television producer, and public relations consultant.Ms. Goodman, also known as Ms. Retirement,  is the author of Too Much Togetherness:Surviving Retirement As A Couple,a handbook for living happily with a retired spouse,and Reinventing Retirement: 389 bright ideas about Family, Friends, Health, What to Do and Where to Live.