About the Author

Sydney Tooman Betts resides with her husband near the extensive cavern system that inspired the setting for several chapters of Light Bird’s Song and Straight Flies the Arrow. 

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While single, Ms. Betts (B.S. Bible/Missiology, M.Ed) took part in a variety of cross-cultural adventures in North and Central America. After marrying, she and her husband lived in Europe and the Middle East where he served in various mission-support capacities. 

Her teaching experiences span preschool to guest lecturing at the graduate level and serving as the Sunday School Superintendent, Children’s Church Director, or Women’s Ministries facilitator in several evangelical denominations.

Before penning her first novel, A River too Deep, she ghost-wrote several stories for an adult literacy program. 

to have translated this ability into a successful career.

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