User:Joycevarner

Joyce Varner was born near McCrory, Arkansas, to a farmer and preacher father and a journal-keeping, politically active mother. For ten years she taught the three "R's" in rural Arkansas schools. Her first nationally published work was an advertising piece with a real estate agency which was illustrated by her oldest daughter. Her first book, "Walking on Hot Coals," was based on real life persons and events with a fictional flare that was a product of her fertile imagination. She has four adoring children and enjoys writing, painting and entertaining. She is married to Merrill Varner who is a very supportive spouse and a WWII veteran and retiree from the U.S. Postal Service. She is a product of a loving upbringing which has steered her moral compass throughout her life.