Speakers

Sara Barratt

 Sara Barratt is an author, speaker, avid reader, chocolate lover, and editor-in-chief for TheRebelution.com, a growing online platform that reaches more than half a million Christian teens, parents, and youth workers each year. She is a frequent speaker on topics including using your teen years for Christ, engaging culture with a biblical worldview, and godly dating and relationships. She wrote her first book Love Riot: A Teenage Call to Live with Relentless Abandon for Christ when she was eighteen. Her second book Stand Up, Stand Strong: A Call to Bold Faith in a Confused Culture releases April 2022 in partnership with Summit Ministries. Her work has been featured on numerous websites including The Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk, Desiring God, Girl Defined, and Lies Young Women Believe. She has been a guest on numerous radio shows and podcasts including The Eric Metaxas Show, Moody Radio, and WMUZ.

Her passion is challenging and encouraging her peers to live sold out and set apart for Jesus. When she’s not writing or dreaming up new book ideas, she loves spending time with family and friends, taking long walks, drinking copious amounts of tea, and scribbling down random thoughts that eventually get lost in her purse. Come hang out with her on Facebook and Instagram. 

Kara Swanson

Kara Swanson writes books about fairytales and fiery souls. She spent her childhood overseas running barefoot through lush green jungles as the daughter of relief workers. Growing up a bit like a Lost Girl inspired her award-winning Peter Pan retellings, DUST and SHADOW. She's also the co-founder of the Author Conservatory where she has the honor of teaching young writers to craft sustainable author careers. You’ll find her with her toes in California sand as a SoCal resident, belting Broadway show tunes on weekend drives to Disneyland with her delightfully-nerdy husband, or chatting about her love of magic and mayhem on Instagram.