Mary Southerland, author of Sandpaper People and Hope in the Midst of Depression, is an internationally popular speaker at women’ s retreats and conferences as well as events for women in ministry. She is also a cofounder of Girlfriends in God, a nondenominational conference ministry. Mary lives in Kansas with her husband, Dan, who is lead leaching pastor of Westside Family Church. They have two children and three grandchildren.