Rosemarie Gortler, a Licensed Professional Counselor, is a freelance writer who has been published in The St. Anthony Messenger and other periodicals. She is also the co-author of a five-volume religious book series for children published by Our Sunday Visitor. The Ten Commandments for Children, the fourth in that series, was a 2008 second place award winner from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. Diane Carroll Vogel, a retired English teacher, is a freelance writer who has won awards from the Virginia Press Women and National Federation of Press Women. Her articles have appeared in Pauses, the Virginia English Bulletin published by the Virginia Association of Teachers of English Language Arts, and Town & County magazine published by The Free Lance-Star. Sallie Bachar is the author of Autumn Gold- a Season of Hope. She is a freelance writer and a journalist for the Catholic Herald of Superior Wisconsin.

Sallie is also the editor of a quarterly publication, Pauses. An Oasis for Today's Catholic Woman. Her work has appeared in Liguorian and other Christian Publications. Rosemarie and Sallie met at a Writers' Workshop in Wisconsin, Sallie's home state. Diane and Rosemarie live in the same Virginia neighborhood and are members of their church Women's Guild. Prayer, Faith and a Bit of Chocolate came about because of the women's growing friendship, a collective desire to share stories of everyday miracles, and a fondness for chocolate.