“I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives.”

Canadian author, blogger, and memoirist

Ann Voskamp is a Canadian author, blogger, and memoirist. She writes about Christian women's spirituality and is best known for her book One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are. Her work also includes The Broken Way: A Daring Path Into the Abundant Life and WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of. Across her books and writing, she focuses on faith, gratitude, and spiritual life.