Dayna Ault

Dayna Ault began writing at an early age. She landed the Editor-in-Chief position of her school/community newspaper at age 15, serving until she received her diploma in 1980. She went on to freelance for religious and parenting magazines, as she raised and homeschooled her growing family. After the birth of her fifth child, she wrote children's book, Benjamin's Coin Purse, which was published in 2001 by Mennonite Publisher, Rod & Staff, Crockett KY. In 2006, she found herself suddenly raising her eight children alone. She took a job at the local Community Free Press, as a stringer, until the newspaper fell upon hard times. Wanting to be home again, she changed her focus to "what is in my hands?" With a new resolve to take her writing to the next level, she utilized all her journalism prowess and began publishing a newsletter, which quickly grew to be a full-color monthly magazine. The Missouri Autism Report, supported by state-wide autism organizations, allowed her to advocate and work closely with the autism community. After seven years, the publishing landscape began to change, so she laid the magazine to rest and began writing the the first of the many books stored in her imagination from a life-well-lived. She now resides in Fair Grove, Missouri, where she is raising child number eight, known as by the others as The Last Mom-Bender. Financial and emotional support is afforded by her forever husband, who was willing to take on a large step-family, and a wife who hides in her office, creating magic via computer. Life is so good.