Madeleine Mills grew up in the redwood-forested mountains of northern California with a love of music, singing, dancing, poetry, novels, Christmas, and weddings. She started writing poetry as a child, but her publishing career began with a few articles in local and national newspapers. Many years later, she started a new labor of love: designing her Wedding Hymne Series of beautifully illustrated Gift Books. Using nature photos, she illustrated the beautiful Bible texts defining love that are part of wedding services around the world (Love Never Fails and Perfect Love), and her wedding song lyrics she had written for the Vangelis tune “Hymne”. Besides writing song lyrics on the rare occasion, Madeleine has had poems published in both national and international magazines and journals, including Ideals and This England. She now lives on the beautiful Central Coast of California, amid gentle hills and scattered redwoods. Visit her website for more details about her books.