TOUGH TALK CHRISTIAN RADIO WITH HOST TONY GAMBONE & GUEST DEBBIE ROPPOLO & SHARON WILLIAMS:

Award-winning children's author and journalist Debbie Roppolo grew up in the Blackland Prairie region of Texas, where miles of grassland and her horse were her best friends. Roppolo's stories have been published in newspapers, magazines, and in several of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Her children's book series, Amelia Frump and her Peanut Butter Loving Imagination, is published by Dancing With Bear Publishing. After her younger son was diagnosed with autism, Roppolo and her husband co-founded Central Texas Autism Network, a network for persons who may have a relative or friend diagnosed with Autism, or professional that may deal with autistic persons. Currently, Roppolo is an editor-in-chief for Dancing With Bear Publishing. Married for over twenty-three years, she resides in the Texas Hill Country with her husband and two children.

SharonWilliams, hails from Birmingham, AL by way of Boston, MA. Born in Tuscaloosa, AL she is a BA graduate of Stillman College and currently holds a PHR certification in Human Resources--the field in which she has worked for the past 20+ years.

Sharon is an Author, Speaker, and Change Agent. Her first book, The ABCs of Real Beauty, has since lead to the production of The Year of Affirmation, an inspirational calendar for women. Sharon has been featured on Radio and TV: The Joe Lockett Show, Talk of Alabama (ABC/3340), and The Alabama Way (ION TV) just to name a few. She has been featured in The Birmingham Times and contributed to numerous written publications with the most recent being in Nigeria!