meet the author

Sharon M. Finney is an author on a mission to encourage and inspire through writing, for growth and healing. In January 2018, she published a memoir entitled Sweet Magnolia. In three co-author projects, she openly shares about her career, parenting, and second chances. In 2020 she published Encounters with God: 10 Women, 10 Testimonies under her new company, Rose of Sharon Publishing.
Sharon is a proud Army veteran currently employed as a scholarship and recruiting officer. She is an ordained minister of the gospel actively serving on staff at Christlike Ministries: A Church Without Walls 2. She is also the director of the Women’s Ministry (W.O.W./Women of Worth).
Sharon has a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from Liberty University, a B.S. degree in instrumental music from Florida A&M University, and a graduate certificate in Human Resource Development from Florida State University. Sharon is the co-owner of L&S Enterprise, LLC, specializing in premarital counseling and marriage enrichment.