Author
A former police sergeant, Marla Bernard is a passionate victim's rights advocate, author and public speaker. She received her Master of Arts with honors from Baker University. She served as adjunct faculty for a national university where she wrote several criminal justice courses and has been a contributor to national law enforcement publications.
She and her husband were recently filmed for an upcoming true crime series in the United Kingdom for an episode based on her first book, Through the Rain.
Her work has been published in two volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is currently writing her third book, a collection of short stories about individuals whose positive influes made an impact on her life as a child.
Marla and her husband retired Sgt. David Bernard reside in the Midwest near the loves of their lives - their two children and three grandchildren.