Grace Swift is the author of the SonShip series, a series of children's books for bilingual learning which are written in both English and Spanish simultaneously. She was born in Franklin, Tennesseethe fifth of six children. She belongs to a family with a strong Christian heritage that spans five generationsa heritage that she has passed down to her five sons and 12 grandchildren. Grace grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1984, She moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and served eleven years as a prayer minister for the Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliate, WJEBChannel 59.