Wes Yoder is the founder of Ambassador Agency Inc., a Christian-based literary agency

Literary agent

A literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same. Literary agents most often represent novelists, screenwriters and major non-fiction writers...

 and speakers bureau

Speakers bureau

A speakers bureau is a company which operates to facilitate speakers for clients requiring after-dinner speakers, motivational speakers, awards hosts, cabaret acts, conference facilitators and keynote speakers....

. He was raised on a dairy farm in the Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 and Mennonite

Mennonite

The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...

 community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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and currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...

 with his wife.

Career

Yoder moved to Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 in 1973 to work in the music business. He was a pioneer during the Jesus Movement

Jesus movement

The Jesus movement was a movement in Christianity beginning on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s and spreading primarily through North America and Europe, before dying out by the early 1980s. It was the major Christian element within the hippie counterculture,...

 in the formation of the Contemporary Christian Music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 genre. He represented and helped launch the careers of artists including Amy Grant

Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

 and Michael Card

Michael Card

Michael Card is an American Christian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host from Franklin, Tennessee. He is best known for his contributions in Contemporary Christian Music, which couple folk-style melodies and instrumentation with lyrics that stem from intensive study of the Bible...

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In 1984, he formed Ambassador Agency, the first speakers bureau to assist thinkers and authors dedicated to a biblical world-view.

Projects include national media representation of The Purpose Driven Life

The Purpose Driven Life

The Purpose Driven Life is a devotional book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. The book has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for advice books for one of the longest periods in history, while also topping the Wall Street Journal best seller charts as...

and literary and media representation of two # 1 New York Times best-sellers, Mistaken Identity and The Shack

The Shack (novel)

The Shack is a Christian novel by Canadian author William P. Young, a former office manager and hotel night clerk, published in 2007. The novel was self-published but became a USA Today bestseller, having sold 1 million copies as of June 8, 2008...

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Yoder previously represented the McCaughey septuplets

McCaughey septuplets

The McCaughey septuplets are a set of septuplets born to Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.-Biography:...

 and in early 2009 provided pro bono

Pro bono

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 advice to Nadya Suleman

Nadya Suleman

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 regarding the sale of photos of her octuplets

Suleman octuplets

The Suleman octuplets are six male and two female children conceived via in vitro fertilization and subsequently born to Nadya Suleman on January 26, 2009, in Bellflower, California. They presently reside in La Habra, California...

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Yoder's first book, Bond of Brothers: Connecting with Other Men beyond Work, Weather and Sports, is published by Zondervan (October 2010). Yoder appeared on The TODAY Show in an interview about his book with Ann Curry.