Garland Guion is an American author who belongs to a Christian family of four siblings, including him, and a mother of strong character. Garland saw many difficulties in life from a young age but eventually reached a place where he found peace and closure within God and Christ.

He has an undergraduate degree in psychology and has been married to the woman he fell in love with for thirty-eight years. He had four children with his wife and currently serves as an elder and a superintendent for the Sunday school at Evangel Baptist Church in Knightdale, North Carolina.