Award-winning author of 23 books and more than 400 magazine articles, Edna Ellison is a well-known keynote speaker who loves leading prayer retreats and writers conferences across the United States and overseas. Known as the Christian mentoring guru, she often collaborates with five speakers and writers she has mentored.

Formerly a national women’s magazine editor (Royal Service, now Missions Mosaic), Ellison is an honor graduate of Presbyterian College with an MA from Converse College, an Ed. Sp. from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD from the University of Alabama.

Having taught at three Baptist seminaries and two American universities, she now writes Bible study books from her Spartanburg, South Carolina, home. A leader in AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) and a certified C.L.A.S.S. speaker, her life has been featured by Focus on the Family, where she has also been published. A people lover and humorist, she will tickle your funny bone as she teaches spiritual truths.