Mary Ellis

Mary Ellis grew up close to the Amish where she loved their peaceful agrarian lifestyle and strong sense of Christian community. She and her husband now live by the largest population of Old Order in the country where they take weekend trips to research her books. Mary enjoys reading, traveling, gardening, bicycling and swimming. Before "retiring" to write full-time, Mary taught Middle School and worked as a sales rep for Hershey Chocolate-a job with amazingly sweet fringe benefits. Her debut Amish fiction, A Widow's Hope, first in the Miller Family series, was a finalist in the 2010 ACFW Carol Awards and received the Award of Merit for the Holt Medallion. She has since written ten best-selling novels. Her previous release, Living in Harmony, first in the New Beginnings series, won the 2012 Lime Award for Excellence in Amish Fiction. Second in the series, Love Comes to Paradise, will release on February 1st, 2013.

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