Murray Pura

Murray was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, just north of Minnesota and the DMurrayakotas, and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1986, he's served five churches in Canada and headlined numerous speaking engagements in Canada and the U.S. He recently left the pulpit to write full-time.

Murray has four novels published, as well as two sets of short stories, three non-fiction works, inclusion in two anthologies, and commentary work with Richard J. Foster. He has five more contracted books at various stages of the publishing process, including his Amish romance, Wings of Morning, that will be released by Harvest House in February. He was a contributor to the Life With God Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, The Dartmouth Book Award, and The John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Kobzar Literary Award of Canada.