Ellen E. Withers is an award-winning fiction writer, freelance writer, and retired insurance fraud investigator. Show Me Betrayal, the first book in her Show Me Mystery series, won Book of the Year, Best Mystery/Suspense, and Best Debut Novel in the Scrivenings Press Reader’s Choice Awards in 2023 and was a dual finalist in the American Christian Fiction Writer’s (ACFW) 2024 Carol Awards for Debut Novel and Mystery/Suspense/Thriller categories. Show Me Deceit, the second book in the series, won Scrivenings Press Reader’s Choice Awards for Best Mystery/Suspense in 2024. Show Me Skullduggery, book three, published May 2025. A fourth book in the series is under contract.
Ellen has also collaborated on two novella collections published by Scrivenings Press. A Gift for All Time is Christmas-themed and Romancing the Elements is a contemporary romance. Her latest novella collaboration from TrueNorth Publishing, Stars and Stripes for Freedom, celebrates our women soldiers in all five branches of the military.
Ellen also has a nonfiction book by Scrivenings Press to help writers win writing contests, titled Magic Words: Enchant Judges & Conjure Contest Wins.
A new dual-time mystery series, Spa City Mysteries, set in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is also under development.
Ellen’s professional writing career began in 2003, as a freelance contributor to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has written for Life in Chenal Magazine since 2006. Her non-fiction articles have been featured in international, national, and regional magazines. She’s a contributing columnist to Writers Monthly Magazine, an online guide for professional writers, about writing for contests.
Her publishing credits include short stories in over twenty anthologies and two creative non-fiction stories featured on KUAR’s radio show Tales from the South. One of her short stories garnered a nomination for the prestigious Pushcart Prize in the published short story category.
She is a member of ACFW, White County Creative Writers, OWFI, Sisters in Crime, and Tornado Alley, a local chapter of SIC. She served as an officer of the Pioneer Branch of the National League of American Pen Women and was a board member of the Arkansas Writers Conference for over 10 years.
Ellen credits her success in the world of writing to the generosity and kindness of established writers who shared their expertise and nurtured her writing ambitions. She is most grateful for the mentoring provided by Dusty Richards, three time Western Writers of America Spur winner and Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame Honoree.
When not writing or reading, Ellen enjoys spending time with her family, traveling the world with her adventurous friends and performing with Top of the Rock Chorus, a Sweet Adeline chorus in central Arkansas.
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