Ellen E. Withers

Ellen E. Withers is a multiple award-winning fiction writer, freelance writer and retired insurance fraud investigator. She is excited about her mystery dual-time series, Show Me Mysteries, set in her picturesque hometown of Mexico, Missouri. Show Me Betrayal, the first book of the series, was published by Scrivenings Press on May 16, 2023. Scrivenings Press will publish Show Me Deceit, the second book in the series, in May 2024.

She is also proud to be one of three contributors to a Christmas novella collection titled A Gift for All Time, to be released September 26, 2023, from Scrivenings Press.

Ellen will soon have a nonfiction book to help writers win writing contests. Magic Words: Enchant Judges & Conjure Contest Wins for Novels, Short Fiction and Nonfiction is scheduled for publication by Scrivenings Press in March 2024.

More information about Ellen’s books, writing tips and highlights of guest authors
is on her website ellenewithers.com.  Her Facebook page is Ellen E. Withers.
Follow her column, How to Win Writing Contests, in Writers Monthly Magazine PDF.

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.