Ellen E. Withers

Author Bio:

Ellen E. Withers is a multiple award-winning fiction writer, and freelance writer, and retired insurance fraud investigator. Her mystery dual-time series, Show Me Mysteries, published by Scrivenings Press, is set in her picturesque hometown of Mexico, Missouri.

Show Me Betrayal, the first book of the series, was voted Scrivenings Press Book of the Year, Best Mystery/Suspense and Best Debut Novel in 2023 in the Reader’s Choice Awards. The book was also a dual finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writer's 2024 Carol Awards in the Debut Novel and Mystery/Suspense/Thriller categories. Show Me Deceit, published in May 2024, has received rave reviews. The third book in the series, Show Me Skullduggery, publishes May of 2025. A fourth book in the series is under contract.

Ellen was one of three contributors to a Christmas novella collection titled A Gift for All Time, released in 2023 by Scrivenings Press. Her novella in the collection, Carving Out Love, was voted Best Short Fiction in 2023 in the Reader’s Choice Awards.

In January, Ellen released a new book related to winning writing contests, entitled Magic Words: How to Enchant Judges & Conjure Contest Wins, published by Scrivenings Press. This book was inspired by her column related to contests. For the past five years, Ellen has had a featured column, Writing for Contests, for Writers Monthly PDF, a digital magazine dedicated solely to writing.

She is currently under contract for a dual-time mystery set in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The series will be called Spa City Mysteries.

Ellen is a member of White County Creative Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. (OWFI), and the national organization of Sisters in Crime (SinC). Ellen has been a member of the Tornado Alley Chapter of SinC since its inception. She is also a member of the Upstate South Carolina SinC.

She is the mother of two children, grandmother of seven grandsons, and lives in Conway, Arkansas. Besides singing acapella (barbershop style) in a chorus and quartet, she loves to travel.

Show Me Skulduggery

Death comes knocking once again in Show Me Skulduggery, the captivating third book in the award-winning Show Me Mysteries series. These mysteries involve two eras, early 1900s, and contemporary times, featuring a famous Saddlebred horse stable in Mexico, Missouri. Intrigue, deception, underhanded behavior,…

Show Me Deceit

Take a walk back in time with Liesl, Nicole, and Detective Kurt Hunter to solve a contemporary death that may be related to the discovery of bones from the Civil War era. Can Liesl and Kurt work to solve these mysteries and set aside their hard feelings about their former romance?

Show Me Betrayal

Two deaths occur decades apart. Is it possible these deaths are related? What motivates a killer, who got away with murder sixty years ago, to kill again? Was it uncontrollable rage or the hope of silencing someone who fit all the puzzle pieces together and deduced who committed the crime? Set in the…