ABOUT
Elaine Kelly Author brings healing and hope to those who feel forgotten, sidelined, or silenced. She writes historical fiction and blogs about women in the Bible, church history, and biblical studies empowering women and affirming LGBTQ+.
​After thirty years as a financial advisor, she noticed that the movement towards equal rights and opportunities for women faced a strong counter-movement from Christians opposing full freedom for women and girls. As a Christian, she felt betrayed that people who shared her faith opposed her freedom. As a financial advisor, she knew that Jesus engaged women as patrons and equipped and empowered female disciples. As a mother of three daughters, she wanted to show how the Bible empowers women to speak and act boldly. She chose to write fiction set in biblical times to put the reader in the biblical narrative and stimulate deeper contemplation of Scripture.
Elaine Ricker Kelly HBA MBA graduated from the Ivey Business School at Western University in Ontario, earned the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Certified Kingdom Advisor (CKA) designations, and became a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI). She gave these up in 2021 to focus on her writing and advocacy for equal rights and opportunities for all people, regardless of gender, race, class, or sexual orientation. She brings a research-based approach and an empathetic tone to her writing and speaking. ​Readers who are questioning their faith, deconstructing evangelicalism, or investigating egalitarian and LGBTQ+ affirming Christian perspectives will appreciate her refreshing, life-giving words.
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Elaine R. Kelly, her husband, and their little dog live near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She and her husband have hiked the 900 km Bruce Trail and enjoy nature, tennis, music, history, and culture. They worship in the mainline Protestant Christian tradition.
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Click Blog tab to see her research on biblical equality, biblical interpretation, women in the Bible and church history, empowering women, and affirming LGBTQ+. All believers are called to use their gifts to speak and act at home, church, and society. You can find out more about her beliefs here.
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On the Freebees tab, you can obtain free samples of her writing and other free downloads.
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On the Books tab, find details of her books:
📘Fiction to put you in the biblical story and to demonstrate a Jesus movement that models equality
📘Non-Fiction to help you deconstruct and reconstruct your faith and to heal from religious trauma.
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Click Contact Me for a free ebook Advance Copy of my next book, or to schedule a reading, event, or interview.
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​​​​​Author Photo Credit: @storyunlocked
