Born in Nigeria, West Africa, as the daughter of missionaries, Harriet E. Michael is a writer, gardener, substitute teacher, wife of over 40 years, mother, and grandmother.

She holds a BS in nursing from West Virginia University but has discovered her passion for writing. Since her first published article in 2010, she now has over two hundred published articles and devotions.

Harriet is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Louisville Christian Writers. She is the author of numerous books. Her prayer series includes “Prayer: It’s Not About You,” a finalist in the 2011 Women of Faith book contest, a devotional titled “Glimpses pf Prayer”, and “Prayer Warrior Confessions”, an anthology. She is currently co-writing a five-book devotional series that will release over the next couple of years. She also has two books published by Olivia Kimbrell Press–a novel, “The Whisper of the Palms” published by Olivia Kimbrell Press, and “A Stand for Truth” the true story she co-wrote with her husband about his time as a trustee at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a large conservative Christian seminary.

Her stories, articles, and devotions have appeared in publications by Focus on the Family, Lifeway, Standard Publishing, David C. Cook Co., Bethany House, American Life League, Crosswalk.com, Christian Communicator, Judson Press, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Upper Room, Pentecostal Publishing House, Smyth and Helwys, and more.

She is also a Christian speaker who loves to talk to women’s groups about prayer or other topics or speak at writers’ conferences on free-lance writing, non-fiction writing, and devotional writing.

Follow her at www.harrietemichael.blogspot.com