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About Ellen Fannon
Award-winning author, Ellen Fannon, is a retired veterinarian, former missionary, and church pianist/organist. She and retired Air Force pilot-turned-pastor husband fostered more than forty children, and are the adoptive parents of two sons. She has published five novels, Other People’s Children, Save the Date, Don’t Bite the Doctor, and Honor Thy Father Episodes 1 and 2. Her articles and stories have appeared in One Christian Voice, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Divine Moments, and Guideposts; and her devotions have been published in Open Windows, The Secret Place, and Guideposts. She also has had stories published in You and Me, Sasee, and Go magazine.
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