Shelia E. Bell is an award-winning, national bestselling author with over 20 titles to her credit in the genres of christian fiction, women's fiction, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. Her books have garnered numerous awards and accolades, including 2017 Christian Literary Readers' Choice Award, 2015 Rosa Parks Award, 2014 Christian Literary Award, AAMBC Nate Holmes Honorary Award, Kindle Award, OOSA Book of the Year, and many more. Shelia is a literacy advocate, freelance book editor, and former publisher who is passionate about helping, encouraging and promoting others to 'live their dreams now.' In 2012, she founded the Black Writers And Book Clubs (BWABC) Literacy Association and Festival, a nonprofit organization geared toward promoting literacy one community at a time. The annual BWABC Literacy Festival ran for five successful years and attracted over one hundred authors and thousands of readers and book clubs from across the nation to Memphis to attend the annual event. ​ A much sought after inspirational speaker, Shelia travels near and far sharing her inspirational messages about how to overcome the adversities of life to fulfill one's God-given destiny. Having had polio since the age of two, Shelia accepts no excuses and is determined not to let her physical imperfections keep her from her life's purposes