SHELIA E. BELL

Shelia E. Bell (formerly Shelia E. Lipsey) is an award-winning, national bestselling author with 25+ books published in Christian fiction, women’s fiction, nonfiction, and young adult genres. 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, numerous SORMAG awards and more.

Shelia began her publishing career in 1999. Since then, she has set the literary industry ablaze with her dynamic, true to life stories that she calls "perfect stories about imperfect people like you...and me."

Shelia is passionate about helping others and encourages and promotes people to ‘live their dreams now.’ In 2012, she founded and non profit organization "Black Writers And Book Clubs (BWABC) Literacy Association" with a mission to promote literacy one community at a time. The BWABC was a festival held in her hometown of Memphis for five years. Shelia is also a well-respected freelance book editor.

A much sought after inspirational speaker, Shelia has traveled near and far sharing her inspirational messages of how to overcome the adversities of life. Having had polio since the age of two, she accepts no excuses and is determined not to let her physical imperfections keep her from living and achieving her life’s purposes.

NEW RELEASE

"Thicker Than Water" is book #11 in the dynamic, page flipping "My Son's Wife" series. The drama surrounding the Grahams and the McCoys of the infamous Holy Rock, continues to thicken.

Brothers Khalil and Xavier McCoy are dealing with the turmoil and consequences surrounding their individual life choices. Khalil, a newly married pastor moves farther away from his bride when he learns some unsettling news about his First Lady. Xavier is torn between two lovers; Ian or his mentally ill wife, Pepper.

Pepper is fighting to get on the mend so she can reclaim her family. But this can be harder than she thinks.

Pastor Hezekiah McCoy has plenty of new tricks up his sleeve and he uses Minister of Music, Sista Rianna Jamison, to help him settle scores. Will his sneaky tactics work for him or will he start reaping some of the mess he's sown along the way. Can his brother the 'unlucky in love' Pastor Stiles Graham be of help or does he need help to find a love of his own?

Book 11 is filled with more secrets, more family drama, more karma, and more jaw dropping revelations. Continue the saga and discover what really is thicker than water.