Keynote Speaker:  Liz Curtis Higgs   

Gifted fiction author and professional speaker, Liz Curtis Higgs returns as our keynoter speaker for 2012.  She has been telling tales since she attempted her first novel at the tender age of ten! Award-winning careers in radio broadcasting, public speaking, nonfiction writing, and children's books honed Liz's storytelling abilities, bringing her back to her first love, writing fiction.

With 28 books currently in print, her fiction includes two contemporary novels, one novella, and six historical novels with titles Thorn in My Heart, Fair Is The Rose to name a few.  Her popular nonfiction includes books such as Bad Girls of the Bible, Really Bad Girls of the Bible, Unveiling Mary Magdalene among others.  And she has written five books for young children.  Liz won a 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion for Excellence for her children's Parable Series.  In addition, nonfiction book, Embrace Grace, won a 2007 Retailers Choice Award, and novel Whence Came a Prince received a 2006 Christy award for Best Historical Novel.  Here Burns My Candle was named 2010 Best Inspirational Romance by RT Book Reviews, and her 2011 novel, Mine is the Night, was a New York Times bestseller.  If that wasn't enough, her articles have appeared in many Christian magazines over the years and more than 4,500 churches nationwide are using her video Bible study series, Loved by God.

Married to Dr. Bill Higgs who serves as Director of Operations for her speaking and writing, they enjoy their old Kentucky home, a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Louisville, and are the proud (and relieved!) parents of two college grads, Matthew and Lillian.

Liz is a gifted professional speaker, speaking all over the world.  We are blessed to have her addressing us during our general sessions each evening and the last morning before the conference ends.  Come with expectant hearts that God will meet you at Mount Hermon's Writers Conference!