Murray Andrew Pura was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1986, Pura has served five churches in Canada and headlined numerous speaking engagements in Canada and the United States. He has five books published, was a contributor to the Life With God Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, The Dartmouth Book Award, and The John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Kobzar Literary Award of Canada.
Amazon Best-Selling author
Patrick E. Craig, is a lifelongwriter and musician who left a successful music career to become a pastor in1986. In 2007 he retired to concentrate on writing and publishing fictionbooks. In 2011, Patrick signed a three-book deal with Harvest House Publishersto publish his
Apple Creek Dreamsseries. His self-published books,
TheAmish Heiress, The Amish Princess, and
TheMennonite Queen, as well as the reprinted
Apple Creek Dreams are now published by Patrick's imprint, P&JPublishing. In 2017, Harlequin Publishing purchased
The Amish Heiress for their Walmart Amish series and released it inApril 2019.
Patrick and his wife Judy live in Idaho. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.