Elizabeth McDavid Jones is the author of nine books and many magazine and serial stories for young people. Her books have sold over 750,000 copies. Five of her titles are slated for e-publication in Fall 2014, as part of Open Road's new series Mysteries through History. Elizabeth has won the Edgar Alan Poe Award and other recognition for her work.

Elizabeth is a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, and has been involved in both children's and adult ministries for many years. She is also a ten-year-plus veteran of Community Bible Study, an interdenominational, international Bible study organization with nearly 700 classes located throughout the United States, as well as classes in more than 70 countries and more than 40 languages around the globe.

A self-taught Bible scholar, Liz has an MA in Literature and teaches at a local college. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and children, where they share their home with a big brown dog and a mountain of dirty laundry.