About the Author

Elisabeth Elliot was born Elisabeth Howard to missionary parents who were serving in Belgium. Upon their return to the United States they settled in Pennsylvania and New Jersey before she began college at Wheaton College. It was there that she discovered her love for biblical Greek, a love that would ultimately lead to her making the New Testament accessible to some of those for whom it had not been previously accessible. Wheaton College is also where she met Jim Elliot, who she later married in Quito, Ecuador, where they were both serving as missionaries. Jim and Elisabeth had one daughter, Valerie, who was ten months old when her father was killed by some Waorani men who he, along with four other missionaries, had been seeking to develop a relationship for gospel purposes. Elisabeth continued working with the Quichua people of Ecuador when, through a remarkable providence, she met two Waorani women with whom she and Valerie lived for a year. They were the key to Elisabeth and Valerie going to live with the tribe that had killed the five missionaries. They remained there for two years. Elisabeth and Valerie returned to the Quichua work and remained there until 1963 when she and Valerie returned to the U.S. Subsequent to her return to the United States, her life was one of writing and speaking. It also included, in 1969, a marriage to Addison Leitch, professor at Gordon Conwell Seminary in Massachusetts. He died in 1973. After his death she married Lars Gren, to whom she was married until her death on June 15, 2015 at her home in Magnolia, Massachusetts. Elisabeth's influence continues to span generations through her daily radio program on air for many years and now re-airing in many locations. But it is through her books that her reach spread the furthest. With millions of copies of 21 books in print over the years, one cannot begin to fathom the influence this one surrendered life had on the choices, godliness, and overall sanctification of millions.

Elizabeth Elliot solía ser Elizabeth Howard, hija de misioneros que servían en Bélgica. Al regresar a los Estados Unidos se quedaron en Pennsylvania y New Jersey hasta que comenzó la Universidad Wheaton. Fue allí que descubrió su amor por el griego bíblico, un amor que la llevo a hacer el Nuevo Testamento alcanzable para aquellos que no tienen acceso a el. En la Universidad Wheaton conoció a Jim Elliot con quien después se casó en Quito, Ecuador, ambos servían ahí como misioneros. Jim y Elizabeth tuvieron una hija, Valerie quien tenía diez meses cuando su papa fue asesinado por hombres Waoroni con quien él y otros misioneros buscaban tener una relación con el fin de predicarles el evangelio. Elizabeth continuó trabajando con los indios Quichua del Ecuador cuando, por intervención divina conoció a dos mujeres Waorani, con quien ella y Valerie vivieron por un año. Ellas fueron la clave para que Elizabeth y Valerie fueran a vivir con la tribu que mató a los cinco misioneros. Se quedaron allí por 2 años. Posteriormente Elizabeth y Valerie volvieron a trabajar con los Quichuas y se quedaron ahí hasta 1963 cuando volvieron a los Estados Unidosdonde Elizabeth se dedicó a escribir y ser oradora. En 1969 se casó con Addison Leitch, quien era profesor en el Seminario Gordon Conwell en Massachusetts, el murió en 1973. Después de su muerte Elizabeth se volvió a casar con Lars Gren, con quien estuvo casada hasta que murió el 15 de Junio del 2015 en su casa en Magnolia, Massachusetts. Su influencia continúa a través del tiempo y su programa de radio al aire por muchos años y que hoy en día se retransmite en diferentes localidades. Pero es a través de sus libros que ha tenido mayor alcance, con miles de copias de 21 libros a través de los años, su vida, un ejemplo de renuncia en sus decisiones, la piedad y la santificación de millones.