Ada Brownell, a devoted Bible student and former youth leader and teacher, has written for Christian publications since age 15 and spent much of her life as a reporter for The Pueblo Chieftain in Colo. After moving to Springfield, MO in her retirement, she continues to free lance for Sunday school papers, Christian magazines; blogs; and write books with stick-to-your-soul encouragement. She is critique group leader of Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers and a member of American Christian Fiction Writers   

• Colorado Psychiatric Society, 1998 media awareness award for sensitivity and insight in reporting issues of mental illness.
• Nominated for the American Psychiatric Society’s writing award in 1995 and in 1996.
• Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers, second, devotion contest, 2009
• Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters, first-place, environment, 1994
• Nominated for the Public Health Reporter 1994 Awards, AMC Cancer Research Center
• Finalist, Religion Newswriters Association, Louis Cassels Memorial Award, 1989
• Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association, first, news feature, 1984
• Layman’s National Bible Committee, finalist, Journalism Student Editorial Contest, 1982