Ginger L. Pedersen

G.L. PEDERSEN was born in Florida and raised on its stories of pioneer days. She writes about real people, especially the women whose lives were too often left out of the historic record. She uncovers their stories in faded letters, old newspapers, and archives that time almost buried, bringing them forward so they will not be lost again. Two award-winning books authored with Janet M. Naughton shed new light on Palm Beach County history. In Pioneering Palm Beach, they told the unknown story of author Byrd Spilman Dewey. In The Crystal Ball Chronicles, they followed the trail of murdering poet and postmistress Lena Clarke. Now, in Unbreakable Healer, G.L. Pedersen tells the story of Dr. Mabel E. Elliott, a pioneering physician and medical missionary whose fearless service from the battlefields of postwar Turkey to the orphanages of Armenia and the hospitals of Japan saved thousands of lives. Dr. Elliott bore witness to some of the 20th century’s greatest humanitarian crises.

G.L. Pedersen resides in Florida among palms, pineapples, and bananas, always looking for the next mission.