Murray 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 twelve
books published, is a contributor to the Life With God
Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, the
Dartmouth Book Award, the John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and The
Kobzar Literary Award of Toronto. Murray has an MDiv from Acadia
University and Baptist Divinity School and a ThM and DCS from
Regent College (Vancouver). He lives near Calgary, Alberta.