Welcome to the Eric Mataxis show.

I shouldn't tell you this, but Eric hired someone who sounds just like him to host today's show.

But since I'm the announcer, they told me.

So I am telling you, don't be fooled.

The real Eric's in jail.

And welcome.

Hey there, folks.

Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show.

As you know, this is a show where I interview people.

I'm Eric Metaxis.

This is the show.

And guess what?

Today, I get to speak to somebody I've known for a long time who has done something that I do, which is

written a biography about a hero of the faith, Elizabeth Elliott, someone I had the privilege to meet

some years ago, and people keep saying to me, why don't you write about Elizabeth

Elliott? And I thought, well, I have a feeling someone else might. And it turns out that my friend

Ellen Vaughn has done just that. Ellen, welcome to the program. Thanks, Eric. So good to be with you.

You've written so many books. Before we get into Elizabeth Elliott, tell my audience about some of the other books that

you've written, because you've been doing this for a little while. Well, I think there are about

23 books now that I've either written or co-written with different interesting individuals,

one of whom is Chuck Colson, who I know you worked with back in the day.

And I'm a very curious person, so I've enjoyed just connecting with people who have lived lives very different from my own and getting inside their heads and ghostwriting in a sense for people who have a story to tell but aren't writers themselves.

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