ABOUT THIS ARTIST
Lora-Ellen McKinney is an award-winning author whose best-known works detail African American faith and practice and Baptist tenets. As a psychologist, she co-wrote the first book about the challenges of children exposed to drugs and alcohol.
God or a convincing stand-in recently told Lora-Ellen that she could switch genres so she has been writing rather scandalous scripts and doing occasional solo performances.
Lora-Ellen wears the label, “former” with pride. She is a former:
child actor of Greek and Roman tragedies on Seattle’s public television station
dancer until too many toe and hip breaks made lyrical movement impossible
child psychologist
pediatric health researcher
medical school professor
public hospital administrator
public policy analyst, and
the first woman of color to model diamonds in a international ad campaign.
Currently, Lora-Ellen dances in grocery stores, listens for real life musings that can provide story ideas, sings too many show tunes, cooks gourmet vegan meals and writes like a fiend. She uses the richness of her life to fuel stories for stage and screen, fiction and nonfiction. It took lots of former lives to get here.
FEATURED VIDEO
Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney's liturgical dance to Marc Anthony's "No One"
