Kendra Norman-Bellamy is the founder of KNB Publications, LLC , a licensed minister, and the National Bestselling author of more than a dozen fictional novels that tell stories of Christians in crises who ultimately put their situations in the hands of God for answers that only He can provide.
Ever since becoming a published novelist in 2002, Kendra's endeavor has been to write books that offer hope and healing for the nation. Her dramatic, romantic, compelling, and often times, suspenseful novels have gained rave reviews from their readers and have captured many nationally recognized awards.
But before she ever acknowledged her divine calling as an author, Kendra was a young woman who found out four years and two children into her marriage that her beloved husband had full blown AIDS. Though she has always been open to share her heartbreaking, yet victorious testimony, the full story of this trying time in her life is one that the vast majority of her readers and even many of her friends have never been privy to...until now.
While Kendra is one of the most recognized names among Christian fiction authors, I Shall Not Die is her first nonfiction project. "For me, writing fiction is a whole lot easier than writing nonfiction," Kendra says. She admits that the realization of that came as a surprise. "Because a nonfiction writer is writing about true-to-life accounts and doesn't have to create ideas at the same level that we fictional writers do, I always thought that writing nonfiction was easier. And in most cases, it probably is. But when the real life is your real life, and the situations aren't necessarily the most pleasant ones to talk about, nonfiction can be just as, if not more challenging. God is definitely spearheading this one. I couldn't do it without Him."
More than just a book, the foundation behind the concept of "I Shall Not Die" has become a platform for Kendra's newly expanded motivational speaking ministry. Her first "I Shall Not Die" message was shared on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at a Motivational Women's Conference hosted by the women's ministry of Peace Tabernacle Assembly of God. The event was held at the Clarion Airport Hotel & Conference Center in Jacksonville, Florida where more than 100 women gathered to worship and be empowered. "God used Peace Tabernacle to provide the launching pad," Kendra states, "but there are so many more doors that God is going to open so that this message can be spread worldwide."
And the expansion began before the book was ever sent to print. The I Shall Not Die ministry has developed into The I.S.L.A.N.D. (I Shall Live And Not Die) Movement which includes an I.S.L.A.N.D. Conference (see "The Conference" link for more information). And the best is yet to come, so get connected and stay tuned...
Kendra currently resides in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia with her family where she is also the founder of Cruisin' For Christ an at-sea ministry that highlights artists who use their gifts to magnify the kingdom of God. She is a graduate of Valdosta Technical College and an active member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
