Ethel Barrett (December 28, 1913 – May 10, 1998) was a Christian writer, speaker and storyteller, whose popularity peaked between the early 1950s and the mid-1980s.
[1] Barrett started her storytelling career as a Sunday School teacher in Schenectady, New York in the early 1940s.
That Sunday School class became a great success and her local fame and storytelling talent landed her some weekend radio jobs where she would tell Bible stories on local Christian radio stations.
Barrett's most recognized works included the retelling of John Bunyan's Holy War, The Chronicles of Mansoul, Storytelling – It's Easy which had more than 21 different printings.
Barrett was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1978 in the "Best Record for Children" category for "Ethel Barrett Tells Favorite Bible Stories" and was posthumously awarded the Great Christian Storyteller Award for the last 100 years at the Christian Storytelling Convention in 2007.