Jill Pauline Briscoe (née Ryder; born 29 June 1935)[1] is a British–American author, editor, and speaker.
[2] She attended Homerton College, Cambridge, graduating with a diploma to teach in the public school system.[when?
][3][verification needed] Ryder married her husband and future writing and ministry partner, D. Stuart Briscoe, in 1958 in Liverpool.
then served for ten years as the director of Capernwray Hall, a nursery school and Christian youth centre.[when?
][3][4] Briscoe came to the United States in 1970, when her husband became the senior pastor of Elmbrook Church, in Brookfield, Wisconsin.