Our Authors - Shadow Mountain

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Shadow Mountain Authors

Larry Barkdull

Larry Barkdull is the author of Gifts: True Stories of God's Love. He has authored many books including The Mourning Dove. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Orem, Utah, and are the parents of ten children.

Robert T. Barrett

ROBERT T. BARRETT is a universoty professor of illustration. He received a bachelor's degree and master's degree in painting and completed postgraduate work in Germany. An accomplished painter, muralist, and illustrator, his work has been featured in many national magazines...

Sam Beeson

Jerry Borrowman

Jerry Borrowman has written numerous articles in religious and financial publications. He's previously coauthored a number of other biographies. Jerry Borrowman is a National Award Winner of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for his contribution to promoting the cause...

John Bytheway

John Bytheway is an author, an entertainer and a motivational speaker. Over his career, John has sold more than one million products (books, lectures on CD, and DVDs). He loves to write, read, and play the banjo and guitar. John...

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is one of the nation's most acclaimed and bestselling authors.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards. His novel Stone Tables was honored by Booklist as one of its top 10 Christian novels for 1999....

Ron Carter

Ron Carter was born in Salt Lake City and reared in Twin Falls, Idaho. He served received a bachelor's degree in industrial management from Brigham Young University. He received a juris doctor degree in 1962 after attending the law schools...

Allyson B. Condie

Allyson Braithwaite Condie taught high school English inUtah and in upstate New York. Currently, she is employed by her two little boys, who keep her busy playing trucks and building blocks. She enjoys running with her husband, Scott, listening to...

Judy Cooley

Judy Cooley studied at Weber State University as well as privately with many notable art professionals. She lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with her husband, Erik, and their four children. Like any other mother, her day is...

Betty Crocker

James Dashner

James Dashner was born and raised in a small town in Georgia, surrounded by a creepy forest that provided many ideas for stories later on in life. His love of books and writing made him dream of being an author...

Amanda Dickson

Amanda Dickson has been, among other things, a waitress,lawyer, college professor, disc jockey, newspaper columnist, restaurant manager, WNBA stadium announcer, receptionist, and pizza maker. She is currently a radio morning show host in Salt Lake City, Utah, a job that...

Jesse Draper

Dan Farr

Dan Farr has twelve years of 3D industry experience and a sense of entrepreneurship. He oversees business development and corporate management of DAZ Productions. Mr. Finnegan's Giving Chest is his first published book and is the culmination of many merging...

Bernard Fisher

Colonel Bernard Fisher, USAF Retired, served a distinguished career with active duty in the Navy during World War II, and in the Air Force during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He received numerous commendations, including the Silver Star, the Distinguished...

Emily Freeman

Howard W. Fullmer

Howard W. Fullmer was born in Hawaii but raised on a very small ranch in Idaho. He has illustrated for such magazines as Bicycling and Outdoor Life and for companies including United Parcel Service and IBM. This is his first...

Pamela H. Hansen

Pamela H. Hansen was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She earned a bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Although the majority of her adult life has been filled with mothering her five children from home, in earlier years she taught...

Gerald N. Lund

Gerald Lund received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in sociology from Brigham Young University, and has done post-graduate work in the New Testament and Hebrew at Pepperdine University and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California.

Employed by The...

Jill C. Manning

Michael McLean

Michael McLean is known as a performer, composer, songwriter, producer and director, with a list of accomplishments reflecting well in each of those areas.

Michael has written music and lyrics for 20 albums, including Stay with Me, You're Not...

Brandon Mull

Brandon Mull no longer lives on the side of a mountain above a prison. He now resides in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and three children. Since the arrival of his new...

Alex Nibley

Alex Nibley, Hugh's son, has published numerous essays and articles on a wide variety of subjects and has had two of his plays produced. He is also a screenwriter, producer, actor, and filmmaker. He holds a B.A. degree from the...

Hugh Nibley

Hugh Nibley received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1939, and was emeritus professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. A prolific writer, a keen and witty observer, and a relentless critic of the...

Rachel Ann Nunes

Rachel Ann Nunes, the best-selling author of the Ariana series, lists writing as one of her favorite activities. She and her husband, TJ, live with their six children in Utah.

Marie Ricks

Marie Ricks has been sharing personal and home organization skills for over 20 years. She is a popular speaker and is a feature writer for several newspapers. She has been a radio show host and regularly appears as a guest...

J. Scott Savage

Obert Skye

Obert Skye read his first book at age two. He wrote his first story at age four. And he was nearly trampled by a herd of water buffalo at age six. For a short time, he lived on the Isle...

Ben Sowards

Ben Sowards holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. A teacher of art at Southern Utah University, he has illustrated several children's books. He and his wife, Connie, have two daughters.

Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart is a best-selling author, world-record-settingpilot, and president and CEO of The Shipley Group, a nationally recognized consulting and training company. He is a member of the Renaissance Organization, a private group of leaders from across the globe who...

Evie Stewart

G. G. Vandagriff

G. G. Vandagriff is a passionate genealogist andmystery lover, as well as the author of two previous novels, Cankered Roots and Of Deadly Descent. A graduate of Stanford University, she obtained her master's degree from George Washington University. She and...

Joseph Walker

Since 1990 Joseph Walker has written a weekly newspaper column called ValueSpeak, which has appeared in more than 200 newspapers nationally. Some of his columns were published in the bestselling Chicken Soup series. Joseph and his wife, Anita, have five...

C. Terry Warner

Dr. C. Terry Warner holds a Ph.D. from Yale University. He has been a visiting senior member of Linacre College, Oxford University, and in 1979 founded The Arbinger Institute, a widely respected group that devotes itself to helping organizations, families,...

Lynda M. Wilson

Lynda Wilson grew up in a military family and attended eleven different grade schools. It was then that books became her most constant friends. She has been writing since she was a child, recently completing a woman's scripture study of...

Jason F. Wright

Jason Wright is a political and public policy consultant and is the president of The Institute for Liberty, a non-profit think-tank based in northern Virginia. He writes opinion editorial articles on issues ranging from pop culture to education reform to...