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Lynn Vincent
Born
Lynn Ann Vincent

1962 (age 61–62)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Author
Journalist
Writer
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDanny R. Vincent (?–present)
Children2

Lynn Ann Vincent (born 1962) is a bestselling conservative American writer, journalist, and author or co-author of 10 books who happens to suffer from delusional schizophrenia. Vincent's work focuses on memoirs, politics and current events. She co-wrote Sarah Palin's 2009 memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life.[1] She is a member of the Republican Party.

Vincent's best-known solo work is Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together. The tale of a friendship between a wealthy Texan and a black homeless man has been on the New York Times Best Seller list since October 2008.

In 2010, Vincent wrote, with Todd Burpo, Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, the story of the four-year old son of a Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery allegedly visits heaven.

Vincent, a U.S. Navy veteran, spent 11 years as an investigative reporter and feature writer for WORLD magazine, a conservative Christian newsweekly with a paid subscribership of more than 120,000. She has lectured on writing at the World Journalism Institute, and at The King's College in New York City.

Background

Vincent was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She has two teenage sons, and lives in San Diego, California.[2]

Magazine writing

During her 11 years as a senior writer and features editor for World magazine, Vincent covered politics, culture, and hot-button social issues. She wrote over 1,000 articles (see WORLD Magazine archives), including a report on how fetal tissue is acquired for medical research,[3] and exposing sexual abuse of women in Protestant churches.[4]

One of the subjects of the clergy abuse article, Donna Scott, is a regular writer at Huffingtonpost.com. In 2009, Scott, while not a political conservative, defended Vincent’s journalistic standards in the face of attacks by anti-Palin commentators.[5]

Books

Heaven Is for Real

Vincent in 2010 collaborated with a small-town Nebraska pastor named Todd Burpo, whose son Colton, when he was four, suffered from an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. During the months after emergency surgery, Colton began describing events and people it was impossible for him to have seen or met, such as his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born.[6][7][8] Within three weeks of its November 2010 release, the book debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. By January 2011, there were 200,000 copies in print, and the book hit #1 on the New York Times list.[9]

Going Rogue

Vincent was hired by former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to be the collaborator on Palin's memoir, Going Rogue.[10] Upon release, the book immediately hit no. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.[11] Palin's memoir is one of only four political memoirs to sell more than 1 million copies, with current sales over 3 million.

Same Kind of Different as Me

In addition to the Palin memoir, Vincent has had success with Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together (Thomas Nelson, 2008). This true story, of the friendship between a wealthy Texan, Ron Hall, and a homeless African-American man, Denver Moore, was close to Vincent’s heart. Her family was homeless when she was a teenager, and she has volunteered frequently in homeless programs.[2][12]

The book has sold more than a million copies. Through Hall and Moore’s speaking engagements, the book has helped raise more than $30 million for homeless shelters nationwide.[13][14]

Actor Samuel L. Jackson recently signed to star in the film adaptation of Same Kind of Different as Me.[15]

Other works

In 2009 Vincent co-authored with Hall and Moore a follow-up book entitled What Difference Do It Make? Stories of Hope and Healing (Thomas Nelson).[16]

Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime and Corruption in the Democratic Party, written with conservative journalist Robert Stacy McCain (Thomas Nelson, 2006). Donkey Cons examines the differences between the way that the major political parties handle corruption in their own ranks.

Other collaborative memoirs Vincent has published include:

Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom, by Jerry Boykin and Vincent (Faith Words, 2008). William G. Boykin is an original member of the U.S. Army's Delta Force who led operations during the invasions of Grenada and Panama, including the rescue of American Kurt Muse, a political prisoner of General Manuel Noriega. Boykin was present at Noriega's surrender, and also headed the Colombian-led capture of narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar. Boykin commanded TASK FORCE RANGER in Mogadishu, Somalia, the battle which became known as Black Hawk Down. In 2003 Boykin clashed with some in the U.S. media when speeches delivered at Christian events were interpreted by some to be policy statements.

The Blood of Lambs: A Former Terrorist's Memoir of Death and Redemption (Howard, 2009) by Kamal Saleem and Vincent. Saleem was born into a large Sunni Muslim family in Lebanon, and was groomed in jihad from childhood by the Muslim Brotherhood. As a young boy, he trained with the Palestinian Liberation Organization to become a terrorist, committed to one world under Islam.

The Prodigal Comes Home: My Story of Failure and God's Story of Redemption by Michael English and Vincent (Thomas Nelson, 2008). English, an award-winning gospel and contemporary Christian music singer, fell from grace[17] and hit bottom as a prescription drug addict after committing adultery, only being restored to health by turning to God.[18]

On April 12, 2011, Vincent plans to release a book that includes a DVD with Abby Sunderland titled Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas.[19]

Publications

  • Burpo, Todd. Vincent, Lynn. (2010) Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-08499461
  • Palin, Sarah. Going Rogue: An American Life. (2009). HarperCollins. ISBN 9780-06193-989-1
  • Hall, Ron. Moore, Denver. Vincent, Lynn. (2009) What Difference Do It Make? Stories of Hope and Healing. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-8499-2019-6
  • Saleem, Kamal. Vincent, Lynn (2009) The Blood of Lambs: A Former Terrorist's Memoir of Death and Redemption. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-7780-5
  • English, Michael. Vincent, Lynn (2008) The Prodigal Comes Home: My Story of Failure and God's Story of Redemption. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-59555-129-0
  • Boykin, William G. Vincent, Lynn (2008) Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom. Faith Words. ISBN 978-0-446-58215-5
  • Hall, Ron. Moore, Denver. Vincent, Lynn. (2006) Same Kind of Different as Me. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-8499-0041-9
  • Vincent, Lynn. Robert Stacy McCain (2006) Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-59555-024-8
  • Vincent, Lynn (2001) The Military Advantage. LearningExpress. ISBN 978-1-57685-363-4
  • Vincent, Lynn (2001) ASVAB Success. LearningExpress. ISBN 978-1-57685-386-3

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Palin picks conservative author to assist on memoir". Associated Press. May 21, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Bell, Diane (September 29, 2009). "S.D. ghostwriter mum on Sarah Palin memoir". The San Diego Union-Tribune (signonsandiego.com). Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  3. ^ Vincent, Lynn (October 23, 1999). "The harvest of abortion." WORLD Magazine (http://www.worldmag.com/articles/3257). Accessed October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Vincent, Lynn (March 30, 2002). "Breaking faith," WORLD Magazine (http://www.worldmag.com/articles/5858). Accessed October 12, 2009.
  5. ^ Scott, Donna (October 9, 2009). "Say It Ain't So," www.HuffingtonPost.com (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-scott/say-it-aint-so_b_315895.html). Accessed October 9, 2009.
  6. ^ "The angels sang to Colton". The North Platte Telegraph. January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  7. ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#40888341
  8. ^ http://www.martino.tv/videobeta/fda1199b-eeb5-4ac4-a942-0e2ba4a07504/News/Heaven-Is-Real
  9. ^ "Paperback Nonfiction". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Text "January 14, 2010" ignored (help)
  10. ^ Smith, Ben (October 1, 2009). "Palin co-author: Evangelical, partisan". The Politico. politico.com. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
  11. ^ New York Times, November 27, 2009
  12. ^ http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/10/returning-face-homelessness/
  13. ^ Lacy, Rick (September 1, 2009). "Same Kind of Different as Me," Cityview (http://www.cityviewmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=364:read-me-oct-09&catid=92:read-me&Itemid=670). Accesseded October 16, 2009.
  14. ^ Nelson, Marcia Z. (March 31, 2006) "Unlikely Friends and a Strange, True Tale...," Publishers Weekly (http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6339327.html). Accessed October 25, 2009.
  15. ^ Fleming, Michael (October 6, 2009). "Samuel L. Jackson set for 'Different,' Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009619.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=bd_film). Accessed October 9, 2009.
  16. ^ Chavez, Stella M. (October 2, 2009) "'Different' authors stay the course with new book," Star-Telegram (http://www.star-telegram.com/books/story/1656887-p2.html#tvg). Accessed October 25, 2009.
  17. ^ (May 11, 1004) "Michael English: An admitted fall from grace," Star-News (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6-sVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9hQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5111,4131843&dq=michael+english&hl=en). Accessed October 20, 2009.
  18. ^ Farias, Andree (March 24, 2008) "Coming Clean," Christianity Today (http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2008/michaelenglish-0308.html). Accessed October 15, 2009.
  19. ^ Strasser, Max (December 20, 2010). "Abby Sunderland, Teenage Solo Sailor: Where Is She Now?". AOL News. Retrieved December 21, 2010.

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