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AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND EDITOR LIN JOHNSON TO SPEAK AT TAYLOR

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND EDITOR LIN JOHNSON TO SPEAK AT TAYLORLin Johnson, senior editor of Church Libraries, Christian Communicator, and Advanced Christian Writer, will be making a guest speaking appearance at Taylor University at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8. She will be lecturing on the topics of writing professional book reviews, writing and selling curriculum, and working professionally with editors and publishers. Her talk will be open to the public at no cost and will be held in Rupp Communications Building, room 203. She will be here as part of Dr. Dennis E. Hensley’s “Freelance Writing” class.

Lin Johnson is a full-time freelancer, whose business includes editing, writing, proofreading and training. Lin also owns and directs the “Write-to-Publish” Christian writers’ conference in the Chicago area, and teaches at writers’ conferences around the world.

The author of more than 70 books, Lin specializes in Bible curriculum and is a Gold Medallion Book Award winner and an EPA Higher Goals award recipient. Her books include Everything the Bible Says about Money, The Smart Guide to the Bible: John, Encouraging Others, Christian Education: Foundations for the Future (co-editor), 2 Timothy & Titus: Fighting the Good Fight and 1 Timothy: Standing Firm (with John Stott), Mark and Ephesians (with N. T. Wright), and the “Extracting the Precious” series of Bible studies (with Donna Partow). She has also contributed to several books, including A Complete Guide to Writing for Publication and The NIV Quiet Time Bible.

Lin Johnson has a B.A. in Christian education from Cedarville University, a B.A. in Bible-theology from Moody Bible Institute, and an M.S. in adult and continuing education from National-Louis University. She is a former special instructor of Christian education at Moody Bible Institute and has been a seminar leader at Taylor University.

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