Lynette Eason

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Lynette Eason is an author of Christian fiction novels within the inspirational romantic suspense genre; she has won various awards for her writing and been on the ECPA and CBA bestseller lists and published nearly fifty books. [1]

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Personal life and education

Lynette Eason grew up in Greenville, South Carolina where she became a Christian at age eight through the influence of her parents and the Sunday school teachers at Northgate Baptist Church. [2] An avid reader as a child, she was influenced by many writers including "Alfred Hitchcock, Carolyn Keene, Agatha Christie, Francine Pascal...Steven King and others." [3] As an adult she enjoyed Christian fiction by "Randilyn Collins, Dee Henderson, Shirlee McCoy, Karen Kingsbury, Robert Liparulo, Terri Blackstock and Deborah Raney" [4]

She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1989 with a B.A. in Finance and Real Estate and then graduated from Converse University in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1993 with an M.Ed. in Special Education and Teaching. After graduation she taught school for a period at a school for deaf and blind children, and she is fluent in American Sign Language. [5] In 1996 she married her neighbor, Jack Eason, a Christian consultant and worship leader. [6] Eason and her family were active at New Life Baptist Fellowship Church in Boiling Springs, South Carolina where she served as a Sunday School teacher. [7] Lynette Eason currently resides with her husband in Simpsonville, South Carolina, and they have two adult children, Lauryn and Will. [8] [9]

Writing career

Eason began writing in 1999 to cope with loneliness during her husband's work travels, and she received her first book contract eight years later. [10] She has published nearly fifty books and currently writes for Revell and for Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense line and spends at least eight hours a day writing and generally completes her books within two to four months. [11] The movie, Her Stolen Past, was based on Lynette's novel and premiered on the Lifetime Movie Network in 2018. [12]

Awards

Eason has won or been nominated for various writing awards including the Inspirational Reader's (IRCC) Choice Award, the Selah Award, three ACFW Carol Awards, the Daphne, the Christian Retailing's Best 2017 Award, a top ten finish in the James Patterson 2016 co-writer contest, and others. [13] [14] She has also been on the Publishers Weekly, ECPA and CBA bestseller lists. [15] [16]

Published works

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References

  1. ↑ "Lynette Eason – Romantic Suspense" https://www.seriouswriter.com/lynette-eason-romantic-suspense/ (accessed 2/8/2022)
  2. ↑ Lynette Eason, A Silent Pursuit (Steeple Hill Books, 2009), p. 2
  3. ↑ "AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LYNETTE EASON" by Deborah Sprinkle, Jul 27, 2020
  4. ↑ "Lynette Eason" https://www.christianbook.com/page/fiction/fiction-authors/lynette-eason (accessed 2/8/2022)
  5. ↑ BEHIND THE WORDS: LYNETTE EASON By Jocie McKade -6 August 2021 https://readersentertainment.com/2021/08/06/behind-the-words-lynette-eason-2/
  6. ↑ "Lynette Eason – Romantic Suspense" https://www.seriouswriter.com/lynette-eason-romantic-suspense/ (accessed 2/8/2022)
  7. ↑ Lynette Eason, A Silent Pursuit (Steeple Hill Books, 2009), p. 2
  8. ↑ https://lynetteeason.com/about-lynette/ (accessed 2/8/2022)
  9. ↑ Discover Author: Lynette & Lauryn Eason Books & Biography https://www.harpercollins.ca/author/cr-191421/lynette-and-lauryn-eason/
  10. ↑ WEEKEND WITH THE WRITERS CONFERENCE INTERVIEW BLITZ – LYNETTE EASON, March 5, 2016 by Robin E. Mason
  11. ↑ "BEST-SELLING AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH LYNETTE EASON JULY 1, 2018" https://www.almostanauthor.com/best-selling-author-interview-with-lynette-eason/ (accessed 2/8/22)
  12. ↑ "AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LYNETTE EASON" by Deborah Sprinkle, Jul 27, 2020
  13. ↑ "LYNETTE EASON ON WHY SHE WRITES ROMANTIC SUSPENSE (EPISODE 27)" https://sarahhamakerfiction.com/podcast/lynette-eason-on-why-she-writes-romantic-suspense-episode-27/ (accessed 2/8/2022)
  14. ↑ "BEST-SELLING AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH LYNETTE EASON JULY 1, 2018" https://www.almostanauthor.com/best-selling-author-interview-with-lynette-eason/ (accessed 2/8/22)
  15. ↑ "Lynette Eason – Romantic Suspense" https://www.seriouswriter.com/lynette-eason-romantic-suspense/ (accessed 2/8/2022)
  16. ↑ "Lynette Eason" https://www.christianbook.com/page/fiction/fiction-authors/lynette-eason (accessed 2/8/2022)
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