Lynette Eason is an author of

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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.

Personal life and education

Lynette Eason grew up in

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, where she became a Christian at age eight through the influence of her parents and the Sunday school teachers at Northgate Baptist Church. An avid reader as a child, she was influenced by many writers including "

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... Steven King and others." As an adult she enjoyed Christian fiction by "Randilyn Collins, Dee Henderson, Shirlee McCoy,

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, Robert Liparulo,

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and Deborah Raney" She graduated from the

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in 1989 with a B.A. in Finance and Real Estate and then graduated from

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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

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. In 1996 she married her neighbor, Jack Eason, a Christian consultant and worship leader. Eason and her family were active at New Life Baptist Fellowship Church in

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where she served as a Sunday School teacher. Lynette Eason currently resides with her husband in

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, and they have two adult children, Lauryn and Will.

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. 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. The movie, ''Her Stolen Past,'' was based on Lynette's novel and premiered on the

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in 2018.

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. She has also been on the Publishers Weekly, ECPA and CBA bestseller lists."Lynette Eason" https://www.christianbook.com/page/fiction/fiction-authors/lynette-eason (accessed 2/8/2022)

Published works

*Women of Justice series *Deadly Reunions series *Code of Valor *Called To Protect.

References

External links

Official website
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