Richard M. Siddoway (born 1940) is an American author and politician. He was a member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

from 1997 to 2002, serving as a Republican. Siddoway is also the author of several books including the ''New York Times'' bestseller '' The Christmas Wish''.

Biography

Siddoway was born in

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

and raised in

Bountiful, Utah Bountiful is a city in Davis County, Utah. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 45,762, an eight percent increase over the 2010 figure of 42,552. The city grew rapidly during the suburb growth of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s and ...

. He and his wife Janice have eight children. He has been an educator for over forty years and for a time was the principal of the Electronic High School for the Utah State Department of Education. In 1998 ''The Christmas Wish'' was adapted into a CBS movie. Siddoway has also written several other books with Christmas themes such as ''Twelve Tales of Christmas'', ''Christmas of the Cherry Snow'', and ''The Christmas Quest''. He has also written other books such as ''Degrees of Glory'', ''Mom and Other Great Women I Have Known'', ''Habits of the Heart'' and ''The Hut in The Tree in The Woods''. From 1996 to 2005 Siddoway served as president of the Bountiful Utah Val Verda

Stake A stake is a large wooden or metal implement designed to be driven into the ground and may refer to: Tools * Archer's stake, a defensive stake carried by medieval longbowmen * Survey stakes, markers used by surveyors * Sudis (stake) (Latin for ...

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

(LDS Church). Prior to his call as a stake president Siddoway had served as a

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in the LDS Church.''

Church News The ''Church News'' (formerly ''LDS Church News'') is a multi-platform supplement and subdivision of the ''Deseret News'', a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally, the LDS Church). ...

'', February 10, 1996.

Notes

References

* http://www.ldsfilm.com/bio/bioS2.html * http://lds.about.com/cs/productreviews/gr/degreesofglory.htm * http://www.cedarfort.com/author/Siddoway.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Siddoway, Richard M. 1940 births American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Living people American male writers Latter Day Saints from Utah 21st-century members of the Utah Legislature

Biography

See also

Notes

References