Lynn Vincent
Encyclopedia
Lynn Vincent is a bestselling conservative American
writer, journalist, and author or co-author of 10 books. Vincent's work focuses on memoirs, politics and current events. She co-wrote Sarah Palin
's 2009 memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life
. 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 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.
, Massachusetts
. She has two teenage sons, and lives in San Diego, California
.
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.
, details Burpo's claims that 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. 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.
candidate Sarah Palin
to be the collaborator on Palin's memoir, Going Rogue. Upon release, the book immediately hit no. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Palin's memoir is one of only four political memoirs to sell more than 1 million copies, with current sales over 3 million.
: 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.
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.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson
recently signed to star in the film adaptation of Same Kind of Different as Me.
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 and hit bottom as a prescription drug addict after committing adultery, only being restored to health by turning to God.
On April 12, 2011, Vincent released a book with Abby Sunderland
titled Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer, journalist, and author or co-author of 10 books. Vincent's work focuses on memoirs, politics and current events. She co-wrote Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
's 2009 memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life
Going Rogue: An American Life
Going Rogue: An American Life is a personal and political memoir of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican candidate for U.S. Vice President. The book became a New York Times #1 bestseller in its first week of release, and remained there for six weeks...
. She is a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
.
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
New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...
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 visits heaven.
Vincent, a U.S. Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
veteran, spent 11 years as an investigative reporter and feature writer for WORLD
World (magazine)
WORLD Magazine is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501 organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. WORLD differs from most other news magazines in that its declared perspective is one of conservative...
magazine, a conservative Christian newsweekly with a paid subscribership of more than 120,000. She has lectured on writing at the World Journalism Institute
World Journalism Institute
The World Journalism Institute was founded by Robert Case II in 1999. WJI is an independent journalism school whose mission is to recruit, equip, place and encourage journalists who are Christians in the mainstream newsrooms of America...
, and at The King's College in New York City.
Background
Vincent was born in SpringfieldSpringfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. She has two teenage sons, and lives in San Diego, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
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, and exposing sexual abuse of women in Protestant churches.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.
Heaven Is for Real
In 2010 Vincent collaborated with small-town Nebraska pastor Todd Burpo whose then-four-year-old son Colton suffered from an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. The book, Heaven Is for RealHeaven Is for Real
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a 2010 best selling Christian book written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent...
, details Burpo's claims that 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. 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.
Going Rogue
Vincent was hired by former Alaska governor and vice presidentialVice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
candidate Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
to be the collaborator on Palin's memoir, Going Rogue. Upon release, the book immediately hit no. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
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 MeSame kind of different as me
Same Kind of Different As Me, published June 2006, is a book co-written by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, with Lynn Vincent, telling about Hall's and Moore's intersecting life journeys. It is published by Thomas Nelson. Moore grew up as a sharecropper on a plantation in Red River Parish, Louisiana...
: 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.
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.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...
recently signed to star in the film adaptation of Same Kind of Different as Me.
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).Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime and Corruption in the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, written with conservative journalist Robert Stacy McCain
Robert Stacy McCain
Robert Stacy McCain is an American conservative journalist, writer, and blogger. McCain is a former assistant national editor for The Washington Times and co-author of the 2006 book Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party...
(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
William G. Boykin
Lieutenant General William G. Boykin was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation, serving in Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq. He is currently an author and teaches at Hampden-Sydney College,...
is an original member of the U.S. Army's Delta Force
Delta Force
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta is one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units. Commonly known as Delta Force, Delta, or The Unit, it was formed under the designation 1st SFOD-D, and is officially referred to by the Department of Defense...
who led operations during the invasions of Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, including the rescue of American Kurt Muse, a political prisoner of General Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno is a Panamanian politician and soldier. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989.The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States removed him from power; he was captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on...
. Boykin was present at Noriega's surrender, and also headed the Colombian-led capture of narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord. He was an elusive cocaine trafficker and rich and successful criminal. He owned numerous luxury residences, automobiles, and even airplanes...
. Boykin commanded TASK FORCE RANGER in Mogadishu
Mogadishu
Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....
, Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, 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
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
, and was groomed in jihad
Jihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
from childhood by the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
. 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 and hit bottom as a prescription drug addict after committing adultery, only being restored to health by turning to God.
On April 12, 2011, Vincent released a book with Abby Sunderland
Abby Sunderland
Abigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.-Early life:...
titled Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas.
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 & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
. 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.William G. BoykinLieutenant General William G. Boykin was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation, serving in Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq. He is currently an author and teaches at Hampden-Sydney College,...
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 MeSame kind of different as meSame Kind of Different As Me, published June 2006, is a book co-written by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, with Lynn Vincent, telling about Hall's and Moore's intersecting life journeys. It is published by Thomas Nelson. Moore grew up as a sharecropper on a plantation in Red River Parish, Louisiana...
. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-8499-0041-9 - Vincent, Lynn. Robert Stacy McCainRobert Stacy McCainRobert Stacy McCain is an American conservative journalist, writer, and blogger. McCain is a former assistant national editor for The Washington Times and co-author of the 2006 book Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party...
(2006) Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party. Thomas NelsonThomas Nelson (publisher)Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in Scotland in 1798 as the namesake of its founder. Its former US division is currently the sixth largest American trade publisher and the world's largest Christian publisher. It is owned by the private equity firm Kohlberg & Company...
. 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
External links
- Lynn Vincent Official website
- Articles by Lynn Vincent in WORLDWorld (magazine)WORLD Magazine is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501 organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. WORLD differs from most other news magazines in that its declared perspective is one of conservative...
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