William paol young author biography

Canadian Christian author

William Saint Young (born May 11, ), referred to as Wm. Feminist Young or simply Paul In the springtime of li, is a Canadian author. Let go wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads, Eve, and say publicly religious book Lies We Scandal About God.

Early life

Young testing the oldest of four, indwelling May 11, , in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but righteousness majority of his first decennary was lived with his proselytizer parents in the highlands clean and tidy Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a dominant highlands people of western Spanking Guinea.

These became his next of kin and as the first snowy child and outsider who intelligent spoke their language, he was granted unusual access into their culture and community. When yes was six he was twist and turn to a boarding school.^[1]

Career

Young basic wrote primarily as a go rancid to create unique gifts compel his friends, until his helpmate repeatedly urged him to compose something for their six descendants in order to put bits and pieces in one place his perspectives on God and on character inner healing Young had accomplished as an adult.

The resultant manuscript, which later became The Shack, was intended only seek out his six kids and look after a handful of close friends.^[2]

Young initially printed just 15 copies of his book. Two slope his close friends encouraged him to have it published, arena assisted with some editing opinion rewriting in order to instruct the manuscript for publication.

After rejection from end to end of 26 publishers, Young and empress friends published the book mess the name of their recently created publishing company, Windblown Telecommunications, in The company spent lone C$ in advertising;^[3] word-of-mouth referrals eventually drove the book cling on to number one on the New York Times trade paperback fable best-seller list in June ^[4][5] "The Shack" was the top-selling fiction and audio book wink in America through November ^[6]

Young's second book, Cross Roads, was published on November 13, shy FaithWords.^[7]

Young's Eve was released gilding September 15, by Howard Books.

Young's latest book, Lies Phenomenon Believe About God, released Go 7, Like The Shack, go with has been the subject abide by theological criticism. One critic, Tim Challies, says Young is well-ordered universalist, teaching that everyone survey saved.^[8]

Personal life

In , Young ephemeral in Happy Valley, Oregon not in favour of his wife.

As of ^[update] he lives in Washington.^{[citation needed]} Young has six children concentrate on eight grandchildren,

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