The Pillars of Zion Series - Portrait of a Zion Person (Introduction) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780982490488)

Larry Barkdull is a longtime publisher and writer of books, music, art, and magazines. For nine years, he owned Sonos Music Resources and published the Tabernacle Choir Performance Library. He was also the owner and publisher of Keepsake Books. Over the past thirty years, he has published about six hundred products for numerous authors, composers, and artists. He founded two nonprofit organizations: The Latter-day Foundation for the Arts, Education, and Humanity (to promote LDS arts), and Gospel Ideals International (to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ on the Internet). His books have sold in excess of 300,000 copies and have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Hebrew. He is the recipient of the American Family Literary Award; the Benjamin Franklin Book Award; and Foreword Magazine's GOLD Book of the Year Award for best fiction. His most recent books are Priesthood Power-Blessing the Sick and the Afflicted; Rescuing Wayward Children; and The Shepherd Song. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have ten children and growing number of grandchildren. They live in Orem, Utah. Read more of his writings at Meridian Magazine.com.