BooksAlive! 2012 -- Bay County Public Library Festival of Reading

	Inspirational writer and columnist for the Charlotte Observer, Lynne Hinton is native of North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Masters of Divinity degree from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. She has served as a chaplain with hospice and as the pastor of Mount Hope United Church of Christ and First Congregational United Church of Christ, both in North Carolina. Lynne is a regular columnist with The Charlotte Observer and the author of several books, including a nonfiction piece, Meditations for Walking, and the Hope Springs Trilogy with Friendship Cake. Other titles include Pie Town (2011), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (2008), Jacob’s Ladder (2007), and Down by the Riverside (2007).