About the author
Before becoming an author, Lynn Terrell worked in business communications as a technical writer, speech writer, and film producer. His employers included well known, Fortune 500 companies, including IBM where he worked for 25 years. In retirement, Terrell continued other life-long interests, including abstract painting, writing song lyrics, and producing historical and personal interest videos. In his novels, Terrell draws heavily on real-life experiences. His latest book – "The Trees Won't Tell" contains a great deal of personal information, all of it attributed to the main character. Terrell has written three other books, "Bless Me Father," "The Gathering Storm," and "The Descendant." Terrell credits his creativity to his mother who wrote poetry as a young woman. The author earned an undergraduate degree from Kent State University and a master's degree from Northwestern, both in journalism. As a student he worked for several newspapers as a reporter and columnist.