Lynne Hinton

Lynne Hinton, born in Durham, North Carolina, to a reverend father and raised as a preacher's kid in Fayetteville, is an ordained United Church of Christ minister and bestselling novelist known for works like 'Friendship Cake' and the Sister Eve, Private Eye series.[1][2][4] She earned degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Pacific School of Religion, served as a hospice chaplain and pastor in North Carolina congregations, and now resides in New Mexico.[1][2] Writing under pseudonyms J. Lynne Hinton and Jackie Lynn, she blends her pastoral experience with fiction in genres including inspirational novels and mysteries.[1][5]