About Larry Barkdull

Larry Barkdull is a longtime publisher and writer of books, music, art and magazines. For nine years, Larry Barkdull owned Sonos Music Resources and published the Tabernacle Choir Performance Library. Larry Barkdull was also the owner and publisher of Keepsake Books. Over the past 30 years, he published about 600 products for numerous authors, composers and artists. Larry Barkdull founded two non-profit 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).

The books Larry Barkdull has written have sold in excess of 300,000 copies, and they 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. Larry Barkdull also has created Facebook groups called, “Rescuing Wayward Children” and “Three Pillars of Zion—Becoming a Zion Person.”

Larry Barkdull is a regular columnist for Meridian Magazine. He writes articles that alternate between “Becoming a Zion Person” and “Rescuing Wayward Children.” Larry Barkdull has been published in LDS Living Magazine, and he has been interviewed repeatedly. He is also a speaker for church groups.

Larry Barkdull and his wife, Elizabeth, have ten children and growing number of grandchildren. They live in Orem, Utah. He catalogs his articles at www.LarryBarkdull.com, and he hosts several groups on Facebook: “Pillars of Zion” and “Rescuing Wayward Children.”

Here is the list of book titles and other creative works by Larry Barkdull:

Current projects by Larry Barkdull

• The Three Pillars of Zion—August 2009.
• Priesthood Power: Blessing the Sick and the Afflicted—(2008) Covenant Communications
• Rescuing Wayward Children—(2009) Covenant Communications
• The Shepherd Song—to be published by Deseret Book, Fall 2009

National Market (various publishers)

• The Mourning Dove—(1996) general fiction (Golden Books/St. Martins Press)–Over 200,000 books in print; Winner: 1996 American Family Institute Award for best fiction; Translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian and Hebrew; Paperback edition under contract with Deseret Book.
• The Touch of the Master’s Hand—(1997) general fiction (Golden Books/St. Martins Press)
• Emergency Essentials—Tips for Preparedness—(2003) non-fiction emergency preparedness book
• Cold Train Coming—(2004) general fiction (Deseret Book/Shadow Mountain)–Winner: 2004 Benjamin Franklin Book Award for Popular Fiction, presented by the Independent Book Publishers Association of America; Winner: 2004 Foreword Magazine’s GOLD Book of the Year Award for General Fiction.

LDS Market

• Scripture Scouts series—(1986-1989) Produced twenty-four, 30-minute audio stories for children (Deseret Book)
• Praise to the Man—(1997) (Deseret Book)
• GIFTS—True Stories of God’s Love—(2004) (Deseret Book)

Self-published and other books by Larry Barkdull

• Zion—Seeking the City of Enoch—(1997) (KenningHouse)
• Zion—The Long Road to Sanctification—(2000) (Arcadia Publishing)

Internet

• ComeUntoChrist.org — a Web site based on the concepts found in Preach My Gospel.