Lynn Austin (born 1949) is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight.
[4] One of her books, Hidden Places was turned into a Hallmark Channel movie.
Her family moved from Canada to Chicago, where she taught at Chicago Christian High School one year before beginning to write full-time and actively pursued getting published.
[7] Austin is known for writing books about strong women that don't need to be rescued by a hero.
The theme of the books may be different, but the central message she tries to get across in all her novels is "that God loves us and He'll never forsake us no matter how difficult life becomes.