Lynn Vincent (born 1962) is an American writer, journalist, and author or co-author of 12 books.
Her 2018 book Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Navy History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man debuted at #5 on The New York Times Best Seller List.
[1] In 2006, Vincent collaborated with Ron Hall and Denver Moore on Same Kind of Different as Me, the story of a homeless black man and a wealthy white art dealer who rescue each other during difficult circumstances.
The book spent three years on The New York Times Best Seller list with more than 1 million copies sold, reaching #1 in October 2017 when Paramount Pictures released a film adaptation directed by Michael Carney and starring Greg Kinnear and Renée Zellweger.
Vincent, a U.S. Navy veteran, spent 11 years as an investigative reporter and feature writer for World magazine, a Christian newsweekly.