[1] Siddoway is also the author of several books including the New York Times bestseller The Christmas Wish.
Siddoway was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Bountiful, Utah.
He has also written other books such as Degrees of Glory, Mom and Other Great Women I Have Known, Habits of the Heart and The Hut in The Tree in The Woods.
From 1996 to 2005 Siddoway served as president of the Bountiful Utah Val Verda Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Prior to his call as a stake president Siddoway had served as a bishop in the LDS Church.