About Annette

Annette Lyon is a USA Today bestselling author, a 10-time Best of State medalist for novels and short stories in Utah, and a Whitney Award winner. She’s had success as a professional editor and in newspaper, magazine, and technical writing, but her first love has always been writing fiction. She’s a cum laude graduate from BYU with a degree in English and is the author of over a dozen books, including the Whitney Award-winning Band of Sisters, a chocolate cookbook, and a grammar guide.

She is a founder, regular contributor to, and the original editor of the Timeless Romance Anthology series. She has received five publication awards from the League of Utah Writers, including the Silver Quill, and she’s one of the four coauthors of the Newport Ladies Book Club series.

Several of her projects including Song Breaker, Tailor Made, and The Girl in Gray (a Whitney Award finalist), came about because of her Finnish heritage (her mother was born and raised in Helsinki) and her experiences with Finland and its people (she lived there for three years in her youth and learned to love the language and culture).

She is also half of the team behind In Omnia Paratus: Life Is Short. Write Well, an online magazine that uses the hit show Gilmore Girls to teach writing concepts.

She’s a chocoholic, migraineur, and knitter. She and her husband have four adult children, and love being grandparents.

She’s a periodic co-host of The Cultural Hall show. Listen to that HERE and follow their Instagram HERE.

Annette is represented by Jill Marsal of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

She’s a member of International Thriller Writers, The Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and The Historical Novel Society.