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Author and lecturer Joan Wester
Anderson was born in Evanston, Illinois. She began her writing
career in 1973 with a series of family humor articles for local
newspapers and Catholic publications, and was a monthly
columnist for two national magazines during the 1980s. She has
published more than one thousand articles and short stories in a
variety of publications, including
Woman's Day,
Modern Bride,
Virtue,
Reader’s Digest, and the
New York Times Syndicate.
Her 15 books include WHERE ANGELS WALK, TRUE STORIES OF HEAVENLY
VISITORS, which was on the New York Times best-seller list
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for over a year,
has sold almost two million copies and been translated into
fourteen languages. Published in fall, 1994, were the sequel to
ANGELS, titled WHERE MIRACLES HAPPEN, and for children,
AN ANGEL
TO WATCH OVER ME. Both books were written in response to
suggestions from readers, and were followed in rapid succession
by three more in this series. FOREVER YOUNG (Thomas More
Publishers), the life story of actress Loretta Young, was
published in November, 2000. The actress had read the angel
series, and requested Anderson as her biographer. The two became
close friends. Anderson’s book, IN THE ARMS OF
ANGELS (Loyola Press) covers angelic activity primarily during
the past decade, including stories of hope from the 9/11 and
Columbine School tragedies; her most recent book, Guardian
Angels; True Stories of Answered Prayers (Loyola
Press) features miracles brought about by different forms of
prayer.
Anderson has appeared on national television programs including
"Good Morning America," "Oprah," "20/20,” “NBC Nightly News with
Tom Brokaw" and "Mother Angelica Live," and was featured in such
documentaries as "Angels--Beyond the Light" (NBC), “Angel
Stories” and "Stories of Miracles” (The Learning Channel), and
many videos. She was a story consultant for the television
series, IT’S A MIRACLE, lectures in cities across the country,
and has been interviewed on hundreds of radio talk shows.
Anderson is a Catholic and member of St. Edna's Parish in
Arlington Heights IL., a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University in
Chicago, a member of the American Society of Journalists and
Authors, and a former adjunct professor at Harper Community
College in Palatine, Illinois. She and her husband live in
suburban Chicago, and have five grown children, three in-law
kids and three
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