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Title
Josi S. Kilpack -- LDS Novelist
Description
I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, number three of nine kids born to Walt and Marle Schofield. My dad was a high school art teacher when I was growing up, and my mom stayed home with us. I owe them a great debt of gratitude for the things they each taught me that brought me to this point in my life. My mother loved to read, and my dad was a talented artist who used his art in every aspect of his life. Those two examples gave me a love for reading as well as the drive to develop my own gifts. I always loved to write, and as I grew up I decided I wanted to be an English teacher. I never really considered becoming an actual writer, definitely not a novelist--I only wanted a job where I could write for fun (since then I've discovered most English teachers don't get to do this either).
I graduated from Olympus High School in 1992. The following December, my high school sweetheart, Lee Kilpack, returned from his mission. My older sister got married a few weeks after his return, and when we announced our plans to marry, my parents asked us to wait until after March. We decided we could do that, and got married in the Salt Lake Temple on April 1, 1993. I figure one of these days Lee is just going to say "just kidding," but until then I’m enjoying the ride.
We took over guardianship of Lee's niece, Lindsy, just two months after our wedding (she was nine at the time) and began providing 24-hour elderly care in our home so that I could stay home and Lee could pursue a degree in nursing. Our daughter Breanna was born the following April, 1994. Madison was born in March of 1996, and Lee graduated with his RN a few months later. After his graduation, we no longer had to do the in-home care (it had been over three years; we'd had enough), and Lee began his career as an administrator of an Assisted Living facility for the Elderly (something we knew oodles about). Lindsy moved in with another aunt that year. Within a couple years Lee was building and managing his own facilities, and in 2000 owned the fastest growing Assisted Living Company in Utah.
Languages
English
