Heather Gemmen Wilson

hideThis article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (August 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2006) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Heather Gemmen (born 4 April 1971) is a Canadian author of children's books but is probably best known for her memoir, Startling Beauty. In this book, she describes becoming pregnant after being sexually assaulted while living and working for community development and racial reconciliation in the innercity. It describes her struggle with the decision to not only carry the baby to term but raise this little girl as her own instead of having an abortion.

Gemmen is an international speaker, advocating for pro-life issues, racial reconciliation, and Christian spiritual growth.

Gemmen's works have been translated into more than ten languages.

Biography[]

Heather Gemmen grew up on a hobby farm in Canada. Her father and mother, both immigrants from the Netherlands, were Christian people who opened their home to numerous children in the foster care system—some of whom still claim this family as their own even as adults. Gemmen's siblings by birth are all older than she. Gemmen attended a private Christian school and was surrounded by good friends and relatives all her life.

Gemmen became a United States citizen in 1995. During her marriage, Gemmen gave birth to three children and adopted one other. She used her BA in English to become a professional book editor. In 2004, she and her husband were divorced. Gemmen remarried a year later.

Publications[]

• I have a friend, 2003
• That's not fair!, 2003
• Quit looking at me!, 2003
• Monsters at night, 2003
• Learn-to-read Bible, 2003
• But it's true!, 2004
• Lydia Barnes and the blood diamond treasure, 2007

External links[]

• Heather Gemmen