Swedin, Eric G. 1965- (Eric Gottfrid Swedin)

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Swedin, Eric G. 1965- (Eric Gottfrid Swedin)

PERSONAL:

Born January 22, 1965, in Salt Lake City, UT; son of Stanley (a social worker) and Marilyn (a homemaker) Swedin; married Betty Harris (a homemaker), July 2, 1985; children: Adam, William, Spencer, Hannah. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Weber State College, B.S., 1988; Utah State University, M.S., 1991; Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D., 1996. Politics: Independent. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

ADDRESSES:

Home—South Weber, UT. Office—Weber State University, Ogden, UT 88407. Agent—Natalia Aponte, Aponte Literary Agency, 33 Gold St., Valley Stream, NY 11580-4924. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Weber State University, Ogden, UT, assistant professor, 2001—.

WRITINGS:

Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community, University of Illinois Press (Champaign, IL), 2003.

The Killing of Greybird: A Novel, Cedar Fort (Springville, UT), 2004.

Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia, American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 2005.

(With David L. Ferro) Computers: The Life Story of a Technology, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2005.

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