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Mike Yorkey: Crafting Compelling Stories That Resonate
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Mike Yorkey - Experienced book author
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I'm the author or co-author of more than 120 books and pictured with my wife, Nicole, and our six grandchildren.
I love what I do. I get to collaborate with interesting people.
Tell their fascinating stories. Research compelling information.
And write their books from start to finish, which
is enormously satisfying.
Feel free to look around my website, learn about my latest releases, and check out some photos. Under the Contact page, you can write me an email if you would like to contact me.
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A Story of Courage
Heroism in World War II
Life as a Gangbanger
Elishaba Doerksen was the oldest of
fifteen children born to ex-hippies Robert
and Kurina Hale—also known as Papa Pilgrim and Country Rose.
She grew up in a dilapidated 341-square-foot log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, isolated from civilization by a fundamentalist father intent on keeping his large family cloiste
Elishaba Doerksen was the oldest of
fifteen children born to ex-hippies Robert
and Kurina Hale—also known as Papa Pilgrim and Country Rose.
She grew up in a dilapidated 341-square-foot log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, isolated from civilization by a fundamentalist father intent on keeping his large family cloistered from a godless world.
Now she’s ready to tell the world what it
was like living with Papa Pilgrim—and how she overcame some of the worst trauma a daughter can experience at the hands
of a father.
Life as a Gangbanger
Heroism in World War II
Life as a Gangbanger
At one time, Casey Diaz was one of the most feared gang-bangers in downtown Los Angeles. After he was caught by the LAPD and locked up inside New Folsom Prison, a miraculous introduction to Jesus Christ changed everything for Casey—but put his life in mortal jeopardy.
Since the release of The Shot Caller, there have been more than 700 re
At one time, Casey Diaz was one of the most feared gang-bangers in downtown Los Angeles. After he was caught by the LAPD and locked up inside New Folsom Prison, a miraculous introduction to Jesus Christ changed everything for Casey—but put his life in mortal jeopardy.
Since the release of The Shot Caller, there have been more than 700 reviews on Amazon with 85 percent giving The Shot Caller a five-star rating. After Casey appeared on the Laura Ingraham Show on Fox News, the sales ranking shot up to #159!
Heroism in World War II
Heroism in World War II
Heroism in World War II
After Pearl Harbor, Phil Larimore realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday, he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd I
After Pearl Harbor, Phil Larimore realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday, he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes—a dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Man’s Land.
As Phil fights his way up the Italian boot, into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany, he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever. But it’s what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phil’s story incredibly special and heartwarming.
Mike Yorkey's Background
About Me
I thought I was going to be a sportswriter growing up in La Jolla, California.
I started writing for publication during my junior year at La Jolla High School for the hometown newspaper, the La Jolla Light, covering the exploits of the high school football and basketball teams. I thought a fun way to go through life would be sitting in the press box at San Diego Chargers and Padres games, eating a free hot dog and taking notes about what happened on the field.
I decided to attend the University of Oregon because of its top-notch journalism school. After graduating, however, I couldn't find a reporting job, so I gravitated to Mammoth Lakes, California, home of Mammoth Mountain, a ski resort in the Eastern Sierra.
While in Mammoth, I met my future wife, Nicole, who was a ski instructor from Switzerland. We fell in love, got married, and moved to Switzerland, where we lived in Geneva for one year and Zurich for six months. That was a fabulous broadening experience for me, seeing that part of the world and trying to learn French and Swiss-German.
Feeling like I needed to start my journalism career, we returned to Mammoth Lakes, where I got my start at a small weekly resort newspaper. Children arrived: Andrea, followed by Patrick. Then in 1986, I received a huge break: I was hired by Focus on the Family, a Christian ministry founded by Dr. James Dobson, to be the editor of Focus on the Family magazine.
I enjoyed eleven fantastic and satisfying years at Focus on the Family, living in the Los Angeles area as well as Colorado Springs, Colorado, before moving back to San Diego to start a freelance career as an author, editor, and collaborator. I've written more than two dozen books under my own name.
My professional and personal highlight has been coming alongside Fred Stoeker for Every Man’s Battle, which was released in 1999. The Every Man’s series—nearly a dozen books in all—has more 3 million copies in print, but more importantly, the impact in men’s lives around the world has been mind-boggling and humbling at the same time.
Throughout the years, I’ve collaborated with other amazing people:
• Jordan Rubin of The Maker’s Diet fame
• Casey Diaz, the former L.A. gang leader who had a miraculous conversion experience
• Dr. Nick Yphantides, a San Diego physician who lost 267 pounds
• NFL football stars Colt McCoy and Rolf Benirschke and NFL wife Cyndy Feasel
• Eric LeGrand, paralyzed while football playing for Rutgers
• tennis stars Michael Chang, Roscoe Tanner, and Betsy McCormack and tennis chaplain Fritz Glaus
• Baseball pitcher and cancer victim Dave Dravecky and hitting guru Steve Springer in Spring Time
• Joe Sweeney, a networking all-star from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• evangelist Luis Palau
• pop singers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. of the Fifth Dimension
• Tim LaHaye, co-author of the Left Behind series
• Frank Sontag, former talk show radio host in Los Angeles
• Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson in Tip of the Spear
• Entrepreneur expert Allon Lefever and former US Congress medical officer Dr. Mark Johnston
• Men's ministry speakers Pete McKenzie and Phil Van Horn in Cracking the Man Code
I'm a blessed man, indeed.
Noteworthy books
Winner of an ECPA Gold Medallion
ECPA Gold Medallion Award Finalist
Winner of an ECPA Gold Medallion
Nominated for a Christy Award
ECPA Gold Medallion Award Finalist
Winner of an ECPA Gold Medallion
