![]() ![]() After rejection by 26 publishers, Young and his friends published the book under the name of their newly created publishing company, Windblown Media, in 2007. ![]() Two of his close friends encouraged him to have it published, and assisted with some editing and rewriting in order to prepare the manuscript for publication. Young initially printed just 15 copies of his book. The resulting manuscript, which later became The Shack, was intended only for his six kids and for a handful of close friends. Young originally wrote primarily as a way to create unique gifts for his friends, until his wife repeatedly urged him to write something for their six children in order to put down in one place his perspectives on God and on the inner healing Young had experienced as an adult. When he was six he was sent to a boarding school. These became his family and as the first white child and outsider who ever spoke their language, he was granted unusual access into their culture and community. Young is the oldest of four, born May 11, 1955, in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but the majority of his first decade was lived with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea ( West Papua), among the Dani, a central highlands people of western New Guinea. He wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads, Eve, and the religious book Lies We Believe About God. Paul Young or simply Paul Young, is a Canadian author. William Paul Young (born May 11, 1955), referred to as Wm. ![]()
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