Gerald Niels Lund was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2002 to 2008. Lund was released as a general authority and member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy on October 4, 2008. Lund is also a popular LDS fiction writer, having written the The Work and the Glory series as well as the Kingdom and the Crown series, among other books. He has also written several theological non-fiction works for Latter-Day Saints, including, Hearing the Voice of the Lord: Principles and Patterns of Personal Revelation and The Coming of the Lord. Lund and his wife, Lynn, have seven children, 28 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Lund has also written poems that his wife has set to music. Before becoming a general authority, he worked in the LDS Church Educational System. He served in the church as a stake president, bishop and branch president at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Among other assignments during his tenure as a general authority, he lived in Solihull, England for 3 years while serving in an area presidency. 

September 12th, 1939 in Fountain Green (Age 85)