Marie Chapian is an author, speaker, and a psychotherapist. Educated at the
University of Minnesota, Moody Bible Institute, and Metropolitan State University,
she holds a Ph.D. in psychology. Marie has been the recipient of several awards in the areas of poetry, fiction, and design, and has been nominated for the Ten Outstanding Women of America Award.
Marie is best known as the author of over twenty-five books, including the bestseller
Free to Be Thin, which she co-authored with Neva Coyle. With over one million copies sold, this book received the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Platinum Book Award. Recently updated, the All-New Free to Be Thin includes current dietary and weight-maintenance research.
Marie Chapian's books have sold throughout the world, and have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Her other titles include Telling Yourself the Truth,.co-authored with Dr. William Backus; Mothers and Daughters, a guide for teens and their mothers; and Am I the Only One With Faded Genes?, a teen devotional. Marie has also written the five-book devotional series, A HEART FOR GOD.
Marie travels extensively and speaks to women's groups, retreats, banquets, and other meetings throughout the United States. She is also known and loved as a speaker in Europe, Mexico, and Canada. Also a fitness aficionado, she writes about health and fitness and leads seminars and workshops teaching the Free to Be Thin Lifestyle. She makes her home in California.
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