Utah children’s authors credit publishing boom not to Mormonism but to one man’s insistence they never quit

Children’s authors credit local success to their ailing mentor’s “keep going” attitude and the giving community he created.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Rick Walton, who has published more than 100 picture books, visits with Utah author and longtime friend, Carol Lynch Williams, at Orchard Park Rehab in Orem, Thursday, October 29, 2015. Rick has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and lives in the care facility where author friends Ñ famous and not Ñ visit nearly daily, some bringing their latest manuscripts seeking Rick's feedback. I

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Rachel has worked for The Tribune as night editor, a news editor and now as digital editor. She was part of The Tribune team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. She previously was the editor of Salt Lake City Weekly.