Christian Retailing

Tyndale appoints senior acquisitions director Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 06:00 PM America/New_York

Tyndale House Publishers has appointed Lisa Jackson as senior acquisitions director for nonfiction for its Beers Publishing Group.

"We are pleased to announce that Lisa has joined the Beers Publishing Group, where she will lead the team that acquires all nonfiction titles," said Ron Beers, senior vice president at Tyndale. "We are thrilled that Lisa has made the move from Tyndale's editorial division to the publishing division, where she will now be able to combine her exceptional editorial and relational skills with her keen sense of the market."

A 20-year veteran of the publishing industry, Jackson has worked in the newspaper field before serving as associate editor for Christian Parenting Today, a former publication of Christianity Today International. For the past 10 years, Jackson has served as senior editor at Tyndale, working directly with authors such as Beth Moore, Tony Dungy, James Dobson, Steve Saint, George Barna, Nancy Ortberg, Erwin Lutzer,and Gracia Burnham.