'Shack' Author to Face Chatroom

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'The Shack' Author to Face Fans, Critics via Chat

By Eric Young
Christian Post Reporter

Next month, the author of The Shack will be joining a public online chatroom to discuss his No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, which has received strong praise from some Christian circles and strong criticism from others.

Both fans and critics of William P. Young’s surprise best-seller will get the opportunity to submit questions to the author as part of Abunga.com’s bi-weekly “Authors at Abunga” chat, which connects avid book readers with their favorite authors.

And with all the buzz that has surrounded The Shack since its rise to success, the questions will likely be pouring in ahead of the high-anticipated Oct. 22 chat.

Though Young had not originally intended the novel to be for public consumption, since its debut on the market last year, The Shack has reaped in a surprising amount of success, generating a large amount of buzz – both positive and negative – within Christian circles.

“This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his,” stated Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus Of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, in a published endorsement for the book. “It’s that good!”