Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sheri L. Dew (born November 21, 1953) is an American author and publisher, currently acting as president and chief executive officer of Deseret Book, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dew has also been a religious leader within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), an inspirational speaker, writer, and acted as a White House delegate to the United Nations. In 2003, she was described as the most prominent single LDS woman right now . Born in Ulysses, Kansas, Dew grew up on a farm, obtained a degree from Brigham Young University, and quickly moved into the Mormon publishing business. Between 1997 and 2002 she served as a counselor to Mary Ellen W. Smoot in the general presidency of the women''s Relief Society, the first non-married woman called to this position in the LDS Church. Dew has given many speeches to audiences in the United States and around the world, traveling in Colombia, Africa, the Philippines, Cambodia, Ecuador and Japan. As an author, Dew wrote authorized biographies of two LDS Church presidents, Ezra Taft Benson and Gordon B. Hinckley.