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description: Bethany Swendsen is a managing editor and acquisitions editor at Fortress Press. Before joining us here at Fortress, Bethany earned her M.Div. from the George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University and interned at Baylor University Press.
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### [Meet the Fortress Press Team: Bethany Swendsen, Managing Editor and Acquisitions Editor](https://blog.fortresspress.com/meet-the-fortress-press-team-bethany-swendsen)

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