Lucinda Washington was the senior editor of the Chicago office of Global Weekly prior to the Rapture in the Left Behind books. She was a devout Christian who tried to get Buck Williams to see the truth about God and Jesus Christ, even by getting him to see that the miraculous protection of Israel from the massive Russian military strike was prophesied of in Scripture. She was taken in the Rapture, leaving behind her son Lionel, who became a believer and a founding member of The Young Tribulation Force. Her role as senior editor was taken over by Verna Zee.