Mormon author Julie Rowe says she’s stepping away from the public light, weeks after the LDS church flagged one of her books as misleading.

Julie Rowe (julieroweprepare.com)

Mormon author Julie Rowe says she’s stepping away from the public light, weeks after the LDS church flagged one of her books as misleading.

“I’m taking my life back – Peace Out,” Rowe wrote on her website Monday morning.

Rowe, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gained national attention after her book, “A Greater Tomorrow: My Journey Beyond The Veil,” was placed on list of “spurious materials in circulation” that seminary and institute instructors are told to avoid.

Some of Rowe’s followers speculated the end of the world is imminent. Rowe herself hinted at big things to come in September.

Now, Rowe said she is stepping back.

Talk of the end of the world also ramped up recently with Sunday’s lunar eclipse. Speculation was strong enough to warrant a response from the LDS church last week.

“The writings and speculations of individual Church members, some of which have gained currency recently, should be considered as personal accounts or positions that do not reflect Church doctrine,” LDS church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement.

In her latest post, Rowe acknowledged the lunar eclipse saying that it was “beautiful,” but did not say anything further about her end-times predictions.

Rowe’s posting can be read here.