Gayle G. Roper

Gayle Roper rejoices every day that she gets to be a writer because she's in love with story. Even on the days that words rebel and have to be coerced onto the paper, there is nothing else she'd rather do. When readers like her work, it's like God says, "See? I knew what you were wired to do." When her books win awards like the Carol Award or the RITA Award, the Holt Medallion or the Reviewer's Choice Award and the Inspirational Readers Choice Award, it's icing on the cake. When she can turn life's difficulties onto life affirming titles like A Widow's Journey and Prayers for a Widow's Journey, she has a thankful heart. Imagine her delight when she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by both American Christian Fiction Writers and Romantic Times Magazine. And she gets to teach others how to write at writers conferences too. She spends a lot of time smiling.