Ruth Scofield
Ruth, born and raised in Missouri, fell in love with the
game of let’s pretend at the age of three. With an active
imagination, fueled by movies, radio, and TV, she led the
neighborhood kids in playing out all the Tarzan, Old West,
and musical roles she’d ever encountered. She climbed trees, swinging, and then jumping from a high
branch, loved climbing to her rooftop, and took daredevil
sled runs. She loved horseback riding and the countryside,
music, and reading. She sang and danced all over the house. When Ruth married a neighbor boy, it was the finest choice
she ever made. Together they tromped over the Old West on
vacations, taking dirt switchback roads over Rocky
Mountain passes, and rode the mules to the bottom of the
Grand Canyon. They visited civil war battlefields, the
Black Hills of Dakota, and old gold and silver mines. They
visited England, Paris, Hawaii’s volcano, and Alaska’s
ancient ice. As her family grew and prospered, Ruth & Co. found
themselves on the East Coast. It opened new historical
territory to explore, and Ruth took full advantage of it.
There, too, she at last put her dreams into action and
began to write. Now back in Missouri, she says, "I haven’t enough time to
write all of the stories I have walking around in my head,
both of the Old West and the Love Inspired modern-day
stories of men and women learning about love, God’s love,
and romantic love." Her favorite people to play let’s pretend with these days
are her grandchildren. They keep Ruth breathless just to
stay up — especially when her oldest granddaughter has
plans to take Ruth skydiving. "I’m just holding my breath
on that one," she says. She’s given up climbing trees and
jumping from a high branch. But sometimes, when no one is
looking, she still sings and dances throughout the house. Readers may write to her at: Ruth Scofield, PO Box 1221,
Blue Springs, Missouri, 64013.
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Series
Books:Her Cinderella Heart, June 2006
Paperback
Mother's Promise, February 2006
Love Inspired Series
Paperback
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