Brenda Coulter

Married at 19 to a ridiculously patient man, Brenda Coulter did international telecommunications work for several years before impulsively ditching the office routine to become a full-time student of astronomy at a major university. Just over a year later she had an even better idea, so she became a mother and turned full-time homemaker. (Then bought a 10-inch reflecting telescope and joined the local astronomy club.) By the time her boys were teenagers, her telescope was collecting cobwebs.

As the year 2000 drew to a close, Brenda stumbled across her first inspirational romance novel. Instantly captivated by the idea of a love-conquers-all story with a golden thread of faith woven through the plot, she decided to try her hand at writing one. What began as a rainy-day experiment quickly became a passion. Just over a year later, she sold her first completed manuscript.