Gayle Roper

Books are one of the major ingredients of Gayle Roper's life. If she isn't writing one, she's reading one. When she packs for vacation, she packs books first, then clothes and food. The idea of being left with nothing to read is about the worst thing she can imagine.

Gayle writes for people like herself, readers who enjoy both good writing and a good time reading. Her novels are full of suspense laced with humor, with romance and with a bite as she looks at the various issues that touch our lives and a Christian response to these issues. Though she writes about things like unwed pregnancies, spousal abuse and homosexuality, they are so integrated into a story that brims with suspense, mystery, laughs and romance that readers do not feel lectured to or preached at. Gayle knows that story telling is the first responsibility of a novelist.