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Inspirational Author Spotlight: Robin Lee Hatcher

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About Robin:

According to her website, Robin is currently working on her 51st novel!  Wow!  She says that she started writing “after
many years of reading everything she could put her hands on, including the backs of cereal boxes and ketchup bottles. However, she's certain there are better plots and fewer calories in her books than in puffed rice and hamburgers.”  She resides in Idaho, where she enjoys the beauty of the outdoors and her three dogs, including Poppet the Papillon.  According to her blog her favorite movies are Sense & Sensibilities, Emma, Mansfield Park, Finding Neverland, Calendar Girls, A Knight's Tale, About a Boy, and Return to Me.


Robin’s writing and books:

Also on her blog, Robin says that the author “whose work first inspired me to write Christian fiction is Francine Rivers. That novel was the awesome Redeeming Love.”  In response to a question during an interview for Faithfulreader.com, Robin said of her choice of genres: “Most of my novels still have romantic storylines included because I'm a romantic at heart. The beauty of writing Christian fiction is that I've had freedom to explore many different kinds of stories, especially ones that tackle difficult issues of today's world and show God's answers for those issues.”  The rest of the interview can be read here.


Here is a sampling of her novels, many of which have won or been nominated for awards.  Robin herself won a lifetime achievement award from the Romance Writers of America in 2001.


The Shepherd’s Voice
This historical romance is set in Idaho and the story starts in the 1930’s.  It won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Inspirational in 2001.


Patterns of Love
This second installment of the Coming to America series tells the story of Inga, a Swedish immigrant working as a housekeeper for Iowa rancher Dirk Bridger, who has come home to tend to his ailing mother and orphaned nieces.  It won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Inspirational in 1999.


Catching KatieCatching Katie
Again set in Idaho, this book features a young suffragette who has recently returned home after being away at college.  I recall enjoying the feistiness of Katie, the heroine, as she struggled to assert her independence in a traditional family and town set in its ways.  And of course there is a beguiling childhood pal—male of course—to make her question her choices.  It made the Library Journal Best Books of 2004 list.


Loving Libby
This book takes us back to the old west, where another spunky heroine, Libby Blue decides to run from her past—which includes a ruthless father and a privileged life.  She thinks she has escaped until Remington Walker comes into her life.


Diamond Place
This novella is about a baseball playing 10 year old determined to make a love connection between her mother and her widowed baseball coach. Her mom doesn't respond quite the way she wants her to, creating lots of mayhem and confusion until things get sorted out.  Part of the Hart’s Crossing series.

And her most recent release:
A Carol for Christmas
Here's Robin's blog post about her latest book.  

The photo of Robin and her dog Poppet is from her website, www.robinleehatcher.com


Deb
Posted by Deb
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Posted in: Books | Inspirational
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