  ABOUT LINDA W. ROOKS
Linda W. Rooks has a passion to
help heal marriages, a passion that is fueled by the hope she and her husband
found together when their own marriage was restored after a three-year
separation.
Although their
marriage began with a fairy tale romance, including a five-month trek through
Europe, after more than twenty years - and two children - together, Linda and her
husband suffered through a painful three-year separation. From 1995 to 1998
God worked many changes in each of them, which enabled them to reunite with a
fully healed marriage. From Linda's writings during that time of
apparent hopelessness, came the inspirational messages of Broken Heart on
Hold.
Since that time Linda has shifted much of her energy to bringing hope and
understanding to couples experiencing crisis in their marriage. Linda's book,
Broken Heart on Hold, Surviving Separation (Cook 2006), offers hope and
encouragement to those in marital crisis by helping them find emotional and
spiritual strength for their difficult journey. Articles to help couples work
through marital difficulties, including a separation, have appeared in Focus
on the Family Magazine, Light and Life, and The Lookout.
As a freelance writer, Linda W. Rooks has been published in a number of
national and local publications including Chicken Soup for the Beach
Lover's Soul, Focus on the Family, Today's Christian Woman, HomeLife,
Light and Life, The Lookout, Assist News Service, Catholic Forester,
Preserving Christian Homes, The Orlando Sentinel, San Diego Family
Magazine,Center Stage Magazine, and several online venues. Behind Linda's
gentle fervor is a heart for God, which resonates clearly through the devotions
she writes regularly for Tapestry, a woman's devotional magazine
published by Walk Thru the Bible. For eight years Linda served in various
editorial positions for Center Stage Magazine, a Central Florida Arts
and Entertainment publication.
An almost native Californian, Linda received a B.A. in Creative Writing from
San Francisco State University. She met and married her husband, then a
Navy officer, and moved to his home state of Florida to put him through law
school. Linda and her husband Marv now live in Central Florida and have
two married daughters and five young grandchildren. Her husband Marv is an
Assistant professor at Barry University School of Law.
Linda is listed in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who In
America, and Who's Who in the World. She was featured in Today's
Christian Woman in March/April 2009 and has participated in numerous
radio and television interviews across the North American continent. Linda
belongs to Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), is a
member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and is a founding
member of Word Weavers, Florida's premiere Christian critique group.
She and her husband are Resource Members of the Association of Marriage
and Family Ministries (AMFM) and lead a reconciliation support group at
their church. As a couple and as individuals, they have a strong desire to
share the hope they found together with couples struggling through painful
times in their marriages.
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