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Author Bio
Birth—ca. 1962-63
Raised—Callaway, Virginia, USA
Education—B.A., Virginia Tech
Awards—RITA Award
Currently—lives in Franklin County, Virginia


Inglath Cooper is the author of more than 20 romance novels. She grew up in the small community of Callaway, Virginia, where she fell in love with reading as a child. As a teen she began dreaming of becoming a writer.

It was while she was a college student in the 1980s that Cooper began writing although it took six manuscripts before she sold her first book, Truths and Roses, in 1994. A community college course in creative writing in the 1990s helped boost her confidence.

Having published under the Harlequin label for years, in 2011 Cooper decided to start her own imprint, Fence Free Entertainment. Doing so, she says, allows her to maintain a closer connection to her readers.

Cooper married her high school sweetheart, Mac Cooper, settling in Franklin County, Virginia, near Smith Mountain Lake. In addition to their four daughters, Cooper shares the family home with a succession of rescue animals. She is actively involved with the Franklin County Humane Society, serving on the board of directors, fundraising, and photographing dozens of dogs and cats up for adoption. (Adapted from online sources, including The Roanoke Times .)