Rosey Dow - Author Biography
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Rosey Dow has a lot to say—writing, speaking, and teaching. Winner of the coveted Christy Award, she is a best-selling author with nine published novels. A popular conference speaker and writing workshop presenter, Rosey has been a guest on dozens of radio programs and TV’s Encounter with the Unexplained.
Her first novel, Megan's Choice made Heartsong's list of Top Ten Historical Favorites for 1997. Rosey was one of Heartsong's Favorite New Authors that year. Fireside Christmas published in 1999 received four stars from Romantic Times and appeared on the CBA best-seller list for three months. Her historical novel of the Scopes evolution trial, Reaping the Whirlwind, won the Christy Award in 2001.
Beginning in December, 2004, her book Colorado, stayed on Wal-Mart’s shelves for fifteen months and topped out at 167,000 copies sold. Rosey’s articles have appeared in Cross & Quill, Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman’s Soul, and Maranatha. She is the director of ChristianFictionMentors.com, a twelve-lesson interactive program that guides new writers through their first novel. She is also a freelance editor.
Rosey and her husband, David, were missionaries on the tiny island of Grenada, West Indies, from 1987 to 2001. While there, she wrote Survival Cookbook: For Americans Abroad, 250 recipes for cooking-challenged Americans who can no longer purchase convenience foods. The cookbook is now in its third printing.

