About Roxanne

Roxanne Rustand is an award-winning author of magazine articles and fifteen secular romantic suspense novels. She also contributed to the serial mystery, ORCHESTRATED MURDER (a trade paperback for Iowa Public Radio.) She now writes inspirational fiction, and is completely thrilled about this change in her career!

Back in 1995, Roxanne’s first manuscript won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart in Long Contemporary, and in 1998 her second was a Golden Heart finalist. More recently, A Man She Can Trust (a February, 2006 release) won RT Bookclub Magazine’s award for Best Superromance of 2006. Roxanne was nominated for RT’s Career Achievement Award in 2005.

She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, International Thriller Writers, RWA, Author’s Guild, Novelists Inc., the Faith, Hope and Love chapter of RWA, RWA’s Mystery & Suspense Chapter, Christian Writer’s Group International, and the Heart of Iowa Fiction Authors.

Roxanne lives in the country with her husband and their daughter, who has just graduated from high school. Two sons have already graduated from college.

Out on their acreage, they have two horses, two border collie mixes (one newly adopted from a shelter–a sweetie named Elmo), two house cats, and an abundance of barn cats who much prefer cat food to mice. The Rustands firmly believe in spaying/neutering all of their animals. But as in the old hobo days, there must be a secret feline code scratched on the barn door–”Stay here–good eats!” — because newcomers are forever joining the barn cat population. If they stay, they get fixed, too…but apparently *that* message hasn’t been shared!!

Roxanne has a Master’s Degree in nutrition, is a registered dietitian, and works part-time at a residential psychiatric facility.

Also, please come over to www.shoutlife.com/roxannerustand where there are a variety of fun blogs running all the time, and also, information on monthly contests!

You can also visit her other website at www.booksbyrustand.com for news about her books, articles, a free cookbook, a monthly contest, and more!

Also, please stop by the “Craftie Ladies of Suspense” blog, if you have an extra minute–where you’ll find six authors of inspirational suspense. It’s a fun place to check out!
http://www.ladiesofsuspense.blogspot.com/