Roy E. Hoover JD

Roy Hoover was born the fifth of twelve children. As the son of a strict and poor Schoolteacher, he was raised in a poverty-ridden section of Southern Indiana, where violence was a way of life. His mother was a very loving and religious person that filled the vacuum left by his father, and she persistently encouraged her children to do better. Leaving home at eighteen, he served with the First Cavalry Division in Korea, volunteered for a covert mission in Southeast Asia, and received an honorable discharge as a Vietnam-era veteran.

A few weeks after his twentieth birthday, Roy was released from duty with the US Army, and he returned home. Three months later, he married the love of his life. Although happier than he had ever been, he could not shake the wanderlust in his soul. He gave up a secure Government job, and moved his family around the USA for a few years, prior to permanently settling in Arizona.

Roy worked more than sixty hours a week to support his family, while making his way through college. He received his BS degree from Arizona State University and his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. During his stay at Pepperdine, he wrote articles for the Law School Newspaper and for the Law Journal. He completed the Law School's three-year curriculum in only two years. For a short time, he worked with the California Public Defender's Office, prior to returning to his first interest, engineering. As an Engineer, he thoroughly enjoyed his career and involvement with spacecraft, satellites, insulin pumps, and heart pacemakers.

Roy shared many wonderful years with his wife, Gloria, until her battle with cancer ended. Alone and feeling lost, he began to write some of the stories that he had hidden away in his subconscious for nearly a half-century. As the dreams and imagination that sustained him during his years of poverty came forth, they began to merge with the memories that dwelled in the backwaters of his soul; this intriguing combination fashioned his novels for the happenstance of everyday living. His first novel entitled Sisters of Covet is an historical romance involving two related couples, and it focuses on their incredible journey to happiness.