FAYE ROOTSAuthor Bio.Faye Roots lives with her husband in the quiet rural area of Wolvi near Gympie in Queensland, Australia. They have three children and five grandchildren. Married in 2022 for fifty-two years.Faye has always loved to write and has been successful in the publication of short stories and morning devotionals. She won an essay competition when she was twelve and had winning entries in several Short Story Competitions. 'Beyond the Ashes' was her first novel. 'It was an absolute labour of love - the people, though entirely fictitious - were real to me and their story needed to be told.' This book was published in 2014Faye's second novel Marranga-Limga set in 1880-1890 has a Christian heartbeat forged from the struggles of early settlement in a Queensland mining town.(due for publication before end of 2015)Our God Lives! This collection of Meditations all were published previously in the Upper Room (A daily morning Devotional Book). This collection was compiled and written with the desire that illustrated with beautiful images it may be a source of comfort and hope to folks experiencing difficulties in their lives. The stories shared are of ordinary people and reflect ordinary circumstances and the reality of a living faith.It was because of the encouragement of her Christian Mentor,, friends and family and her beloved daughter Alison who went Home to God in 2021., that Faye wrote Shafts of Gold, her Memoir. Never intended to highlight 'self ' but honour the ONE who from childhood impacted her life in often miraculous and profound ways. It is a true life journey of discovery.