About Me

About the author

John Roper writes in Wilmington, North Carolina after a career of teaching social studies and coaching Cross Country and Track in Fairfield, Connecticut.

He has co-authored a book on teaching Connecticut history, published by Yale University, co-authored Reflections of Life, and Memories of Life and written Love that Moves the Sun and Other Stars. He is currently working on a historical fiction set in Europe, America, and China in the 1930s and 40s.

John Roper

Love THAT Moves the Sun and Other Stars

When Katie McGee begins her freshman year at the University of Connecticut, she meets football star Tony Colucci on her first day. Despite her misgivings, all paths lead to him, and the two begin a tumultuous relationship that leads them to the altar. After seven years of marriage, they face a crisis that will transform them in ways never imagined.

Writings

Coming soon, A new Book called "Always in My Heart", an enthralling story of love, heartbreak, struggle, and perseverance in 1930s and 40s worn-torn America, Europe, and China.
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