Then Came Hope
Louise M. Gouge earned her BA in English/Creative Writing at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and her Master of Liberal Studies degree at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.     Louise is the author of six novels and to her credit, she is the recipient of several writing awards, including the Inspirational Readers Choice Award for Historical Fiction, the Road to Romance Reviewer's Choice Award, placing second with the prestigious American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year, first in the esteemed Inspirational Readers Choice Award, and garnering a rare four star review from Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine.    While writing Christian fiction is her primary occupation and labor of love, Louise is also an adjunct professor of English and Humanities at Valencia Community College in Kissimmee, Florida. Having received her advanced education in middle age, she tries to inspire her younger students to complete their own education early. For her older students, Louise hopes that her experiences prove that it is never too late for them to work toward their dreams. (Her first novel was published after she turned fifty!) In the classroom, she attempts to live out her Christian faith both in words and in action.    Louise has been married to David Gouge for forty-one years. They have four grown children and five grandchildren.     Her favorite Bible verse is  "He shall choose our inheritance for us"  (Psalm 47:4), a testimony to her belief that God has chosen a path for each believer. To seek that path and to trust His wisdom is to find the greatest happiness in life.