Roe, Gary: - Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a compassionate and trusted voice in grief-recovery who has been bringing comfort, hope, encouragement, and healing to hurting, wounded hearts for more than 30 years. The author of more than twenty books, including the bestsellers The Grief Guidebook, Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child, Grief Walk: Experiencing God After the Loss of a Loved One, and Comfort for The Grieving Spouse's Heart, Gary has been featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Dr. Laura, Wellness, Choose Therapy, Bustle, and other major media. He is a popular keynote, conference, and seminar speaker at a wide variety of venues. A former missionary in Japan, pastor, hospice chaplain, and bereavement specialist, Gary now serves as a writer, speaker, grief specialist and coach. Gary loves being a husband and father. He has seven adopted children, including three daughters from Colombia. He enjoys hockey, corny jokes, good puns, and colorful Hawaiian shirts. Gary and his family live in Texas. Visit Gary at www.garyroe.com.