Jane Roop
May 17, 1944 - June 19, 2017
Our friend, Jane Roop, died at home in Kennewick, having lived for seven years with cancer. She left behind her husband Joe Roop; her daughter, Beth Perez; grandsons, nieces and nephews; and many friends from her interests in AAUW, yoga, meditation, and writing. Happily, through her writing, she left us with Dames Quixote, the four longtime girlfriends who remind us so much of Jane.
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Congratulations to Jane Roop on her newest book, Queen: Four Women Tilting at Windmills: Dames Quixote: Book 1, available now for preorder! Queen is the story of four friends from southeastern Washington who become involved in intrigue surrounding the hydro boat races. Check it out!
On June 30, 2015, Jane celebrated publication of her first novel, Myri’s Hands. And on July 1, 2015 her short poem, Foxy Night, was published in Gyroscope Review.
Poet and author Jane Roop grew up in North Richland, Washington near the Hanford Nuclear Site. She’s lived on Midway Island, in Paris, France, Arlington, Virginia, Pt Hueneme, California and Miami, Oklahoma. Jane sailed to Hawaii from San Francisco, lived in Paris, has been married for nearly fifty years, has a daughter and two grandsons. She has a BA in English from Washington State University and an MBA from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. She’s a retired securities broker now living in Kennewick, Washington.
Jane’s short stories, Final Gifts and The Big Short, were published in the anthology, Short & Happy, or Not.
Among Jane’s poems are …
- Foxy Night (Published July 1, 2015! Use > to advance to page 31)
- North Richland Childhood
