Rene Gutteridge

Rene Gutteridge is the multi-genre author of fourteen novels, including Ghost Writer (Bethany House Publishers) The Boo Series and The Occupational Hazards Series (WaterBrook Press) and the Storm Series, (Tyndale House Publishers). She released My Life as a Doormat and The Ultimate Gift: the novelization for Thomas Nelson.  She is again teaming with screenwriter Cheryl McKay (The Ultimate Gift) for a full-length novelization, Never The Bride, which will release June of 2009.  She was hired as the screenwriter for the movie project, My Life as a Doormat.   She brings to the table the unique perspective of utilizing a screenwriting education, a novel writing career and play writing experience.

She has been published over forty times as a playwright, best known for her Christian comedy sketches. She studied screenwriting under a Mass Communications degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Oklahoma City University, and earned the "Excellence in Mass Communication" award. She served as the full-time Director of Drama for First United Methodist Church for five years before becoming a full-time novelist. She enjoys instructing at writers conferences and in college classrooms. She lives with her husband, Sean, a musician, and their children in Oklahoma City.

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