Fay Lamb

There are very few of ‘em left. Fay Lamb, the only daughter of a rebel genius father and a hard-working, tow-the-line mom, is not only a fifth-generation Floridian, she has lived her life in Titusville, where her grandmother was born in 1899. Recently, while touring the town’s historical museum, Fay and her husband, Marc, discovered a newspaper clipping in which their great-aunts stood side by side in a 1926 eighth grade class photo. A mural on the historical society’s outer wall depicts three fishermen: one is Fay’s uncle; the other two depict Marc’s great-grandfather and his great-uncle.

Because Marc and Fay both have quirky families, they love to try to tip the scales with stories of the escapades of loved ones, vying for the title of quirkiest family. Marc usually concedes because Fay’s father was too colorful a character. She believes that aside from salvation, God’s greatest gift is that of humor, and she often uses family exploits in her writing. Because she also believes that those who laugh the most often cry the hardest, Fay mimics that truth in her stories by including moments of laughter born from tears.

Since an early age, storytelling has been Fay’s greatest desire. She seeks to create memorable characters that touch her readers’ heart. She says of her writing, “If I can’t laugh or cry at the words written on the pages of my manuscript, the story is not ready for the reader.” Fay writes in various genres, including romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary fiction.

Fay takes the adage “write what you know” seriously and incorporates that truth into all her stories. Many of her characters and her locations are molded from her life experiences and from people and places she has met, has visited, and that have intrigued her. One character can be a mix of three or four true life “characters.” So be careful. Fay loves to create conflict in her stories. She might invite you into one.