Lila Hopkins

A Touch of Splendor is Lila Hopkins' sixth book. She has written a children's book-Eating Crow-and its sequel, Talking Turkey, both of which won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. Mrs. Hopkins also has written several regional novels-Weave Me a Song, Strike a Golden Chord, The Master Craftsman, and Mabel's Way. Each of these books has won the Book of the Year Award from High Country Writers. Lila and Richard Hopkins are graduates of Hardin-Simmons University. They moved from their...See more

A Touch of Splendor is Lila Hopkins' sixth book. She has written a children's book-Eating Crow-and its sequel, Talking Turkey, both of which won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. Mrs. Hopkins also has written several regional novels-Weave Me a Song, Strike a Golden Chord, The Master Craftsman, and Mabel's Way. Each of these books has won the Book of the Year Award from High Country Writers. Lila and Richard Hopkins are graduates of Hardin-Simmons University. They moved from their beloved mountain home over a decade ago to a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, where they fell in love with the residents, staff, and amenities at Windsor Point. Lila continues to teach a Memoir Writing Class at Windsor Point. The Hopkins have four children and seven grandchildren. One son and daughter also live in North Carolina, and their other two sons live in the California Bay Area. The Hopkins will soon celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Lila had written for her church denomination for years before she retired from teaching and began writing fiction and this memoir. She is also an artist, and painted the watercolor of her family's church in Las Cruces, New Mexico, that appears on A Touch of Splendor's cover. See less