Kaye Park Hinckley

Kaye Park Hinckley was a native of Dothan, Alabama. Her writing awards include the 2018 Independent Press Award Winner in Religion Fiction, the 2019 Independent Press Award Winner in Religion Fiction, the 2019 and 2021 NYC Big Book Award Winner in Religion Fiction, the 2020 Big Book Award, Distinguished Favorite in Religion Fiction; Poets & Writers Magazine Maureen Egen Award, First Runner-Up; Finalist in New Orleans’ William Faulkner/Words of Wisdom Competition, and others. Shooting at Heaven’s Gate is her tenth novel.

A Fine Arts graduate of Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, she studied creative writing at the University of Alabama. After twenty years managing her own advertising agency, she began to write fiction full-time. Kaye passed away in 2024, and is survived by her husband George Hinckley, five children, and thirteen grandchildren. Her work remains available at kayeparkhinckley.com.