Kay graduated from East Rutherford High School and attended Isothermal Community College - where she quickly discovered that business classes did not in any way enthrall her. Kay's sister Linda works as her Business Manager, Events Coordinator, and is playing a major role in the creation and operation of The Kay Hooper Foundation.

Her father and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction company, and her mother worked for many years in personnel management before becoming Kay's personal assistant, a position she held until her untimely death in March 2002. The oldest of three children, Kay has a brother two years younger and a sister seven years younger. The family moved back to North Carolina shortly afterward, so she was raised and went to school there. Kay gradua Kay Hooper (aka Kay Robbins) was born in California, in an air force base hospital since her father was stationed there at the time.

Kay Hooper (aka Kay Robbins) was born in California, in an air force base hospital since her father was stationed there at the time.

Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper