Pepper D. Basham is an American author of historical and contemporary Christian romance, writing as Pepper Basham. Raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, she now lives in the Asheville, North Carolina area, where she also works as a speech-language pathologist.
Her debut historical novel, The Thorn Bearer, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the Grace Awards, the Inspy Awards, and the ACFW Carol Awards. She writes novels that often blend Appalachian and British settings, including the Penned in Time, Mitchell's Crossroads, and Pleasant Gap Romance series.
