Marblehead author David Roper releases latest book, set in Marblehead and Maine
Twenty-five years ago, Marblehead author David Roper was sailing along the coast of Maine when he became lost in a thick fog.
“I ended up in a tiny harbor on an island and met a 14-year-old boy who had been raised on the island,” said Roper. “He lived there alone with his parents.”
Author Dave Roper sits and writes in his home office. He takes long walks through nearby Waterside Cemetery to ‘enhance’ his thinking. CURRENT PHOTO / LEIGH BLANDER
Roper combined that real-life experience with a newfound interest in archaeology and the Red Paint People, who lived 4,000 years ago in Maine, to write his latest book, “The Ghosts of Gadus Island.”
It is his fifth book. Roper also owns A-Script, a career advisory and resume writing company in Marblehead. (His first book, written in 199...
