Robin Reardon is the author of the novels A Secret Edge, Thinking Straight, A Question of Manhood, The Evolution of Ethan Poe, The Revelations of Jude Connor, Educating Simon, Throwing Stones, and Waiting for Walker.
Thinking Straight presents the reader with an insider's view of "ex-gay" (or reparative therapy) efforts practiced by some branches of Evangelical Christianity.
The novel was inspired by the story of a Memphis teen named Zack Stark, who in 2005 was put into Restoration Path, also known as Love In Action/Refuge (LIA/R; no longer in existence as of 2012)) by his parents to teach him how to "pray away the gay".
Reardon relied on a subject matter expert for this aspect (Stevie Maria Jonak, who also wrote a foreword).
In For Love Of God, in which the main character is a gay man who feels called to the Episcopal priesthood, Reardon had the guidance of The Reverend Reid D. Farrell, who wrote a foreword to that work.