Roy William Winsor (April 13, 1912 – May 31, 1987) was an American soap opera writer, creator, producer and mystery novelist.
For Search for Tomorrow, he first worked with fellow soap opera writer Agnes Nixon.
[5] The year before The Secret Storm ended, he would take over as head writer of the NBC soap opera Somerset; he wrote for the show from 1973 to 1974.
In 1981, after a long break, he returned to soap operas and co-created (with Bob Aaron) the serial Another Life (1981–1984) for Christian Broadcasting Network.
Winsor described the family at the center of Another Life as held together by values such as "discipline, loyalty, and moral standards", which he said have been "abused and scoffed at in today's world.