When Cancer Comes Author:Hawkins, Donald, Koppersmith, Danie, Ginger Dr. Donald W. Hawkins has served with Christian counseling organizations and has written over 20 books on counseling. Daniel L. Koppersmith is a board certified pathologist and psychiatrist with Rapha Treatment Centers in Houston. Ginger Koppersmith is a psychiatric nurse with experience as a researcher at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.