Allie Mackay
Allie Mackay has three grand passions: Scotland, all things medieval, and the paranormal. A firm believer in writing what you love, she blends these elements into her fun and sexy Scottish-set paranormals. She does the same with the Scottish medievals she pens under her real name, Sue-Ellen Welfonder. She’s married and makes her home on Florida’s Gulf Coast where her world is ruled by deadlines and the most loved Jack Russell Terrier on the planet.
Anne Marsh
Anne Marsh is known for deliciously sensual paranormal romance. Her first book in the Hunter’s Mate series, THE HUNT, was described as “unexpectedly and wonderfully enjoyable” and “Lora Leigh goes on the Amazing Race” (Mrs Giggles). She lives in Northern California with her husband, two kids, and four cats.
Berkley Greer
Berkley Greer loves the written word. Though she enjoys storytelling in all its forms, it is imagining new worlds that fascinates her most. For contact details, please visit Berkley’s website, www.berkleygreer.com, and follow her at twitter.com/berkleygreer.
Carol Stephenson
Award winning author Carol Stephenson lives in southeast Florida with her beloved Shih Tzu. She’s an attorney by day and author by night. She’s best known for her emotionally drawn, hard-driving romances.
Catherine Spangler
National bestselling author Catherine Spangler lives in Texas with her husband and a menagerie of critters. A lifelong student of metaphysical subjects, she loves all things supernatural. Alter your reality with Catherine’s edgy, sexy paranormal romances.
Cindy Holby
Cindy Holby is an award winning author who lives in the foothills of NC. Since the beginning of her memories, her biggest desire has been to put words to paper. She’s written several historicals and also writes sci/fi romance and urban fantasy under the name Colby Hodge. Add to that her talent for being able to relate to teens and you have Kassy Tayler, who writes young adult.
Cindy lives within the shadow of Pilot Mountain NC with her own romance hero. Together they raised two exceptional sons and share their nest with a long haired doxie named Cody, and two cats, Maddie and Izzy.
CJ Barry
C.J. Barry grew up reading science fiction novels, comic books, and her brother’s Cracked magazines. From that illustrious start, she now brings a unique blend of high adventure and sizzling romance to her award-winning paranormal romances. By day, she works as a technical writer and web manager. By night, she takes care of her family, spoils her cat, co-hosts a writing podcast, and pens the books she was destined to write.
Crystal Jordan
Crystal Jordan is an award-winning paranormal, contemporary, futuristic, and erotic romance author. A native of California, she has lived and worked all over the United States. Currently, she serves as a librarian at a university in her home state.
Cynthia Cooke
Many years ago, Cynthia Cooke lived a quiet, idyllic life caring for her 18-mo-old daughter. Peace gave way to chaos with the birth of boy/girl twins. Hip-deep in diapers and living in a world of sleep deprivation, Cynthia kept her sanity by escaping into romance novels. Now, many moons later, she is a multi-published, award-winning author who thrives in a reality filled with otherworldly creatures running on edge-of-your seat suspense.
Dianne Castell
USA Today Dianne Castell lives in Cincinnati where she cooks chicken and meatloaf for her two cats and writes fun, sexy, Southern stories with a touch of mystery and a ton of romance.
Duffy Brown
Duffy Brown loves anything with a mystery. While other girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, Duffy longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. She now has two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson, and conjures up who-done-it stories of her very own for Berkley Prime Crime.
Eden Bradley / Eve Berlin
www.edenbradley.com ~ www.eveberlin.com
Best-selling and award-winning author Eden Bradley aka Eve Berlin lives in West Hollywood, California with a much younger man and three moody cats. She loves art, shoes, chocolate, trashy reality television and great books. She’s known for her sensual and often kinky erotic fiction, and has published over 30 novels, novellas and short stories.
Ellie James
Debut Young Adult author believes in dreams–and a whole host of other things that cannot be easily explained. Like ghosts. And connections. And…destiny. A native of deep south Louisiana, Ellie has always loved walking the streets–and cemeteries!–of the city that time (and care) forgot. It’s no surprise, then, that her debut trilogy for St.Martin’s Gryphon Books tells the tale of a young psychic in pursuit of the truth about the mother she never knew–and the visions she can neither predict nor halt. Oh, and the hot guys she meets along the way!
Emma Wallace
Emma lives in the north of Scotland surrounded by crazy mutts and a loving family (on second thought, maybe it’s the other way around). She has a horrible habit of clicking around the internet in the name of *cough* research, which usually results in at least one new pair of shoes. Hoovering whilst wearing heels helps her think.
Gail Ranstrom
Sometimes Gail Ranstrom thinks she should write a book titled, JOBS ON THE EDGE. Her work experience has run the gamut from Inventory Clerk at the University of Montana where she was attacked by a chimpanzee, stepped on dead lab rats in dark basements, and located missing satellite spy cameras. When she moved to California, she became a Commercial Property Manager in the Los Angeles area troubleshooting incidents as wide ranging as earthquakes, floods, the SWAT Team surrounding one of her buildings, naked men in the Ladies rest room, and rattlesnakes coiled in front of tenant’s doors. She now lives in an idyllic resort village just south of Glacier National Park and has found her best job – writing romance. She loves to hear from readers and you can contact her at gail@gailranstrom.com.
Hanna Martine
Hanna Martine has loved stories–particularly the romantic kind–since she was very young. She spent a decade working in an office, but has since dedicated herself to writing. She’s traveled to many wonderful places around the world, including the haunted Scottish castle in which she got married. Though she lives outside Chicago with her family, her heart will always belong to Australia. She writes The Elementals, a paranormal romance series for Berkley Sensation.
Jax Cassidy
Jax Cassidy followed her dreams to Paris, then Hollywood to pursue a film career but managed to fall in love with penning sexy romances and happy endings—finding Mr. Right was just an added bonus. She writes contemporary, paranormal, and multi-ethnic romances and is Co-Founder of Romance Divas, and award winning writer’s website and discussion forum. Jax is also known as one-half of the retired writing team of Cassidy Kent.
Jenna Mills
Best-selling author Jenna Mills grew up surrounded by the evocative plantation ruins, haunting swamps, and timeless legends of south Louisiana, all of which combined to create her love for mystery & romance. Jenna has always been a big fan of that which cannot be easily explained–as well as happily ever after. When not writing stories of deep emotion and page-turning suspense, the author of over 20 books for Harlequin/Silhouette enjoys spending time with her two young children, her husband, and a house full of cats, dogs, and plants.
Jina Bacarr
Jina Bacarr loves adventure in exotic locales, which led her to write the RIO Award-Winning erotic novel, The Blonde Geisha, as well as the award-winning non-fiction book,The Japanese Art of Sex. She worked as the Japanese consultant on KCBS-TV, MSNBC, TechTV’s Wired for Sex, Canada’s The Pleasure Zone, British Sky Broadcasting’s Saucy TV, La Biennale Arts Festival in Venice, Italy, Men’s Health Guide to the Best Sex in the World, Passport to Pleasure, The Vision Board and 69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die for Playboy TV. She’s the author of Naughty Paris, Tokyo Rendezvous (Naughty Bits anthology), Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs and Cleopatra’s Perfume and coming in 2010, The Blonde Samurai.
Jo Anne Banker
Jo Anne Banker is an award-winning author who has found both joy and solace in books—especially Harlequin romances—since her mother first introduced her to the love of reading. After a successful career as owner of a bookkeeping service, she traded her calculator for a laptop, and now she pens romances in hopes that her stories touch the lives of others. She lives in southeast Texas by way of Louisiana, and enjoys her hectic, eclectic life and the company of her cats.
Jo Davis
Award-winning author Jo Davis currently writes romantic suspense and erotic suspense for New American Library, and is best known for her sexy romantic suspense series, The Firefighters of Station Five. Her debut erotic suspense novel, When Alex Was Bad, received a 4 ½ star Top Pick rating from RT Book Reviews and is in development as a major motion picture. A native Texan, Jo lives near Dallas with her husband and two teenagers.
Julie Benson
An avid daydreamer, Julie Benson always loved creating stories. After graduating from the University of Texas at Dallas with a degree in Sociology, she worked as case manager for a social services agency before having her children. Three boys, and many years later, she started actively pursuing a writing career to challenge her mind and save her sanity. Now she writes full time in Dallas, where she lives with her husband, their three sons, two lovable black dogs, and a host of other pets. Julie says while her house is never quiet or predictable, it is full of heroes.
Kaily Hart
Kaily Hart, a seemingly straight-laced mother of four left corporate America and a high-powered, lucrative career to be a stay at home mom. Ha! That lasted about four weeks, during which time she realized she had a deeply repressed dream to write—and romance at that! By day, Kaily plays conservative wife and soccer mom, but at night crafts hot and steamy tales of romance and love with gorgeous heroes who wouldn’t dream of leaving the toilet set up. Ever. She’s smart and sassy, at least in her own mind, and is trying her best to bring the alpha male solidly back to contemporary romance, one hot story at a time. Why should paranormal/urban fantasy have all the fun, right? Although she writes that too. Three years ago she never would have thought she’d be doing this, but now that she is? Well, you couldn’t pay her enough to do anything else.
Karen Kay / Gen Bailey
Praised by reviewers and fans alike for bringing understandings and insights into the everyday facets of the American Indian way of life, KAREN KAY a.k.a. GEN BAILEY maintains that the discovery of her great-great grandmother — a Choctaw Indian — did much to enhance her stories.
She has written seventeen (17) books for such publishing companies as AVON/HarperCollins and Berkley/Penguin/Putnam. Her most recent titles include: THE LAST WARRIOR, BLACK EAGLE and SENECA SURRENDER.
“With the power and passion of romance, I strive to bring to my work an awareness of the vital forces that helped shape the Plains Indian Culture. It is through understanding, after all, that we can, at last, find a common reality.”
Karen is always happy to hear from her readers. You can write to her at: Karen Kay/Gen Bailey — PO Box 29134 — Los Angeles, CA 90029-0134. Or visit her website at www.novels-by-KarenKay.com or www.novels-by-GenBailey.com
Kassy Tayler
Kassy Tayler aka Cindy Holby is the author of the highly anticipated young adult series ASHES for Griffin, St. Martins Press. She lives in the mountains of NC with her patient and understanding husband and a doxie who’s favorite past time is sleeping while she writes.
Kate Angell
National best-selling author Kate Angell lives in beautiful Naples on the Gulf of Mexico, Florida. She’s an avid reader, sports enthusiast, and animal lover. She’s best known for her Boys of Summer baseball series featuring the Richmond Rogues.
Lilli Feisty
Lilli Feisty writes super-hot contemporary romance novels, sometimes with a few whips and chains thrown in for good measure. Ms. Feisty currently resides in Northern Nevada. When she’s not writing you might find her conducting “research” at brothels, staring out windows, or making Martinis.
Lorie O’Clare
New York Times bestselling author, Lorie O’Clare, writes full time from her home in Kansas. Guaranteed stimulation for the imagination. Everything from paranormal, steamy contemporaries, and erotic thrillers.
Marta Stephens
Award-winning novelist, Marta Stephens, works full time at a state university by day, but each night she turns to crime. Best known for her sharp dialogue, true to life characters, and page-turning plots, this native of Argentina has called Indiana home since the age of four. Stephens lives with her incredibly supportive husband of 31 years and their two grown children. When she’s not plotting to solve a crime, she enjoys gardening, oil paintings, antiques, and the family’s two rescued doxies, Moo and Candy, and Izzy, their English Bull dog. Stephens also admins the collective author’s blog, Murder By 4 that has been twice recognized by Writers Digest among 101 Best Websites for Writers.
Marty Ambrose
Marty Ambrose pens her Mango Bay Mystery Series from an island in Southwest Florida. She’s married and tends a mango grove when not teaching creative writing at a local state college.
Nancy Haddock
National Bestselling author Nancy Haddock lives a blissful block from the beach in northeast Florida. She loves history and things that go bump in the night, and sprinkles both in her surfer-girl vampire books.
Naomi Rockler-Gladen
Naomi Rockler-Gladen writes edgy women’s fiction. A former communication professor, Naomi works by day as an instructional designer for an online university and as a freelance web writer. She lives with her husband and five-year-old daughter in Minneapolis.
Patricia Sargeant
Award-winning author Patricia Sargeant writes romantic suspense and contemporary romances. Her romantic suspense feature ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Her contemporary romances reveal characters overcoming their inner demons. Patricia lives in Ohio with her husband.
Red Garnier
New York Times bestselling-author Red Garnier has been making up stories in her head since she was a child. Now she’s found her passion in penning erotically charged, soul-stirring romances featuring the kind of dark, tortured heroes we all adore. She is married with two children and, though she travels frequently, likes to call Texas home.
Regina Hart
Regina Hart shares her love of sports in her basketball-inspired contemporary romances. Born in New York, Regina lives in Ohio with her husband.
R.G. Alexander
R.G. Alexander has lived all over the country, studied archaeology and mythology, been a nurse and a vocalist, and now, a writer. She is happily married to a talented chef who is her best friend, her research assistant, and the love of her life.
Robin T. Popp
A love of science fiction, mythology and ghost stories is the driving force behind the imagination and story ideas of USA Today best-selling author Robin T. Popp. Married with three children, her hobbies include reading, shooting guns and researching her genealogy. She gets up most days at 4 AM to write for a couple of hours before heading off to her day job as Manager of Contracting for a Fortune 20 corporation. She lives, works and writes in Houston, Texas.
Sable Grace
Being told she’s often in two places at once is nothing new for Sable Grace. Best friends Heather Waters and Laura Barone juggle raising their families in Florida and keeping Sable Grace comfortably bouncing in the realm of Urban Fantasy for Avon.
Samantha Graves
Samantha Graves brings her unique blend of high adventure, sizzling romance, mystery and humor to contemporary romantic suspense from Grand Central Publishing. Her motto is: Sometimes, you can’t wait for the adventure to come to you. Sometimes, you have to make own.
Sarah McCarty
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah McCarty writes what she loves to read; fast paced stories with vivid dialogue, intense emotion and well developed characters. Her attention to detail in her stories has earned her multiple awards and a reserved spot on Keeper shelves everywhere. Sarah writes for Harlequin HQN, Harlequin SPICE, Berkley HEAT and Berkley SENSATION.
Saskia Walker
National bestselling author Saskia Walker writes award-winning, cross genre erotic fiction. Saskia grew up traveling the world and her writing reflects many of the places and cultures she experienced along the way. Now happily settled with the man of her dreams, she lives close to the inspirational Yorkshire Moors in the north of England, where romance, history and mystery prevail.
Sue-Ellen Welfonder
USA Today bestselling author, Sue-Ellen Welfonder is most defined by her passion for Scotland. She also loves medieval history and the paranormal. She puts her pen where her heart is, writing Scottish medievals with a touch of Highland magic. A former flight attendant, she’s proud of her Hebridean ancestry, spent fifteen years in Europe, and still visits Scotland as often as she can. She’s devoted to her Jack Russell Terrier, enjoys living quietly, and shares her desk with her alter-ego, Allie Mackay, who writes Scottish-set time travels and ghost romances. Sue-Ellen is married and resides on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Tess Mallory
Tess Mallory lives with her husband near their three children in the Texas Hill Country. She’s known for writing Time Travel romances featuring quirky heroines and heroes, and lots of humor.
Tina Leonard
USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard decided to become a writer when her grandmother told her she should be the next writer in the family. Fifty projects later, Tina writes what she loves with humor, sexiness, and fun. With over two million books sold, Tina plans to keep writing the books her readers enjoy.
Tina received her undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee. Wtih two children in college, Tina is fighting off the urge to go back for a master’s degree. Happily, her writing schedule keeps her busy with independent, adventurous heroines and heroes in the truest sense of the word.
When not writing, cooking or working out, Tina loves going out with friends, reading, and spending time with her family. After livinig in many states over the years, Tina calls Texas home.