Author Biographies
Leah Ball
Mammoth debut author and second-prize winner in the R.W.A. Royal Ascot’s Hot & Wild Regency category, her first novel, Secret Possessions, is currently on submission.
Sara Bennett
Bestselling author of historical romance for Avon, she writes passionate Victorian- and Regency-set romances. She has just finished the second book in her latest series, The Husband Hunters Club, and also writes paranormals as Sara Mackenzie.
Elizabeth Boyle
New York Times bestselling author of fifteen Regency-set historical romances, including the popular Bachelor Chronicles series, she is also the winner of the R.W.A.’s RITA award, a voracious knitter and an occasional seamstress.
Anna Campbell
Multi-award-winning author writing passionate, emotional Regency-set historical romance for Avon, she lives in Australia and loves to travel, especially to the United Kingdom.
Robyn DeHart
Three-time Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice award nominee, her Legend Hunters series is a favourite among reviewers and fans alike.
Amanda Grange
Bestselling author of Mr Darcy’s Diary, she has written seventeen Regency-set novels including her popular series of Jane Austen retellings.
Lorraine Heath
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has penned more than twenty-five historical romances, including her popular Scoundrels of St James series. She is also a recipient of R.W.A.’s prestigious RITA award, a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and several other literary accolades.
Candice Hern
Award-winning author of Regency-set historical romances, her Regency World website features an illustrated glossary, a detailed timeline of Regency events and an illustrated digest of that era’s notable people and places.
Carolyn Jewel
Writer of historical and paranormal romance, who often wishes she had superpowers.
Christie Kelley
Born and raised in upstate New York, she decided to write her first book after seventeen years of working in software development. She currently writes Regency-set historicals for Kensington Zebra.
Vanessa Kelly
Writer of sensual, Regency-set historical romances for Kensington Zebra.
Shirley Kennedy
Author of numerous Regency romances for both Ballantine and Signet, she’s kind to animals and has never been convicted of a felony.
Anthea Lawson
The pseudonym of a husband–wife team writing spicy historical romance, their debut novel, Passionate, was nominated for a Best First Book RITA in 2009. Their most recent release, All He Desires, “deftly combines danger, desire, and a deliciously different setting into a sexy version of Victoria Holt’s classic gothic romances”. (Booklist Reviews)
Caroline Linden
Critically acclaimed author of sexy, suspenseful historical romance.
Margo Maguire
Author of seventeen historical romances – including The Rogue Prince, her latest Regency-set romance from Avon Books – her adventurous and sexy novels have been translated into twenty languages.
Delilah Marvelle
Two-time Golden Heart finalist, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice nominee and a double finalist in the Booksellers’ Best Award, she loves writing historical romances with scandalous twists.
Barbara Metzger
Author of over three dozen Regency-set romances and historicals, plus a dozen short stories, she has won many awards, including R.W.A.’s RITA, two career achievement awards from Romantic Times magazine, a Madcap award for humour in historicals and, most recently, a R.T. award for Most Innovative Historical Romance. This year, her new book, The Bargain Bride, has won rave reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal, as well as another R.T. nomination for Best Love and Laughter Romance in the historical category. She lives on Long Island with her little dog Valentino.
Sharon Page
USA Today bestselling author of sensual Regency-set and historical erotic romances, she has been called “a new queen of erotic romance” by Romantic Times magazine. She is a two-time consecutive winner of the National Readers’ Choice award, and a winner of the Romantic
Times Reviewers’ Choice award.
Deborah Raleigh
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty-three Regency-set novels and short stories, her books have been nominated by the Romantic Times in the Best First Regency and in the Career Achievement in Regency Romance categories. She also writes the paranormal Guardian of Eternity series under the pseudonym Alexandra Ivy.
Patricia Rice
New York Times bestselling author who has been nominated for the R.W.A.’s RITA awards for Regency romance, as well as for her paranormal historicals and contemporaries.
Julia Templeton
Writer of spicy historical, time travel, vampire and contemporary romances, featuring sexy alpha heroes and strong heroines. Aside from writing and reading, she enjoys research, haunting bookstores and libraries, travelling, riding motorcycles and spending time with family and friends. Married to her high-school sweetheart, she has two grown children and lives in Washington State.
Emma Wildes
Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice nominee, winner of a Passionate Plume award and an Eppie for best erotic historical, she grew up loving books, so writing just came naturally!
Michèle Ann Young
Award-winning romance author of five Regency-set historicals and a variety of short stories, she is an army brat and grew up all over Britain, developing a special love for its regional history.