Romance Authors
Adriana Herrera
ADRIANA HERRERA was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last 15 years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people and gives them unapologetic happy endings. When she’s not…
Anna Gomez
As Christine Brae After experiencing a great loss in her life, Anna Gomez decided that it was time to channel her feelings on paper and see where it would take her. She never imagined that her words would touch the hearts of many women with the same stories to tell.…
Author Angela Lam
Angela is a San Francisco Bay Area native. She studied journalism at Northwestern University as a Cherub scholar. She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Sonoma State University. Her nonfiction articles on real estate, lending and finance can be found online at SFGate.com. Her short stories, essays…
Author Mya O’Malley
Mya O'Malley was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City, where she currently resides with her family. Mya's passion is writing; she has been creating stories and poetry since she was a child. She earned her undergraduate degree in special education and a graduate degree in reading…
Carla Neggers
Carla Neggers is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Whether creating stories of friendship, family and love or razor-sharp suspense, Carla always takes readers on a captivating journey. Her books have been called “smart and satisfying” (Kirkus Reviews), “extraordinarily memorable” (RT…
Cassandra Finnerty
Cassandra is the author of action-adventure, fantasy and romance. She loves to create bold, untamed and endearing characters who struggle to overcome their flaws. Her fondness for western Ireland – with its rugged shores, hidden caves and wind-swept cliffs — inspired many settings in the Princess of Nature Series. Cassandra…
Christine Brae
Four years ago, after experiencing a great loss in her life, Christine Brae decided that it was time to channel her feelings on paper and see where it would take her. She never imagined that her words would touch the hearts of many women with the same stories to tell.…
Fae Bidgoli
Fae Bidgoli, slated to become a child bride herself in Iran at the age of 13, managed to escape her fate by a combination of defiance, courage, and luck. However, she entered a forced marriage at age 17. Born and raised in Iran, Fae left the country during the Iranian…
Jennifer Trethewey
Jennifer Trethewey’s Highlanders of Balforss series features brawny Scots, sweeping romance, and non-stop adventure laced with a liberal dose of humor. Her foundation for story-telling is grounded in her long career in theater as co-founder and former co-artistic director of Renaissance Theaterworks, one of the most successful and longest running…
Jessica L. Jackson
Jessica Jackson has been writing since she was nineteen. She thought she was going to be a science fiction writer, but could never seem to come up with a decent idea. Her youngest sister reminded her of the years when she used to read romances every day and suggested that…
Juno Rushdan
Juno Rushdan is an award-winning author of romantic thrillers. She drew from her background as a former military Intelligence Officer to create the Final Hour series, which includes Every Last Breath, Nothing to Fear and Until the End(Sourcebooks Publishing). A native New Yorker, she currently lives in the Washington, DC…
Kristoffer Polaha
Kristoffer Polaha is best-known for his long starring role in the critically acclaimed series Life Unexpected (The CW). Other TV series credits include Get Shorty with Ray Romano and Chris O’Dowd, the limited series Condor opposite William Hurt and Max Irons, The CW’s Ringer (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Valentine, as well as North Shore (FOX). In addition to co-starring with…
Laura Pavlov
Read BookTrib's review of Laura's book, Beautifully Damaged. BOOKS: Beautifully Damaged (2019) Biggest literary influencers: Jamie McGuire, Stephanie Meyer, Lauren Layne, Colleen Hoover Last book read: The Mister by E.L. James The book that changed your life: Well, I read a lot, so I’m not sure I can pinpoint…
Leah Garriott
Though she earned degrees in math and statistics, Leah Garriott lives for a good love story. She's resided in Hawaii and Italy, walked the countryside of England, and owns every mainstream movie version of Pride and Prejudice. She's currently living her own happily ever after in Utah with her husband…
Margot Suzanne Weyandt
MARGOT SUZANNE WEYANDT holds a bachelor’s degree in education and language arts from SWMN State University. She taught elementary students who had special learning and behavior problems on Leech Lake Indian Reservation, MN. Margot received an MSSW degree from the U of TX, Arlington, and became a LMSW, specializing in…
Maryl Damian
Maryl was born the oldest of five children in an Italian-American family in 1946. As a child, she always thought that she would write a novel. In college, she started out as an art student but eventually got a job, which she loved, at a local community college as an…
Michelle Alstead
MICHELLE ALSTEAD is a single, divorced mom of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She tries to promote autism awareness and advocate for gender equality while raising Sheldon Cooper and searching for some semblance of a love life. Read BookTrib's review of Michelle's latest book, The Last Chapter. BOOKS:…
Michelle Cox
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying…
Stacey Wilk
Stacey Wilk wrote her first novel in middle school to quiet the characters in her head. It was that or let them out to eat the cannolis, and she wasn't sharing her grandfather’s Italian pastries. Many years later her life took an adventurous turn when she gave birth to two different kinds of characters.…
