Catherine George is the pen name of Deirdre Matthews. When their children's education kept her home while her husband worked abroad, she took his advice and started writing romance novels. She has written over 70 books including Fallen Hero, An Engagement of Convenience, The Millionaire's Convenient Bride, and Dante's Unexpected Legacy.
Leigh Michaels received a Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While there she also received the Robert Bliss Award for being the highest ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature writing as an undergraduate. Michaels wrote her first romance novel at the age of 15. She then proceeded to burn it and the five more she wrote after the first. She finally submitted a novel to Harlequin who scooped it up and published it immediately. Since then, five of her novels, including "Tie That Binds" and "Traveling Man" have been finalists for Best Traditional Romance Novel of the Year in the RITA Awards, sponsored by the Romance Writers of America. Her book "Family Secrets" received a Reviewers Choice Award from Romance Times Magazine and fifteen of her books have made it to the Waldenbooks Romance Bestsellers List. She was also the recipient of the 1994 Pioneer Award presented by Iowa Romance Novelists.
Barbara Hannay lives in North Queensland where she and her writer husband have raised four children. Barbara loves life in the north where the dangers of cyclones, crocodiles and sea stingers are offset by a relaxed lifestyle, glorious winters, World Heritage rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef. Besides writing, Barbara enjoys reading, gardening and planning extensions to accommodate her friends and her extended family.