A writer for most of her life, Sharon Sobel is the author of several novels, short stories, and works of fiction, including Regency-era novel Family Portrait, released by Blue Star Books. She earned her PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is currently a professor of English at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut. Business and pleasure have taken her and her husband, and their three children on travels throughout the world, where she does research for her writing. Other interests include serving on the Board of Trustees of the local historical society, and the board of the Connecticut and Lower New York (COLONY) Chapter of Romance Writers of America. A native New Yorker, Sharon is President-elect of the Beau Monde, on the Grant Committee of RWA and is chair of the Connecticut Writer’s Conference.