Irene Brand's first inspirational romance was published in 1984, and she now has more than 40 titles, approximately 2 million copies, in print, including four non-fiction books. Her current publishers are Steeple Hill (Love Inspired) and Barbour Publishing; however, her first romances were published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Zondervan, Fleming Revel, and Kregel. Irene, and her husband, Rod, live in West Virginia,
Publishers Weekly bestselling author Dana Nussio has been telling "people stories" since her toddler babble became sentences.
She left a career as an award-winning newspaper reporter to raise her family, but those stories followed her as she fell in love with writing romance. Her novella, "Child in a Manger, " was adapted for the Brain Power Studio movie, "Baby in a Manger, " and a second book, Flower Girl Bride, has been optioned for film.