RITA Award-winner Anne McAllister was born in California and spent formative summer vacations on a small ranch in Colorado, where she developed her idea of "the perfect hero", as well as a weakness for dark-haired, handsome lone-wolf type guys. She found one in the university library and they've now been sharing "happily ever afters" for over thirty years.
Christina Hollis began writing as soon as she could hold a pencil, and her first book was a few sentences about three puppies that lived in a basket, written at the age of three.
Many years later, when one of her plays was short-listed in a BBC competition, her husband suggested that she should try writing full-time. Christina's hobbies include cooking and gardening, and she always has a book to hand. You can visit her website at: www.christinahollis.com
Susanne James has enjoyed creative writing since childhood, completing her first - and sadly unpublished - novel by the age of twelve.
She has three grown-up children who are her pride and joy, and who all live happily in Oxfordshire with their families. Susanne was always happy to put the needs of her family before her ambition to write seriously, although along the way some published articles for magazines and newspapers helped to keep the dream alive!