Jill Gregory is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary novels and has been honoured with the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as with back-to-back Reviewer's Choice awards for Best Western Historical Romance. Her books have been published in more than twenty-four countries. Jill grew up in Chicago and received her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Illinois. An animal lover, Jill loves long walks, reading, hot tea on a winter's day, and the company of friends. She lives in Michigan with her husband, and enjoys her home overlooking the woods where the deer, rabbits, squirrels, and an occasional owl or hawk come out to play.