About the Author

Penelope Williamson is an internationally renowned author of historical romance and suspense. Penny was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and spent the first eleven years of her life as a U.S. Air Force brat. She has a BA in history, an MA in broadcast journalism, and was in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years, where she reached the rank of Captain. She has more than 1.8 million books in print, including The Outsider, Heart of the West, A Wild Yearning, Once in a Blue Moon, and Keeper of the Dream. Penny is a past winner of the Romantic Times's Best Historical Romance of the Year award and the Romance Writers of America's RITA awards. She lives with her husband in Mill Valley, California.