Nan Ryan

A native Texan, Nan Ryan is the author of sixteen single- title historicals, one category romance, and one mainstream contemporary, which was published in hardcover. Nan's books consistently make the Walden, B. Dalton, and USA Today bestseller lists, are selections of the Doubleday Book Club, and have sold in fourteen foreign countries. She is the recipient of a Golden certificate award from Affaire de Coeur, and a Critic's Choice and three Lifetime Achievement awards from Romantic Times, the last of which named her "historical storyteller of the year" for 1995. She has written for Zebra, Dell, Topaz, and HarperCollins. She recently signed a three-book contract with Mira and her first Mira title, Wanting You, will be published in August 1999. She is presently at work on her second Mira book, entitled The Countess Misbehaves. Her latest historical, The Princess Goes West, was a July 1998 release from Harper.