Maura McKenzie

Maureen McKade began her professional writing career when she sold her first manuscript to Avon Books in October 1995. That book, WINTER HEARTS, was twice a national awards finalist, first in The Golden Heart, then as a finalist in the RWA's RITA awards in the Best First Book category.

Maureen's most recent Avon release, HIS UNEXPECTED WIFE, has also been chosen by Rhapsody Book Club to be a featured alternate selection. Her first time travel romance, AT MIDNIGHT, one of the Hope Chest series, was released in October by Zebra under the pseudonym Maura McKenzie.

An Air Force wife for over seventeen years, Maureen has found a career in writing to be well suited to the somewhat nomadic life of the military. Currently she and her husband live at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota with their dog and cat.