Audrey Wick is a novelist of women's fiction and contemporary romance, most recently with Harlequin. She is also a full-time English professor at Blinn College in Texas and is coauthor of the college writing textbook Steps to Writing Well (12th edition). She has been a repeat contributor to Writer's Digest, Woman's World, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Audrey believes the secret to happiness includes lifelong learning and good stories. But travel and coffee help. She has journeyed to over twenty countries—and sipped coffee at every one.