Jude Deveraux is the author of twenty-four New York Times bestsellers, including Legend, The Heiress, Rememberance, Sweet Liar, A Knight in Shining Armor, and The Duchess. She began writing in 1976, and to date there are more than thirty million copies of her books in print. Ms. Deveraux lives in a 300-year-old house in England, and is currently at work on her next novel.