Grace was born on 1934 in the Highlands of Scotland, and grew up on a farm in the Scottish northeast. As an eleven year old, Grace earned her very first paycheck by gathering potatoes during the school holidays -- "tattie-howking" as it was locally known; back-breaking work as it was generally acknowledged! Then, earnings in hand, she cycled to Elgin, a nearby town, and with the precious pound bought a shiny black Waterman fountain pen. She had always loved writing, and with the treasured pen she continued to write...diaries, letters, and poetry...and fan mail to faraway movie stars living at, what seemed to be, a very romantic address: Culver City, California, USA.

Married with children, little did Grace dream that just over two decades later, she would move to North America with her family and eventually settle in Vancouver, Canada. And there she read a newspaper article about a popular Harlequin romance author. Until then, she had always believed writers to be extraordinary people, who lived in ivory towers, and she had considered it would be presumptuous for any ordinary person to aspire to become one. But the author in the article appeared much like herself... a housewife, a mother, and Scottish to boot. So should she give it a shot? Having always enjoyed writing and always enjoyed a challenge, Grace decided she would write romance novels. And after a five-year period of hard work and several rejections -- which she likes to think of as a five-year apprenticeship -- she finally made the first of many sales in 1988 as Grace Reid and later as Grace Green.