Candice Hern is the award-winning author of 13 historical romance novels set during the English Regency, a period she knows well through years of collecting antiques and fashion prints of the era. Originally from Texas, Candice grew up in California and lives in San Francisco. She has degrees in Art History from the University of California. She spent many years in high tech marketing, specifically database marketing, and her last position was as Director of Marketing Operations for a software company. She now writes fulltime.