Sharon grew up overseas, mostly in the Middle East, where she rode camels up and down the beach in Karachi. Since her father was a geologist who ranoverseas operations for J. Paul Getty, they were on the road a lot. Hermother was a magazine editor and historian. Later, Sharon attended boardingschool in England.

Sharon met Tom Curtis when they were both attending the University ofWisconsin. Tom's family originated from Kentucky, where his father was apreacher, and his grandfather a poet and bluegrass musician. His mother diedwhen he was four. 

They have two children together.At first writing under the pen name "Laura London", and now publishing undertheir own names, Sharon and Tom Curtis have together written romance novelsof such quality that they set a standard for the genre. Their books have served as models for many other romance novelists.