RITA Award winner Catherine Mann resides on a sunny Florida beach with her military flyboy husband and their four children. Although after nine moves in twenty years, she hasn't given away her winter gear! Catherine writes action-packed military suspense for Berkley Publishing and Silhouette Romantic Suspense, and emotional, steamy romances for Silhouette Desire. With over a million books in print in fifteen countries, she has also celebrated five RITA finals, three Maggie Award of Excellence finals and a Bookseller's Best win. A former theater school director and university teacher, she holds a Master's degree in theater from UNC-Greensboro and a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the College of Charleston. Catherine enjoys hearing from readers and chatting on her message board - thanks to the wonders of the wireless internet that allows her to cyber-network with her laptop by the water!