A workers' compensation insurance defense attorney by day, author Carol Stephenson burns the midnight oil to write romances. She's grateful her tales of hard fought love have touched others as she's won the Maggie, Emily and Golden Chance awards. Her first Silhouette Special Edition® Nora's Pride was a May 2002 release.

Bitten at a young age by the community involvement bug, Carol's served as president of Florida Romance Writers and on numerous committees for Romance Writers of America. She was RWA's 2001 Bylaws Chairperson and was thrilled and honored to receive the 2001 RWA Service Award.

As her five basic soul food groups are romances, movies, photography, travel and a good cup of tea, into her nonexistent spare time she crams travel with her trusty 35 mm camera in one hand and tea bags in the other.