Before becoming a writer, <b>Kresley Cole</b> was a competitive athlete and a Master's grad in English. She sold her first two novels in 2003, and since then, she has published eleven more books and has seen her releases translated into nine foreign languages. <P>Kresley followed her highly-acclaimed Sutherland Series historicals with the bestselling MacCarrick Brothers Series, a trilogy of Highlander historical romances, as well as the continuing Immortals After Dark Series, a Rita award-winning paranormal romance collection, all with Pocket Books.<P>In January 2009, she became a <b>#</b>1 <I>New York Times</i> and <I>Publishers Weekly</i> bestseller with her sixth IAD installment, <I>Kiss of a Demon King</i>.<P>Kresley lives in Florida with her husband and far too many dogs. She loves to hear from readers and invites you to visit her website: www.kresleycole.com.