Meredith Bond http://www.meredithbond.com

Merry has loved reading historical romances ever since her mother placed a Georgette Heyer into her hands when she was a teenager. With nothing else to do after moving to the beautiful Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, Merry figured it would be an interesting way to spend her time, trying to write a Heyer-like book. Her efforts were rewarded with many wonderful rejection letters. Two kids later, she began her efforts at writing once again. This time she was one of the winners of the Royal Ascot contest and offered a two-book contract with Zebra books. The first two books of her Merry Men Quartet were published in 2004, the second two, Love of My Life and Dame Fortune will be published in the summer of 2005. Her first book, Miss Seton’s Sonata was a winner of the New Jersey Romance Writer’s Golden Leaf award. And she still manages to find time to read as many historical romances as she can!