Brenda Jackson has been hailed as one of the most popular African-American authors of romance and women fiction. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Vivian Stephens Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Emma Award for Author of the Year--for two straight years, the Shades of Romance Multi-cultural Award of the Year and the Romance in Color Award of Excellence. She is the author of seventeen books and lives in Florida with her husband and two sons.