Vanessa Kelly is a bestselling author of historical mystery and historical romance. She has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Maggie Medallion for best historical romance. She is a USA Today, Barnes & Noble, BookScan, and Amazon bestseller several times over. To date, her books have been published in eleven languages. After receiving her MA in English literature from Rutgers University, Vanessa spent several years in the PhD program at the University of Toronto, studying women authors of the eighteenth century. She worked as a researcher for many years, and currently resides in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband.