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Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of over 120 romances, including 27 New
York Times bestsellers under various pen names. Before beginning her
writing career, she earned a B.A. in History at the University of
California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) and an M.A. in Library Science from San
Jose State University. She then launched a successful career as a
corporate and academic librarian, during which time she worked at Duke
University’s library.
Krentz began writing serial romances in the late 1970s for MacFadden
and Dell Candlelight Ecstasy. She moved on to write for Silhouette and
Harlequin before turning exclusively to writing novels in the early 1990s.
In total, there are over 23 million copies in print of her books.
In addition to writing fiction, Krentz is the editor and a contributor
to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of
the Romance, a nonfiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan
Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies. Krentz has also been awarded the
Jane Austen Commemorative Medal from Romantic Times magazine for her
efforts in educating the public on behalf of romantic fiction.
Krentz sits on the Advisory Board for the Writers Program at the
University of Washington Extension Program. She enjoys vegetarian cooking,
and lives in Seattle with her husband.
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