Virginia Kantra
USA Today bestselling author, Virginia Kantra credits her love for strong heroes and courageous heroines to a childhood spent devouring fairy tales and her appreciation of a well-crafted story to her years as an English major at Northwestern University. Kantra is the author of more than twenty books of contemporary romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance published in over a dozen countries. A six-time Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, she has received numerous industry awards, including two National Readers' Choice Awards. Sea Lord, the latest book in her Children of the Sea series for Berkley, was a May 2009 release. Married to her college sweetheart and the mother of three kids, Kantra is a firm believer in the strength of family, the importance of storytelling and the power of love. Her favorite thing to make for dinner? Reservations.









































