SIAN ANN BESSEY was born in Cambridge, England, but grew up on the island of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales. She left her homeland to attend Brigham Young University in Utah, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in English. She began her writing career as a student, publishing several magazine articles while still in college. Since then, she has published historical, historical romance, and contemporary romantic suspense novels, along with a variety of children’s books. She is a USA Today best-selling author and a Whitney Award finalist.