Georgette Heyer novels formed Sophia James's reading tastes as a teenager. But her writing life only started when she was given a pile of Mills & Boons to read after she had had her wisdom teeth extracted! Filled with strong painkillers she imagined that she could pen one, too. Many drafts later Sophia thinks she has the perfect job writing for Harlequin Historical as well as taking art tours to Europe with her husband, who is a painter.
When Virginia Heath was a little girl it look her ages to fall asleep, so she made up stories in her head to pass the time while she was staring at the ceiling.
As she got older, the stories became more complicated, sometimes taking weeks to get to the happy ending. Then one day, she decided to embrace the insomnia and start writing them down. Over thirty books and four Romantic Novel of the Year Award nominations later, it still takes her forever to fall asleep. Catherine Tinley is a multi award-winning writer of witty, heart warming Regency Romance. Her first novel, Waltzing with the Earl, won the Rita(R) Award for Best Historical Romance 2018, and she has since won the 2021 RoNA award, the 2021 HOLT medallion, and the 2022 RoNA award for Best Historical Romance. After a career encompassing speech & language therapy, Sure Start, being President of a charity, and managing a maternity hospital, she now works as NI Country Director for a leading UK charity. She lives in Ireland with her family and can be reached at www.
CatherineTinley.com and on social media at https://linktr.ee/CTinley Catherine was appointed as chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association in August 2024. Awards: Waltzing with the Earl - Rita award, Best Historical Romance 2018 Rags-to-Riches Wife - RoNA Award, Best Historical Romance 2021, HOLT Medallion Winner, Best Historical Romance 2021 A Walt
As she got older, the stories became more complicated, sometimes taking weeks to get to the happy ending. Then one day, she decided to embrace the insomnia and start writing them down. Over thirty books and four Romantic Novel of the Year Award nominations later, it still takes her forever to fall asleep. Catherine Tinley is a multi award-winning writer of witty, heart warming Regency Romance. Her first novel, Waltzing with the Earl, won the Rita(R) Award for Best Historical Romance 2018, and she has since won the 2021 RoNA award, the 2021 HOLT medallion, and the 2022 RoNA award for Best Historical Romance. After a career encompassing speech & language therapy, Sure Start, being President of a charity, and managing a maternity hospital, she now works as NI Country Director for a leading UK charity. She lives in Ireland with her family and can be reached at www.
CatherineTinley.com and on social media at https://linktr.ee/CTinley Catherine was appointed as chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association in August 2024. Awards: Waltzing with the Earl - Rita award, Best Historical Romance 2018 Rags-to-Riches Wife - RoNA Award, Best Historical Romance 2021, HOLT Medallion Winner, Best Historical Romance 2021 A Walt
