Catherine Lanigan is the international bestselling and award-winning author of over forty-five published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, as well as over half a dozen anthologies, including โChicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dreamโ, โChicken Soup for the Writerโs Soulโ, and more. Her novels have continuously received 4 & 5 star reviews. Ms. Laniganโs novels have been translated into more than twenty-four languages. Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her Vietnam war-based novel, The Christmas Star, won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from ForeWord Magazine as well as Book of the Year Romance from Readerโs Preference.