Shelley Galloway Sabga, M.A.Ed. (Loveland, OH), has her master of arts in education in administration and supervision and a teaching certificate in elementary education from the University of Colorado. Ms. Galloway taught fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in a variety of classroom settings for more than eleven years. She instructed in reading and language arts to both gifted and special-needs students, and developed individualized instruction plans for a number of children. Since she began writing in 2000, she has sold eighteen novels. These include a seven-book series for Avalon Books, six contemporary novels for Harlequin American Romance, and, most recently, she received a three-book deal from Harper-Collins. She currently resides in Ohio with her husband and two teenagers.