Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

With more than thirty-six million copies of her bestselling novels already in print, Kathleen E. Woodiwiess remains one of America's most successful and beloved storytellers. She is the author of twelve enormously successful masterworks of romantic fiction, including The Flame and the Flower, Shanna, Ashes in the Wind, Petals on the River, and The Elusive Flame. Photo by Joan Bingham (ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.