Colleen Coyne resides in Mystic, Connecticut, Denmark, and also for periods in France. THE UNINTENDED HEIRESS, Colleen's debut novel is a Firebird Book Awards winner in the category: Fiction (First Time Published), and it was shortlisted for the Goethe Book Award, which recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction. This book was also 2024 American Fiction Award Finalist in the Mystery/Suspense: Historical category and finalist in the Storytrade Book Awards "Mystery/Historical" category. BEWEPT, her second novel, placed Third in the Women’s Fiction category of the 2024 National Excellence in Story Telling (NEST) Contest, is a 2024 American Fiction Award Finalist in the Family Saga category and is a semi-finalist to receive the Chanticleer International Clue Award for Suspense and Thriller Fiction. BEWEPT was also awarded the 2024 International Book Impact Award for fiction and is a winner of the Storytrade Book Awards “Suspense/Thriller” category.