Writing has always been a part of Michelle's life and it was love of writing that led her to graduate magna cum laude with a degree in Professional Writing which she then used to write and edit technical manuals and reports for Los Alamos National Labs and Sandia National Labs. Needless to say, such writing left her craving something....juicier. Around this time, she read her first historical romance and she was hooked! Her first novel (which you will NEVER read!) was soon followed by other, much better manuscripts (which hopefully you will read!). A love of history led to two medieval romances and a fictionalized book of one of England's kings. Medieval times changed and so did Michelle's interests. She moved on to Regency and Victorian historical romances and continues to write stories set in the 19th century and has now ventured into the realm of mainstream.