SYRIE JAMES is the bestselling author of critically acclaimed historical, contemporary, and young adult fiction and romance including Runaway Heiress; Summer of Scandal; Nocturne (Best of the Year, Suspense Magazine and Romance Reviews); Dracula, My Love; The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë (Great Group Read, Women's National Book Association; Audie Romance Award); The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen; Jane Austen's First Love; The Harrison Duet; the international bestseller The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (Best First Novel, Library Journal); and two YA paranormal romances she co-wrote with her son Ryan: Forbidden and Embolden. An admitted Anglophile, Syrie loves all things British and 19th century. A member of RWA, JASNA, and the Writer's Guild of America, Syrie has addressed audiences across the U.S., Canada, and England. Syrie invites you to follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and to visit her at www.syriejames.com.

RYAN M JAMES has enjoyed co-writing not only Forbidden and Embolden with his mother, Syrie, but also two screenplays. By day, he works as a performance director, lead editor, and co-writer for the video game industry, recently being honored by the Writer’s Guild of America for his work on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. By night, he conjures stories for print, screen, and web, including an independent feature, a handful of short films, and the machinima webseries A Clone Apart. He, his brilliant wife, and their vertically-challenged corgi live in Los Angeles within walking distance of Syrie.