Paula Quinn is a bestselling American novelist best known for writing historical fiction focusing on Scotland. Quinn has stated that she chose to write predominantly on Scottish history and Highlanders due to a fascination with the country's culture, history, and beauty. In 2009 Quinn won a regional Romance Writers of America award, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Historical Romance for her book 'A Highlander Never Surrenders'. Source: Wikipedia "Paula Quinn lives in New York with her three beautiful children, three over-protective Chihuahuas, and a loud umbrella cockatoo. She loves to read romance and science fiction and has been writing since she was eleven. She loves all things medieval, but it is her love for Scotland that pulls at her heartstrings." - http://masoncanyon.blogspot.in