Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Wager of Hearts and Whisper Horse series, as well as several other contemporary romance novels. She has received many honors for her work, including the Book Buyers Best Top Pick Award, the Maggie Award, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, and is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America's RITA award.
Nancy graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, she now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey, with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.
Lauren Ezzo is a midwestern-based actor and recent graduate of Hope College. A native of Haslett, Michigan, she was most recently seen in Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s world premiere of Or You Could Kiss Me. Lauren’s hobbies include reading, running, and worrying about her orchid.