Born in California and raised in the Midwest, Carrie Lofty met her English husband while studying abroad–the best souvenir! Since completing her master’s degree in history, she has been devoted to raising their two precocious daughters and writing full time.

Carrie’s historical romances for Zebra and Carina Press have all received four stars from RT Book Reviews, which declared: “Lofty writes adventure romance like a born bard of old.” In October she’ll embark on a globe-trotting Victorian series from Pocket, beginning with Flawless–in which a suave viscount and his estranged wife must make a diamond company profitable or forfeit her inheritance.

In addition, Carrie recently began life as Ellen Connor, the name she shares with writing partner Ann Aguirre. Nightfall, the first of their “Dark Age Dawning” trilogy of hot-n-dirty apocalyptic romances, will be available in June from Berkley Sensation, to be followed in 2011 by Midnight and Daybreak.