Jill Barnett was born and raised in Southern California, but as a young girl she spent plenty of summers on her grandparents' farm in Texas. Today, she is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen acclaimed novels and short stories. There are more than seven million copies of her books in print in seventeen languages. Her work has earned her a place on such national bestseller lists as The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.