Vickie Taylor wrote her first novel in 1997. Upon completion, too much of a wimp to let anyone she actually knew read it, she sent her baby off to a few contests to get some anonymous feedback. Little did she know how her life was about to change: a few months later, she had won all four of the Romance Writers of America chapter contests she’d entered, was a Golden Heart finalist, and had sold the book to Silhouette Intimate Moments!

Since then, Vickie has sold eight more romantic suspense novels to Silhouette Books, as well as two single title paranormals and a vampire novella to Berkley. Among the recognition she's received for her work are a win in the long contemporary category of the Daphne du Maurier contest, a 4 1/2 star, Top Pick review from Romantic Times magazine, and a 2004 RITA nomination.

Vickie lives in a small town in north Texas dubbed "The Heart of Horse Country" where she rounds out her writing days raising American Quarter Horses, volunteering with the local Humane Society to help homeless and abandoned pets, and serving on a K-9 search and rescue team. Her next release, a vampire novella called BLOOD LUST, will be released in January, 2005 as part of the BITE anthology with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Angela Knight and Mary Janice Davidson.