Tanya Michna (who writes for Harlequin as Tanya Michaels) is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Houston-Victoria and the author of more than 40 short stories, books, novellas and published essays.  She is a popular event speaker and has been nominated for dozens of awards, winning the Published Maggie Award of Excellence, the Booksellers' Best Bet (two years in a row), the CataRomance Readers' Choice, and the Sandra Anglain Chastain Service Award. She is also a three-time finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award.

Tanya is the mother of two very imaginative children who find creative new ways to turn her hair gray and keep her stylist steadily employed.  Tanya is a giant geek and you should not get her started talking about Harry Potter, George R.R. Martin, the collective works of Joss Whedon, or DragonCon unless you have a few hours to spare.  She lives in the Atlanta area and is married to a very patient and kind man who tolerates her crush on Nathan Fillion.  When she's not reading, on deadline or spending time with her wonderful family, Tanya watches too much TV, including Castle, Lost and Supernatural.  Tanya reads at least two books a week and has been known to break out into songs from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog at random moments.

Tanya believes that the two coolest things about her job (three, if you count working in pajamas) are letters from readers and having her work published in foreign lands she has yet to visit, including Korea, Greece, Portugal, France and New Zealand, to name a few.