Jackie Manning

Jackie Manning made her writing debut in 1995 with Embrace the Dawn, a Harlequin Historical, written under the pen name Jackie Summers. Now, she writes under her own name, beginning with A Wish for Nicholas, a January 1998 release, which appeared for many months on Amazon's Harlequin Historical bestseller list.

Silver Hearts, a Western set in Nevada's silver mining days, was released in March 1999, and Taming the Duke, an English Regency, will be published in May 2001.

Prior to writing full-time, Jackie managed her own tax accounting agency with over 300 clients, many of whom she's recruited into devoted fans of the romance genre. Jackie lives in Maine with her husband, Tom, and their spoiled-rotten shih tzu and Aussie terrier. When she isn't writing, she's teaching creative writing, researching places for future books, and hanging out with writer pals.