My Valentine: 1991 (Listen to Your Heart/ My Funny Valentine/ Some Kind of Hero/ Hartz and Flowers)

Debbie Macomber was born on October 22, 1948 in Yakima, Washington. Her first novel, Heartsong, was published in 1984 and became the first romance novel ever to be reviewed in Publishers Weekly. She has written more than 150 novels including Between Friends, Family Affair, Starry Night, Last One Home, Mr. Miracle, Merry and Bright, the Blossom show more Street series, the Cedar Cove series, and the Rose Harbor series. She received Romantic Times Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Leigh Michaels received a Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While there she also received the Robert Bliss Award for being the highest ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature writing as an undergraduate. Michaels wrote show more her first romance novel at the age of 15. She then proceeded to burn it and the five more she wrote after the first. She finally submitted a novel to Harlequin who scooped it up and published it immediately. Since then, five of her novels, including "Tie That Binds" and "Traveling Man" have been finalists for Best Traditional Romance Novel of the Year in the RITA Awards, sponsored by the Romance Writers of America. Her book "Family Secrets" received a Reviewers Choice Award from Romance Times Magazine and fifteen of her books have made it to the Waldenbooks Romance Bestsellers List. She was also the recipient of the 1994 Pioneer Award presented by Iowa Romance Novelists. (Bowker Author Biography) show less