Born in Philadelphia, Courtney J. Hall’s writing career began when she figured out how much fun it was to make words rhyme. She has since gone on to publish embarrassingly bad poetry, melodramatic short stories and has written beginnings to at least a half-dozen novels. Courtney lives with her husband and a stolen cat in suburban Philadelphia and is the author of two novels - Some Rise by Sin, an historical romance that takes place at the tumultuous end of Mary Tudor’s reign, and A Holiday Wish, book 1 in the Silver Bells holiday romance series. Both books were published by Five Directions Press. When she’s not busy writing, she’s reading, baking, shopping, and buying anything with a Union Jack on it.