With 30+ books to her credit, Regina Jeffers is an award-winning author of historical cozy mysteries, Austenesque sequels, retellings, and vagaries, as well as Regency-era romantic suspense. A teacher for 39 years, Jeffers often serves as a consultant for Language Arts and Media Literary programs. With multiple degrees, Jeffers has been a Time Warner Star Teacher, a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar and a Smithsonian presenter, listed among her many accomplishments. She has twice been a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, twice a finalist for the Frank Yerby Award for Fiction, and a finalist for the Chanticleer International Book Award.