American · b. 1963
Jill Shalvis is an American author of contemporary romance. She has published more than a hundred books, including novels and novellas, and many of them have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her best-known work is the Lucky Harbor series, set in a small town on the Washington coast. She also wrote the Animal Magnetism, Heartbreaker Bay and Cedar Ridge series. Her books combine warm humor, quick banter and small-town settings with romantic plots that end happily. She has won two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, and Lucky Harbor was adapted for television. Shalvis lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California with her family and pets, and she often draws on her mountain surroundings for her settings. Her books are widely sold in print and as ebooks, and her steady output has made her a dependable name in commercial romance.