Melody Thomas (edit name/settings)

Years after receiving her Criminal Justice degree from the University of Oklahoma , Laura Renken discovered the historical romance genre. True legends like M.M Kaye, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Judith McNaught, and Penelope Williamson, sparked her love for writing.
In the past, she's written westerns for Leisure under Lori Morgan and Pirate adventure books for Berkley under Laura Renken. Her books have been five times reviewer nominated by Romantic Times Bookclub for Best Adventure and Best Historical Suspense and Gothic categories. They have won the Holt Medallion three times, the WISRWA Writer's Choice Award, The Beacon for Best Historical 2008, the Affaire de Couer Reader's Choice award and will be published in five foreign languages worldwide. My Lord Pirate, was a 1999 Golden Heart Finalist, which launched her publishing career with Berkley.
She recently moved to the Memphis area from Chicago where she was also the former president for the Windy City RWA chapter. Currently, she pen stories for AVON/HarperCollins under the name, Melody Thomas.
PSEUDONYMS: Laura Renken, Lori Morgan