USA Today and Publisher's Weekly best-selling author and fan favorite,Sheila Roberts has almost fifty books to her credit. Under different namesshe's written Regency romance novels as well as devotionals and personaldevelopment books. She did lots of things before settling in to her writingcareer, including owning a singing telegram company and playing in a band.Her band days are over, but she still enjoys writing songs.  Her novel "OnStrike for Christmas" was a Lifetime Network movie and her novel "The NineLives of Christmas" was made into a movie for the Hallmark channel. Whenshe's not speaking to women's groups or hanging out with her husband or hergirlfriends she can be found writing about those things near and dear towomen's hearts: family, friends, and chocolate. Sheila divides her timebetween Washington State and California.