Maggie Brendan is the CBA bestselling author of the Heart of the West series and The Blue Willow Brides series, as well as "The Trouble with Patience". Her books have received the Book Buyers Best Award from the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America and the Laurel Wreath Award. A member of the American Fiction Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, Georgia Romance Writers, and Author's Guild, Maggie lives in Georgia.