Michael E. Sedgwick was born just before the outbreak of World War II in Hampshire, England, home of Jane Austen-one of his literary heroines. At age twelve, reading Daphne du Maurier's romantic suspense novel, My Cousin Rachel, created a lifelong desire to write his own romantic suspense story. In 1961, he joined a multinational manufacturing company and spent thirty-seven years in a technical capacity, living and working in Wales, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and The United States. In 1981, he moved permanently to Saint Paul, Minnesota and made business visits to most countries ex...