Gem Sivad submitted her first manuscript in 2008. That novel, Intimate Strangers, won the prestigious 2010 EPIC Award and founded her Eclipse Heat series, published by Ellora's Cave. Although her first love remains American historical romance, she also writes a contemporary, erotic paranormal series about a modern-day healer named Miz. Whether she's writing in a nineteenth century setting or in the paranormal world of witches and shifters, Gem's heroines are always resilient, resourceful, and smart and her heroes are both dangerous and hot!