Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist. Under her maiden name, Jessica Bird, she writes contemporary romance novels, and as J.R. Ward, she writes paranormal romance. She is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, once as Bird for Best Short Contemporary Romance for From the First, once as Ward for Best Paranormal Romance for Lover Revealed’, and once for