Multi-award winning author Nick Nolan was born into an Irish Catholic family in the suburbs of Los Angeles, where he grew up mowing lawns and washing cars. Nolan met his partner Jaime in 1987, fell in love, and began building a life together. After graduating with a BA degree in Psychology, Nick began working with homeless LGBT youth and, inspired by the works of author Paul Monette, started penning his first novel. Nolan's modern fairy tales now comprise the "Tales from Ballena Beach" series: STRINGS ATTACHED, which won ForeWord Magazine's 2006 "Book of the Year Award for Gay & Lesbian Fiction"; DOUBLE BOUND, which garnered both ForeWord Magazine's 2008 "Book of the Year Award for Gay/Lesbian Fiction" and the Reader Views "Reader's Choice Award for Gay & Lesbian Fiction"; and WIDE ASLEEP, which earned 1st Place in the international 2014 Rainbow Awards for "Best Gay Paranormal Romance". Nolan's BLACK AS SNOW became the #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller in the UK following its release in 2010. Today Nick, Jaime and their two beloved retrievers divide their time between their home in the San Fernando Valley and a mountaintop cabin, where book #5 is a lively topic of discussion.