Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author.She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor before switching to a more family-friendly career.Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult/contemporary romance genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends.She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 9-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life.Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.She is the author of RoomHate, which hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list. Her novel, Stepbrother Dearest, also spent four consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Other works include the New York Times bestseller Cocky Bastard (co-written with Vi Keeland), Sins of Sevin, My Skylar, Jake Undone, Jake Understood and Gemini.