Sydney Jane Baily completed her first novel at the tender age of 17. Thankfully, that manuscript was soundly rejected and currently resides in an undisclosed secure location. She went on to get degrees in English literature and history (inducted into Phi Beta Kappa's alpha chapter), and has spent her entire professional career in publishing. She has been a copy editor, cat snuggler, proof reader, production editor, mother of two, developmental editor, indexer, dog walker, among other things literary and not. Besides writing historical romances, she also writes contemporary women's fiction. She resides in New England with her family--human, feline, and canine.