Jane Porter

Jane Porter is an American author of contemporary romance and women's fiction. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty-five titles, with over 12 million books in print, in 20 languages and in 25 countries. Her novel Flirting with Forty was made into a Lifetime movie starring Heather Locklear. In 2014, she received the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance Novella for Take Me, Cowboy.

Porter was born in Visalia, California. She earned a Bachelor's degree from UCLA in American Studies, as well as Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco.

She has worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation and teacher of Jr. high and High school English. She sold her first novel, The Italian Groom, to Harlequin in 2000.

In 2005, Porter branched into women's fiction with the publication of The Frog Prince.

Porter founded Tule publishing in 2013.

She resides in San Clemente, with her husband and three sons.

• 2006 - Romance Reviews Today for Best Contemporary Novel for Flirting with Forty
• 2013 - Golden Leaf Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements for The Good Daughter
• 2014 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance Novella for Take Me, Cowboy

Porter has garnered a starred review from Library Journal for Flirting with Forty, and several top picks from RT Book Reviews.