<p>Robin Schone (1954) is a USA Today Bestselling author of erotic romance fiction. She published her first book <i>Awaken, My Love</i> in 1995. Some of her best known novels include <i>The Lady’s Tutor</i>, <i>The Lover</i>, and <i>Gabriel’s Woman</i>. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times 2008 Career Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Innovative Historical Romances. Schone and her husband live in Illinois.</p>