from her website:
While still in her teens, Anna DePalo began her first novel. She wishes she could say that this early manuscript went on to receive numerous accolades and to bring her fame and fortune. Instead, that first attempt—well, all three pages of it—hit the trash heap.
Anna went on to live in Italy and England, graduate from Harvard, earn an advanced degree in political science, practice intellectual property law, and marry the man of her dreams.

One day, Anna decided to give fiction writing another try. This time she didn’t stop at three pages—or even ninety-three. That first finished manuscript, Having the Tycoon’s Baby, sold to Silhouette Books, became a best-seller and award-winner, and has been published in over a dozen countries to date.

These days, Anna has traded a lawyer’s navy-blue suits for a writer’s blue jeans and is given to toasting new story beginnings while ensconced in front of her home computer. She lives with her husband, son, and daughter in Brooklyn.