from eHarlequin:
Ruth Jean sold her first romance novel to Harlequin on July 8, 1988, a day she’ll never forget. More sales followed and the next year she quit her day job as editor of two weekly newspapers to fulfill a lifelong dream of writing full-time.
In the early ’90s, she and her husband moved from Southern California to a pine forest north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they live today with one dog and three cats. In addition to writing romance novels, she teaches occasional fiction classes and volunteers at local senior centers to lead workshops on "Writing Your Life Story."
Along the way, she and fellow writer, Margaret Brownley of California, sold a two-year story projection to the CBS and Proctor & Gamble soap, As the World Turns. This, they’ve been told, is practically impossible to do.
In her spare time, Ruth Jean can be found in her sewing and craft room. With sewing machine and serger, she turns out not only clothing but strange and exotic items such as embroidered toilet paper and photos printed on fabric, which she cheerfully foists off on friends and acquaintances.