Tanya Anne Crosby

Tanya Anne Crosby (born June 5, 1962) is a Spanish-American writer of romance novels. She is a five-time nominee for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her novels have been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Russian and Chinese.

Personal life Tanya Anne Crosby was born on June 5, 1962, in Rota in Andalusia, Spain. Her mother is Spanish and her father an American military. She grew up as a military brat with disparity in cultures.

Crosby is married and has two children. She resides in Traverse City, Michigan.

Writing career Crosby published her first romance novel "Angel of fire" in 1992 for Avon Books. She has written numerous novels and her books have been translated into eight languages: Russian, Italian, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese.

Her fifth historical romance, Once Upon a Kiss, launched the Avon Romantic Treasures line.

After a 10-year hiatus, she returned with her first contemporary romantic suspense for Kensington. Speak No Evil, her first romantic suspense novel was released in 2013. She returned to the genre with a brand-new historical series, entitled The Guardians of the Stone. Crosby's first title for The Story Plant is titled THE GIRL WHO STAYED and will be released April 2016.

Crosby has now written for The Story Plant, Kensington Publishing, Harlequin, and Avon Books/Harper Collins, where her fifth book Once Upon a Kiss launched the Avon Romantic Treasures line.