Nicole Evelina is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and women's fiction. Her six books have won more than forty awards, including four Book of the Year designations. She was named Missouri's Top Independent Author by Library Journal and Biblioboard as the winner of the Missouri Indie Author Project and has been awarded the North Street Book Prize and the Sarton Women's Book Award. In addition to books, her writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Independent Journal, Curve Magazine and numerous historical publications. She lives outside St. Louis, Missouri.