Rhonda Pollero sold her first romantic suspense, LEGAL TENDER, in 1993 under the pen name Kelsey Roberts. With millions of copies in print, her books are distributed worldwide. Rhonda has penned more than 20 novels; won numerous awards and nominations; landed on best-seller lists including USA Today , Waldenbooks, BookScan, and the Ingrams Top 50 List. She has received numerous Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Awards, an Affair de Coeur Contemporary Series Award; and a Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense. Her novella, RED HOT SANTA, was excerpted in the December, 2005 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

In June, 1995, she developed the wildly popular Rose Tattoo series for Harlequin Intrigue ™. These novels “ . . .offer the best of her unique ability to seamlessly blend romance and mystery.” Romantic Times goes on to say that “{she} is a master of the romantic suspense genre.” Affair de Coeur says that her “humor and dialogue sparkle.

In 2000, she developed a second series for Harlequin Intrigue™, The Landry Brothers. This 7 book series has received both critical acclaim and established her as one of Intrigue’s top-selling authors.

Rhonda is a sought-after lecturer and workshop presenter as well as a much-requested media guest. She has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others and makes frequent appearances on both radio and television. She founded The Writers Workshop at Anne Arundel College in Maryland and was the lead instructor in their craft and genre writing courses for three years. She is considered an expert in why women read and write crime fiction as well as an excellent authority on plotting and structuring the novel.

Rhonda is a member of The Author’s Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Florida Mystery Writers, Romance Writers of America, and Florida Romance Writers, Inc. She resides in south Florida with her family.