On a college road trip down the “Mother Road,” Route 66, Brenda Clemmons fell in love with the beauty of the southwest and promised herself that one day she’d return. After graduating with a history degree, Brenda fulfilled that promise and moved to Arizona, where she met her future husband, who was teaching literature in the classroom several doors down from her own social studies class. Today, she, her husband, and their two kids love to explore the Southwest’s beautiful mountains and deserts every chance they get. Brenda’s habit of pulling over at every historical marker eventually led to her husband suggesting that she combine her love of romance novels with her in-depth historical knowledge. She put pen to paper and has been writing ever since, filling her stories with the landscapes, legends, and unique local characters that she wants everyone else to share in!
Katie Wyatt is 25% American Sioux Indian. Born and raised in Arizona, she has traveled and camped extensively through California, Arizona, Nevada, Mexico, and New Mexico. Looking at the incredible night sky and the giant Saguaro cacti, she has dreamed of what it would be like to live in the early pioneer times.
Spending time with a relative of the great Wyatt Earp, also named Wyatt Earp, Katie was mesmerized and inspired by the stories he told of bygone times. This historical interest in the old West became the inspiration for her Western romance novels.
Her books are a mixture of actual historical facts and events mixed with action and humor, challenges and adventures. The characters in Katie’s clean romance novels draw from her own experiences and are so real that they almost jump off the pages. You feel like you’re walking beside them through all the ups and downs of their lives. As the stories unfold, you’ll find yourself both laughing and crying. The endings will never fail to leave you feeling warm inside.