Beverly Jenkins

 Beverly Jenkins has received numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks Best Seller Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance. In 1999, Ms. Jenkins was voted one of the Favorite 50 African-American Authors of the 20th Century by AALBC.com, the nation's largest online African-American book club. She was born in 1951 on the day after Valentine's Day, which is perfect for a romance writer.