About The Author

Shelley By The Numbers...Revised!

25 = Number of Books Sold!

24 = We moved to Flower Mound, Texas when I was 24.

23 = Age I got married.

22 = Number of Snow Village Houses I have. (I know! Too many, but I love them!)

21 = Age I was the first year I taught fifth grade. (Boy that seems young now!).

20 = This summer, I'll celebrate my 20th Anniversary.

19 = I was nineteen when I went with my mom to Hawaii.

18 = The Kids' Everything Spelling Book, my one and only non-fiction book, is my 18th book to hit the shelves.

17 = Age of my son.

16 = My daughter is now 16 and driving!

15 = The year I started driving. : )

14 = Starting at age 14, I was a Memorial Markette in high school..that's a drill team, y'all.

13 = Number of writers' conferences I've attended.

12 = Our sweet beagle is now twelve.

11 = When I was 11, I got my hair caught in the electric mixer and we had to cut a big chunk of it off!

10 = We've now lived in Ohio for ten years.

9 = I've now sold Nine Harlequin American Romances.

8 = Somehow I've been on 8 Cruises.

7 = There’s 7 books in my Finding Love in Payton series for Avalon Books.

6 = My First Harlequin, Cinderella Christmas, was #6 on the Waldenbooks Bestseller List.

5 = The Mommy Bride is my 5th Harlequin American to be published.

4 = Simple Gifts, A Small-Town Girl and The Mommy Bride have all received 4 star reviews!

3 = I have been writing a 3 book inspirational series for Avon Inspire as Shelley Shepard Gray.

2 = I have two kids, Arthur and Lesley.

1 = Simple Gifts was RT Magazine’s #1 Harlequin American for 2006.






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