Jean Catherine Coulter (born December 26, 1942) is an American author of romantic suspense thrillers andhistorical romances who lives in northern California.[1]
While a freshman at theUniversity of Texas, Coulter wrote poetry. After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas, Coulter attendedBoston College and earned a master's degree in early 19th-century European history.[2]
When Coulter finished writing her novel she sent it to an editor at Signet. Three days later Signet offered her a three-book contract. That first novel,The Autumn Countess, was published byPenguin Books in 1978. By 1982, she was earning enough to quit her job and become a full-time writer.[3] Since then she has written over fifty books and has had forty-two consecutive New York Times Bestsellers since 1988. Her thrillerThe Maze was her first book to place on theNew York Times Hardcover Bestseller list, whileThe Cove spent nine weeks on theNew York Times Paperback Bestseller list and sold over one million copies.[2] Coulter generally publishes one historical romance and one suspense novel each year, and has been rewriting many of her earlier Regency romances to turn them into longer historical romances.[4]
