Deb Marlowe is an Americanauthor forhistoricalromance novels. She is a 2007 winner of theRomance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award, granted to unpublished authors.[1] Eleven days after entering her second manuscript,The Lost Jewel, for consideration for the Golden Heart Award, Marlowe received word that her first manuscript had been purchased byMills and Boon. Following the competition, Mills and Boon also purchasedThe Lost Jewel.[2]