Cat Gardiner loves romance and happy endings, history, and comedy. A member of the esteemed National League of American Pen Women, she enjoys writing across the spectrum of the romance genre from Contemporary to Chick-Lit Romantic Comedy, 20th Century Historical Fiction, and Pride and Prejudice-inspired.
Apart from her husband, her greatest passion is writing Historical Fiction, WWII-era. Her debut novel in this genre, A Moment Forever, was a 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award Romance Finalist. "Flying with the Swallows" WWII Historical Fiction Romance released on April 2, 2024 into Kindle Unlimited. Readers can find the riveting duology on Amazon in Kindle Unlimited and paperback.
Between writing and WWII home front re-enacting, Cat take
Anne Morris writes everywhere, adapting to her current environment, be it a coffee shop, in the school pick-up line, or even whilst out walking - with a voice recorder, of course! Safety first.
She draws inspiration from real-world stories and events just as much as from fictional tales ranging from YA to manga and beyond.
Her favourite authors are Kerstin Gier, Jonathan Stroud, Marissa Meyer, Rick Riordan, and Scott Westerfeld.
She would like to write a science-fiction epic, perhaps similar to Lord of the Rings but set in space.
Other than writing, she enjoys designing and sewing art quilts, for which she draws inspiration from existing art or current news events.
Anne lives in California with her husband and teenage children.
Fredrica grew up in country Australia speaking cant terms straight from the Regency period, which are now disappearing from use due to the invention of television. Her husband teases her on how easily she can still drop into the lingo if she meets an old timer, but as he once used the word "gammon" in polite conversation - a term only used by highwaymen in Georgette Heyer novels; she pays him no heed. Fredrica spent her summer holidays with her great aunt, a modern miss who learnt to drive a car, and conveyed her husband to the pub once a week when he became too old to get on a horse. Fred first read Pride and Prejudice at fifteen and thought it very entertaining. She next read it at thirty and thought it a work of genius.
