Kathleen Morgan was born in Long Beach, California. She is a former Army nurse and military brat, and has lived in Germany, Korea, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Washington, D.C., Alabama, California, and Colorado. She also has her master's degree in counseling. Morgan sold her first book, a futuristic romance, in April 1990 while stationed in Korea as an Army nurse. Additional romances soon followed, until she had sold a total of fifteen books in the general market Morgan is a member of Romance Writers of America, and has received numerous awards, including a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award and Career Achievement award, and The Literary Times award for Literary… Excellence in the Field of Romantic Fiction. She was also a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist.