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Elizabeth Keys is the pseudonym for lifelong friends and award-winning writing partners, Mary Lou Frank and Susan C Stevenson. They both grew up and continue to live in southern New Jersey with their respective families.

Susan is vice president of a bank and Mary Lou works as a grant writing consultant for local non-profit agencies. Between them they have two husbands, seven children, and assorted dogs and cats to fill their lives with love and laughter.Together they create the stories they love best -- stories about achieving your heart's desire through love's special magic.

They are members of Romance Writers of America, RWA's Publisshe Authors Special Interest Chapter (PASIC) and New Jersey Romance Writers. Past nominees for RWA's prestigious RITA award, they have also been honored by Affaire de Coeur magazine for Best Foreign Historical, Best Historical and Best Up & Coming Author.