Jasmine Craig

Jasmine Craig is a pseudonym for Jasmine Cresswell. Jasmine Rosemary Cresswell was born in Wales and educated in London. After graduating early from high school, Cresswell received a diploma in technical French and German from the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London. She then joined the British Foreign office and worked for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, where she met her husband, Malcolm Candlish. The two have lived all over the world, including Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Cresswell received a bachelor's degree in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a degree in history from Macquarie University, and a master's degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University. Cresswell began writing in 1975, and has more than 9 million copies of her books in print. She has also written romances under the name Jasmine Craig.

Cresswell has served as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report (the national journal of the Romance Writers of America), as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. Cresswell is also a member of England's Romance Novelists Association and the Authors' Guild of America.

Cresswell and her husband currently live in Sarasota, Florida, and Evergreen, Colorado. They have four children and numerous grandchildren.

On the Web

• Wikipedia [1]

See Also

• Jasmine Cresswell

Recognitions

• 1989 Golden Medallion Finalist - Historical Romance, Devil's Envoy