{"id":34,"date":"2014-01-14T19:07:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T19:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2024-03-12T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:46:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id34_c15695-df{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id34_c15695-df > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id34_c15695-df > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id34_c15695-df > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:80px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(50% - 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NOVEMBER 9: New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward on November 9, 2020. Photo by Angela Rowlings\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-for-Bio_web-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-for-Bio_web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-for-Bio_web-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-for-Bio_web.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column34_32953a-b9, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column34_32953a-b9:not(.specificity){margin-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);margin-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column34_32953a-b9, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column34_32953a-b9:not(.specificity){margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kadence-column34_32953a-b9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column34_32953a-b9\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_d63817-96, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_d63817-96[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_d63817-96\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_d63817-96 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_d63817-96[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_d63817-96\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading34_d63817-96 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_d63817-96\"><strong>Penelope Ward<\/strong> is a <em>New York Times, USA Today<\/em> and #1 <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With millions of books sold, she is a 21-time <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller and the author of over forty novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Penelope&#8217;s fourth book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/books\/stepbrother-dearest\/\">Stepbrother Dearest<\/a><\/em>, became the #1 bestselling independently published Kindle ebook of the year on Amazon.com and was credited with igniting an entirely new subgenre of romance. Her 2016 smash hit <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/books\/roomhate\/\">RoomHate<\/a><\/em> debuted at #2 on <em>The New York Times<\/em> Bestseller list. Penelope is an Audie Award Winner and three-time Goodreads Choice Romance of the Year Nominee. Her books have been featured in Entertainment Weekly and Publisher&#8217;s Weekly (Starred Review).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penelope&#8217;s novels have been translated into over a <a href=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/translations\/\">dozen languages<\/a> and can be found in bookstores around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She can often be found chatting live with her readers in her private Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/PenelopesPeeps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penelope&#8217;s Peeps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/angelarowlings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angela Rowlings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns34_570a61-a7{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns34_570a61-a7 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns34_570a61-a7 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.kb-svg-icon-wrap{display:block;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn34_284dab-83 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/contact\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Contact Penelope<\/span><\/a>\n\n<style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn34_33df3f-a5.kb-button{width:initial;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-btn34_33df3f-a5.kb-button .kb-svg-icon-wrap{display:block;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn34_33df3f-a5 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/penelopeward-books\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Browse her books<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id34_622afc-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id34_622afc-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id34_622afc-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id34_622afc-47 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id34_622afc-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 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.aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8{text-align:left;}.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media only screen and (min-width: 1025px) {n .kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 {n   align-items:flex-end;n }n}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column34_0e3d8d-d8 kb-section-dir-vertical inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_36763e-d7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_36763e-d7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_36763e-d7\"]{max-width:586px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);line-height:1.2;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_36763e-d7 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_36763e-d7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_36763e-d7\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading34_36763e-d7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_36763e-d7\">Penelope Ward &amp; Vi Keeland<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29\"]{max-width:586px;margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading34_bce9ae-29\">In 2015, <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland joined forces. 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