KJ Charles is an editor and RITA-nominated author. She spent twenty years as an editor in British publishing before fleeing to become a full-time historical romance novelist, and has since then written over thirty novels. She writes mostly historical queer romance, some paranormal. Smut, skulduggery, and swashbuckling may occur. She lives in London with her husband, two kids, an out-of-control garden and a cat of absolute night.