Forged in Smoke (A Red-Hot SEALs Novel Book 3) (37 page)

About the Author

Photo © 2013 JK Steele

T
rish McCallan was born in Oregon and raised in Washington State, where as a child she sold her first crayon-illustrated books for a nickel. This love of writing led her to study the craft at Western Washington University. She worked as a bookkeeper and a human-resource specialist before trading in her day job for a full-time writing career. Her debut novel,
Forged in Fire
, and its sequel,
Forged in Ash
, were both finalists for prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Awards.
Forged in Smoke
is her third book, and she currently resides in eastern Washington with her three golden retrievers, a black Lab mix, and a cat.