The Rope Dancer (43 page)

Roberta Gellis is the bestselling author of over twenty-five historical romance novels with over one million copies sold.
New York Times
bestseller John Jakes has called her a superb storyteller of extraordinary talent;
Publishers Weekly
has termed her a master of the medieval historical. Her many awards include the Silver and Gold Medal Porgy for historical novels from
West Coast Review of Books
and the Golden Certificate and Golden Pen from
Affaire de Coeur
, several
Romantic Times
book awards and also the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. She lives in Lafayette, Indiana.