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I have met Kate–like most of my writing friends–online. Via blogs and Twitter and Facebook, but the real test of an author is how you like their stories. Hers are great. So if you haven’t met her before, here are Five Things About Kate Noble.

1. Did you have a nickname growing up? I had several. Katie, being the simplest, and longest lasting. Goldilocks and Buckwheat perhaps the more interesting.

2. Do you celebrate when you finish a book and what you do? When the deadline is bearing down on me, and I can see the finish line in the distance, I will go buy a bottle of cheap champagne. Then, whenever I open the fridge, there it is, staring at me, reminding me I should be writing. As soon as I type ‘The End’, whether it be 11AM or 2AM, I’ll pop that baby open and pour myself a glass.

3. If you could go on a date with any superhero, who would you choose and why? Well, I suppose I’m going to have to say the Hulk, simply because my wonderful boyfriend has written a couple of Hulk and She-Hulk comics for Marvel. But, if I wasn’t being a loyal girlfriend, I would likely choose Captain America. There’s just something about a good old-fashioned corn-fed American guy with nice manners and a strong moral center that happens to be a genetically enhanced super soldier, you know?

4. If you were not writing, what job would you have? When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Disney animator. In fact, I studied TV and Film production in college, so I would likely be behind a camera somewhere. Although secretly, I would love to be a pottery-making/world-travelling/soul-singing/polylingual/race car-driving lifestyle guru. Do you know of any job openings in that field?

5. Most embarrassing song on your iPod. Clay Aiken’s version of Bridge Over Troubled Water. No contest.

6. If you were going to an island for a long time, name 5 things you would bring. I’m going to assume this island is populated by a 5 star hotel and resort, yes? (EB: Yeah, sure. It has a resort and electricity, wink) If so, here’s my list:

1. The Boyfriend.
2. The Credit Cards.
3. A significant portion of the TBR pile.
4. Contact lenses.
5. My smart phone. Not only is it a GPS for when we get lost, but I have a sad Angry Birds addiction.

Everything else I can buy, right?

EB: Let’s hope so. Because when the smart phone runs out of power, and the Angry Birds are gone and you can’t listen to Clay Aiken, girlfriend, you’re in trouble.

Kate has two stories releasing next Tuesday: the full length novel, If I Fall, available in print and ebook, and a special e-novella, The Dress of the Season. To learn more about Kate and her wonderful historical romances, visit www.katenoble.com.

I want to be Sophia Nash when I grow up. Lovely, elegant and gracious. I try, but she seems to do these things effortlessly. So please welcome my friend, Sophia Nash.

1. Did you have a nickname growing up? Only later in life… First, “Fear” from colleagues at WTVJ, not because I exhibited it or inspired it:)–but because someone had a funny accent at the station and pronounced my name “Sofear”–and then it took on a life of it’s own! I also had a boss, the extraordinary Austin Kiplinger, who called me “Stretch!”

2. What is the very first romance book that you read? Sense and Sensibility.

3. Aside from being a writer, what is your favorite job? Being a Mom, except the cooking part.

EB: Isn’t it a great job?! ‘Cept when your newly minted teenager tells you he doesn’t want to go The Hunger Games movie with you, he’d rather go with friends. Oh, and by the way, Mom, will you pay?

4. If you could choose any 3 people in history to meet, who would they be? Aside from dinner with God, I’d like to go to a week long house party with Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain. And Einstein. And the former anthropology major in me would like to see an Australopithecus.

EB: Sophia, did you know I am related to Mark Twain?

5. Do you have a special writing place where you are most productive? In a tiny bedroom in France with the kids reading in the back yard, the neighbors mowing their lawn, and Coco La Dog biting my toes. That’s where I wrote most of my March 27th release–The Art of Duke Hunting!

EB: And I thought the Burien Press was a cool spot. Like I said, I want to be Sophia when I grow up.

You can find out more about Sophia Nash and her back to back Regency romance releases, Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea (available now) and The Art of Duke Hunting (which releases next week), at her website SophiaNash.com.

Lorraine Heath is one of those authors who’s books you curl up and devour, and adore. In real life, Lorraine is one of those gracious, treasured people that you want to have coffee with and just chat. She’s kind and lovely and generous. And therefore, she needs to be included in the gallery of authors that is Five Things.

1. Did you have a nickname growing up? Lainie.

2. What is the very first romance book that you read? Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer.

EB: Sidenote: I met LaVyrle Spencer years ago–what a lovely woman and what a great book.

3. What new authors have you recently added to your TBR pile? Addison Fox, Lori Austin, Darynda Jones, not new but new to me: Loretta Chase.

EB: Obviously in the mood for sidenotes today: I LOVE it when authors answer this question because I always find someone new to read and adore.

4. If you could time travel, what time period would you most like to visit? Would love to visit the early Victorian period except that it was so dirty that I think I would be happier visiting the late Victorian period.

EB: My suspicion is that they would both be dirty, but it would be something to see, wouldn’t it?

5. What are your top three favorite movies?

Casablanca

Gone With the Wind

Gladiator

EB: I knew Lorraine was a kindred spirit. I adore these movies as well.

Lorraine Heath’s latest release, She Tempts the Duke, was a NY Times bestseller. Find out more about Lorraine and all her books at LorraineHeath.com.