CATHIE LINZ is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of contemporary category romances. Since leaving her career in a university law library, she has had over thirty romances published worldwide in nearly twenty languages. The Chicago Sun-Times describes her work as "charming," while Library Journal describes her books as "Light, lively, and sexy..." Cathie writes fast-paced, character-driven romances with lots of humor and dialogue.

Cathie is also a contributor to DANGEROUS MEN AND ADVENTUROUS WOMEN: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance, a hardcover lead title from the University of Pennsylvania Press which won the distinguished Susan Koppleman Award. The mass market paperback edition was released by Harper Publishing in June of 1996.

Romantic Times has given Cathie its prestigious Storyteller of the Year Award as well as a Reviewers Choice Award. She's also been nominated for multiple Love and Laughter Awards and Best Series Author. In addition, Romance Writers of America recently made Cathie a lifetime honorary member.

Cathie's earlier books are in hardcover, large-print by G.K. Hall/Thorndike Press.

Cathie lives in the Chicago area with her family. She has an office in her home, several walls of which feature her large collection of "keeper" romances. She's been known to wear t-shirts that say "So Many Books, So Little Time" and "Give me the Chocolate and No One Gets Hurt!" She loves the Alps, as you can tell from the photo on this webpage. See her new "Photo of the Month" section on this website featuring photographs she's taken from her travels to over 20 countries around the world!

Her adventures have taken her from the top of Swiss mountain peaks to Alaskan glaciers to the edge of the Grand Canyon, to name just a few. Along the way, she's taken photographs of everything from grizzly bears in the wild in Denali National Park in Alaska to cats and kittens she's rescued and found homes for, from glorious views in the Canadian Rockies to colorful flowers in her own garden.