Leslie Wainger

Leslie Wainger has been editing romances and general women’s fiction for twenty-five years.

She started as the editorial assistant for Silhouette Books and is now an executive editor for Harlequin/Silhouette, where she handles the editorial direction and acquisitions for several romance series.

the (bad?) luck

Additional useless trivia: She has three cats and the commute from hell.

She also edits both series and mainstream novels and works with a roster of authors that includes multiple New York Times and USA TODAY bestsellers.

In the course of her career, she’s traveled extensively to speak at conferences, and she’s done both local and national PR in print, on radio, and on TV, including National Public Radio, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News.

Davy Jones was the first great love of her life (and she still insists they would have been perfect for each other, if only he could have waited for her to get from twelve to twenty-two).

That she’s an admitted bookaholic goes without saying, but she’s also an all-too-avid collector of CDs and DVDs, with a bent toward popular films (especially romance in any form) and TV series she’s known and loved.

so basically, if you think you should be included . . . trust me, you are.

I also want to acknowledge the support I received from everyone at Harlequin/Silhouette/MIRA.