Kilby Blades is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. Her debut novel, "Snapdragon", was a HOLT Medallion finalist and a Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Prize Semi-Finalist and she won an RSJ Emma Award for Best Debut Author in 2018. She's been lauded by critics for “easing feminism and equality into her novels” (IndieReader) and “writing characters who complement each other like a fine wine does a good meal” (Publisher’s Weekly). She's an oenophile, a cinephile and, most of all, a glutton for a good story.