Jo Ann Algermissen

Jo Ann Algermissen (née Hudson; 27 August 1942 – 20 November 2009, in Texas) was a United States writer of contemporary romance novels, who also wrote under her maiden name, Anna Hudson from 1983 to 1998. Algermissen won three ''Romantic Times'' Reviewer's Choice Awards, for her novels ''I Do?'', ''Marry-Me Christmas'', and ''A Husband for Christmas'', and was nominated for a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award. Provided by Wikipedia