She won the 2018 RITA® for best romance novella for FORBIDDEN RIVER and was nominated for an RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for her romantic thriller EDGE OF TRUTH. Her debut novel, DECEPTION ISLAND, finaled in the Golden Heart®. Brynn has a journalism degree and has won several other prestigious writing and journalism awards, including the Koru, Valerie Parv and Pacific Hearts awards. She’s also a bestselling non-fiction author in her native New Zealand.