A. G. Starling is a romance author and college professor who received her PhD in philosophy from Columbia University. She likes her martinis just as she likes her wit: extra dry. As for her heroes and heroines? She likes them to channel Mae West—when they’re good, they’re bad, and when they’re bad, they’re even better. Starling has lived in multiple cities, including New York, but currently resides in Monterey, California, with Mr. Darcy, who, in this life, has four legs and a tail.