Bio: Blaise was born in New Jersey, and lives in a semi-rural county in the "Garden State" with three four-footed companions: a retired thoroughbred mare, a half-Siamese cat and "a rather large" Rottweiler. She earned her BS in Fine Art Education with the intention to teach but found she rather "do" than teach. Blaise was employed for a number of years by a series of New York advertising agencies. Later, she wrote catalog and PR copy for a private label, sales marketing firm and drapery/bedspread manufacturer She additionally earned a NJ Real Estate Broker's license and sold real estate. She now writes romantic fiction, paints and markets her watercolors. Blaise is also published in Historical and Contemporary Romance under the name of Joan M. Fox.