Courtney Milan
1976
Courtney Milan is a pseudonym for Heidi Bond an American author best known for writing historical romance, and more recently contemporary romance novels. Milan’s debut novel was “Proof by Seduction”, that was first published in 2010 to critical acclaim and much commercial success. The author went on to become a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, with her subsequent novels receiving starred reviews from the likes of Booklist and Publishers Weekly. She has made the shortlist for Best First Historical Romance from RT Reviewer’s Choice and has been a RITA Award finalist. Publishers Weekly named her second novel “Trial by Desire” the Best Book of 2010. Milan went to University of California Berkeley, where she got her masters in theoretical physical chemistry. For her undergraduate studies, she had studied law at Michigan Law after she became the recipient of the Henry M. Bates Scholarship one of the Michigan’s most sought after and prestigious scholarships. After graduating from law school, she went on to work for chief judge of the US Court of Appeal, Alex Kozinski and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor that was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. She has also worked as a tutor at the Seattle University of Law.