Eileen Palma has an English degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is an alumnus of Sarah Lawrence College’s The Writing Institute, where she currently teaches Social Media for Writers. Her debut novel, Worth the Weight, placed first in the 2012 Tampa Area Romance Authors contest and was one of the 2012 Wisconsin Romance Writer’s Fab Five.  Eileen lives happily-ever-after in a New York city suburb with her husband, tween daughter and a scrappy Wire Haired Fox Terrier.