Joy Fielding is an internationally bestselling author. Her novella, Home Invasion, was the winner of the Golden Oak Award. Five of her novels have been made into TV movies. She was named Author of the Year in 2005 by the Canada News Group. She was born in Toronto, Canada, and went to the University of Toronto, where she obtained her B.A. after majoring in English. Her acting ambitions took her to Hollywood, where she got a part in an episode of "Gunsmoke." She returned to Toronto to pursue her love of writing. Fielding currently divides her time between Toronto and Palm Springs.
