Sally McCluskey was born on April 27, 1941, in
Omaha, Nebraska. She received a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, an M.A. in English from the
University of Arkansas, and a Ph.D. in English literature from
Northern Illinois University, where she met her future husband, Dan Borengasser, a fellow graduate student. After graduation, she taught at her alma mater and later at
Eastern Illinois University. She has also worked on a freelance basis as a writer for several greeting card companies. She published her first romance novel in 1984. She has received three
Romance Writers of America RITA Awards, three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the
Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence. She died on March 26, 2022, at the age of 80. ==Awards==