Jayne Ann Krentz is an American writer known for romance novels across multiple subgenres. She has achieved significant commercial success, with numerous New York Times bestsellers to her name. Throughout her career, she has written under seven different pseudonyms, though she now primarily uses three names. Under her married name, Krentz writes contemporary romantic-suspense novels. She publishes historical romantic-suspense under the pseudonym Amanda Quick. For her futuristic and paranormal romantic-suspense work, she uses her maiden name, Jayne Castle.