Tanya Nellestein is an avid reader, experience enthusiast, outstanding car vocalist, and Queen of fancy dress. In her spare time she is also a bestselling and award-winning author and journalist with a penchant for bloodthirsty battles and steamy romance. From Vikings to present day, Tanya writes page-turning, gut-churning stories about strong women and flawed heroes with a romantic angle that always includes good sex and a happily ever after - eventually.

Tanya Nellestein is an avid reader, experience enthusiast, outstanding car vocalist, and Queen of fancy dress. In her spare time she is also a bestselling and award-winning author and journalist with a penchant for bloodthirsty battles and steamy romance. From Vikings to present day, Tanya writes page-turning, gut-churning stories about strong women and flawed heroes with a romantic angle that always includes good sex and a happily ever after - eventually.

Her debut novel, The Valkyrie’s Viking hit Amazon’s bestseller list and her sixth novel, This Side of Fate, was the 2022 winner of the Romance Writers of Australia Sapphire Award for Best Unpublished Romance Manuscript and has hit the bestseller list many times over. In 2021, Tanya won the Romance Writers of Australia Romance in Media Award. To date, she has published 16 books.

Tanya lives on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia amidst a cavalcade of never ending disasters, both natural and those of her own making.