Edwards began writing romances in 1982 and released her 100th novel, Savage Skies, on August 28, 2007.
[2] Although her earlier books were classic historical romances, the vast majority of her novels involve Native American tribes.
[1] Edwards and her husband Charles, a retired high school biology teacher, have been married for over 50 years.
On 7 January 2008, the romance-novel review blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books[4] accused Edwards of widespread plagiarism after finding multiple passages in her novels that appeared to be directly taken from various works by other authors, including novels, poems, reference books, and websites about Native American history and culture.
[4][5] One of Edwards' publishers, Signet, initially defended the passages in question as fair use rather than copyright infringement.