Joanna Watkins Bourne is an American, best-selling author of historical romance novels set in Europe during the Napoleonic wars.

[4] Rogue Spy, which features a code-breaker and a British service agent, was listed by Library Journal as one of the ten best romances of 2014.

[5] Joanna Bourne graduated from Goucher College and Georgetown University.

She has lived in England, France, Germany, Nigeria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

[6] Bourne's first novel, Her Ladyship’s Companion, was published in 1983 by Avon.