Judith Gould is a fictional American writer of romance novels, and is the pseudonym used by co-authors: Nicholas Peter "Nick" Bienes and Rhea Gallaher, who are actually both men.
Gould is a New York Times bestselling author[1] whose books have been translated into 22 languages.
[2] In addition to being writing partners, Bienes and Gallaher are also involved romantically.
[3] Nick Bienes was born on January 9, 1952, in a small town in Austria, and baptized Klaus Peter Peer.
After his biological father died he was adopted by his aunt, who had married a U.S. American serviceman, and consequently he was renamed Klaus Peter Bienes.