Schone claims to have begun writing after she was married because it was too messy to set up an easel and paint in a small apartment.
[1] Schone suffered greatly from fibroid tumors in her uterus, and underwent a myomectomy after she became a published author.
In order to commemorate the organization, Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services, which helped her research her medical issues, she spearheaded the creation of Captivated, the first erotic romance anthology.
Her novels have been translated into Chinese, Czech, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
Schone met her husband, Don, on their first day of the school year in college, and they married nine months later, in June 1975.