Icy Snow Blackstone was born in 1802, in northern Georgia where her father, the Reverend John Blackstone, was prominent in local politics. She married a minister, raised seven children, and lived there all her life. <br> <br>Two hundred and five years later, her great-great-great-great-granddaughter began using her name as a pseudonym for her romance novels. The present Icy Snow Blackstone lives far from her Southern roots in Lancaster County, Nebraska, where she continues to write (often quirky) romances. <br> <br>Her contemporary romance, <em>Tuesday’s Child</em>, was given the Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewers Choice award for Best Contemporary Novel of 2014. A SciFi romance, <em>Earthman’s Bride</em> and Vietnam-era romance <em>Jericho Road</em>, have also received awards.<br> <br>
