Tanya Huff may have left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, but she still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with her partner Fiona Patton, six cats, and a chihuahua, she acquired a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnicâan education she was happy to finally use while writing her recent Smoke novels. Of her previous twenty-three books, the fiveâBlood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, Blood Debtâfeaturing Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance writer, and vampire are among the most popular. Tanya can be found via Twitter at @TanyaHuff.