Award winning author Deborah Cooke writes paranormal romance (often featuring dragon shape shifter heroes), paranormal young adult novels and contemporary romance. She also writes as Claire Delacroix. Deborah Cooke sold her first book in 1992, a medieval romance called THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE. That book was published under her pseudonym, Claire Delacroix. Since then, she's published over fifty romance novels and novellas.