Shirlee Elaine Busbee was born in San Jose, California in 1941. She grew up with two sisters and three brothers traveling the world with her parents as her father was a career navel officer.
Shirlee attended high school in Morocco.
On returning to California she attended the Burbank Bussines College of Santa Rosa.
Shirlee married Howard Busbee in 1963
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Shirlee on a book signing tour for Lady Vixen in 1980.
Shirlee on tour at a book signing in 1984 for While Passion Sleeps.
Shirlee & Howard live in Northern California where they are very busy with their ranch, precious dogs, prize winning Shetland Ponies and of course Shirlee's writing!
"Howard & I ended up with the mini schnauzers by accident. We've always had the Standards and they are our first dog loves, but those minis.... Ike was bred by mother and I just couldn't resist him and before we knew what happened, our dog family had grown to include Ike. After our beloved black Standard female, Oreo, died, we started looking for another dog, knew it would be a schnauzer, and because we felt sorry for Ike, the smallest one in a big dog household, we considered minis. Mamzelle just fell into our laps, and when we heard that she was black and white like a pinto pony, our fate was sealed. They rule the roost."
Irresistible Ike and Crazy 'Bout Mamzelle
While working in Solano County, she met her life-long friend and mentor Rosemary Rogers. Shirlee followed Rosemary into the world of romance writing, carving out her own niche in the historical romance genre with her much celebrated and still popular first novel - Gypsy Lady.
Shirlee with "Mr. Right" her husband and best friend, Howard.
