Mary Lydon Simonsen, the author of Searching for Pemberley, published by Sourcebooks, has combined her love of history and the novels of Jane Austen in her second novel, The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy. A third Pride and Prejudice-inspired novel, A Wife for Mr. Darcy, will be released by Sourcebooks in July 2011. She is also the author of two self-published novels: The Second Date, Love Italian-American Style and Anne Elliot, A New Beginning. The author lives in Arizona.