Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick are storytellers with a checkered past.

From the submarine shipyards of Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, and the clubs of Rodeo Drive, to the forges of Pennsylvania and the electronics manufacturers of Massachusetts, these two have spent their lives gathering material for their novels. Nikoo, an engineer, and Jim, who has a Ph.D. in sixteenth-century British literature, wrote their first full-length novel, a historical romance, in 1994. Since then, Jim and Nikoo have written over two dozen novels and two works of nonfiction.

These prolific and popular authors write under the pseudonyms of May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey, and Nicole Cody and have been the recipients of numerous awards for their work. They now reside in Litchfield County, Connecticut