

Most of her books have been historical romance. Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Since then, she has published more than twenty-nine books.

In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published.

Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract. She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design business Her first novel was a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Romance writer Mary Jo Putney was born in New York and graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in English literature and Industrial design.
