Arnette Lamb was born in 12 January 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She bought a typewriter, and beca a member of the Romance Writers of America, later in January 1987, she was elected the fourth president of the West Houston RWA Chapter. She instituted the self-introduction of members, which added both familiarity and dynamism to the meetings. She sold her first novel in 1990, she published only 11 historical romance novels and 2 novellas until 1998. On 18 September 1998, she died prematurely from cancer at 51. Her funeral service was held in the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas.