Her first attempts at writing came when she was five years old and living in Hawaii. Her series of short stories featured a young man who encountered all sorts of trouble. After she moved to the mainland U.S. a short time later, she put aside her interest in writing to focus on music.
Kurland always loved to read, though, and in college was introduced to romance novels. She soon decided to write her own novel. To date she has published 18 novels and 8 short novellas.