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Christina Dodd
Christina Dodd (born July 14, ?) is the best-seller, best-selling American author of suspense and regency romance, regency historical romance. She is a recipient of the RITA Award. Biography Dodd is the youngest of three daughters (her sisters are 8 and 10 years older than she is) whose father died before she was born. Although her mother had been a housewife with few job skills, after Dodd's birth she found a job and worked diligently to support her children. Despite the hard work, she still found time every day to read to her children, instilling in Dodd a love of books. Dodd attended college in Boise, Idaho, where she met her husband, Scott. After graduation, she worked as a technical drawing, draftsman in an engineering firm, designing a sawmill. During her lunch hour, Dodd would begin reading a romance novel. While working during the afternoon, she would often plot an ending for the story, and almost always eventually discovered that she liked her endings better than t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bestseller
A bestseller is a book or other media noted for its top selling status, with bestseller lists published by newspapers, magazines, and book store chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (novel, nonfiction book, cookbook, etc.). An author may also be referred to as a bestseller if their work often appears in a list. Well-known bestseller lists in the U.S. are published by ''Publishers Weekly'', ''USA Today'', ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''. Most of these lists track book sales from national and independent bookstores, as well as sales from major internet retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. In everyday use, the term ''bestseller'' is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publishers' publicity. Books of superior academic value tend not to be bestsellers, although there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Bradley
Celeste Bradley is an American romance novelist. ''The Emporia Gazette.'' June 7, 2008. Bibliography Single novels *''Fallen'' (2001) *''A Courtesan’s Guide to Getting Your Man'' (2011) with Susan Donovan (rereleased as "Unbound" (2012))The Wicked Worthingtons #''When She Said I Do'' (2013) #''And Then Comes Marriage'' (2013) #''With This Ring'' (2014) #''I Thee Wed'' (2016) #''Wedded Bliss'' (2017) #''On Bended Knee'' (2019)The Liar's Club #''The Pretender'' (2003) #''The Impostor'' (2003) #''The Spy'' (2004) #''The Charmer'' (2004) #''The Rogue'' (2005)The Royal Four #''To Wed a Scandalous Spy' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Ranney
Karen Ranney (February 5, 1963June 15, 2020) was an American author of historical and paranormal romance novels. Biography Ranney (pronounced Rain-ey) was the daughter of an Air Force officer and lived in places around the world, including Naples and Paris. She began writing when she was five. In first grade, she wrote a short story called "The Maple Leaf," which was chosen to be read over the school intercom. After writing her first novel, ''Above All Others'', Ranney found an agent. While her agent was trying to find a publisher willing to purchase the novel, Ranney continued writing, finishing ''Tapestry'' and beginning to write a third novel, ''A Promise of Love.'' Approximately three years after she had begun writing the first novel, Kensington agreed to purchase both of Ranney's completed works as well as the novel in progress. Most of Ranney's novels are set in Scotland and feature "believable characters, careful plotting, and simmering sexual tension." She was nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Quinn
Julie Pottinger (née Cotler; born 1970), better known by her pen name Julia Quinn, is a best-selling American author of historical romance fiction. Her novels have been translated into 41 languages, and have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Bestseller List 19 times. She has been inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Her ''Bridgerton'' series of novels has been adapted for Netflix by Shondaland under the title ''Bridgerton''. Early life and education Quinn was born as Julie Cotler in 1970 to Jane and Stephen Lewis Cotler. She has three sisters: Emily, Abigail, and Ariana. She is Jewish. She was raised primarily in New England, although she spent much of her time in California following her parents' divorce. Since her early childhood, Quinn thoroughly enjoyed books. At age 12, her father disagreed with her choices of reading material, '' Sweet Dreams'' and the ''Sweet Valley High'' book series, and told her she could keep reading them only if she could prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Laurens
Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels. Biography Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was raised. After continuing through school and earning a PhD in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Kathmandu to London. Once in London, Laurens and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. They lived in an area surrounded by history. Their own cottage was built in the 16th century, while next door were the protected ruins of an early Roman villa, and nearby was a 14th-century castle. After four years in England, Laurens and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. One evening she realised that she did not have any more of her favourite romance nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Jeffries
Sabrina Jeffries (born 1958) is American author of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. ''Entertainment Weekly'' calls her "one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance." Early life When Jeffries was seven years old, her parents became missionaries and moved the family to Thailand where they lived for eleven years. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve. Jeffries earned a Ph.D. in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce. Career While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation. Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Martin
Dakota X (formerly Deborah Martin; (born June 9, 1961) is a contemporary American painter. X's artistic work examines the complexities of individual experience particularly in its relation to home, isolation and memory. Much of the artist's practice emerges in collaborative conversation with writers and poets, taking form through exhibitions and publications. X's stark landscape paintings often convey the essence inherent within marginalized communities that exist on the fringes of American society. In 2016, X focused on portraiture developing a long term project "Portraits of Autism" exploring the relationship and impact autistic children have within their immediate family and community on a continuum. Work In a continued exploration of American landscapes, X has focused attention on two landmark "saline" sites in the United States known for their distinctive inhabitants, nontraditional social ecology, and unique architecture: the Salton Sea and the Outer Cape area of Cape Cod. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Cates
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Kimberley Marine Park, a marine protected area Canada * Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada New Zealand * Kimberley, New Zealand South Africa * Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa ** Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900), event during the Second Boer War United Kingdom * Kimberley, Norfolk * Kimberley, Nottinghamshire United States * Kimberly, Arkansas * Kimberly, Alabama, city * Kimberly Mansion, a historic house in Connecticut * Kimberly, Idaho, city * Kimberly, Minnesota * Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota * Kimberly, Missouri, unincorporated community * Kimberly, Nevada, ghost town * Kimberly, Oregon, unincorporated community * Kimberly, Utah, abandoned town * Kimberly, Fayette Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Sizemore
Susan Sizemore (March 24, 1951 – July 21, 2020) was an American author of both romance and science fiction novels. Biography Susan Sizemore began writing her own stories as a child. As an adult, she wrote fan fiction set in the ''Star Trek'' universe. She later began writing original romance novels. In 1991, when she was 40, she won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award, presented to a previously unpublished author. Three days later, she sold her debut novel, a time-travel romance called ''Wings of the Storm''. Within several years, she was able to begin writing full-time. Later in her career, she was asked to write a media tie-in novel based on the television series ''Forever Knight''. Her book, ''Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust'', marked the first time she had written about vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Anderson
Catherine Anderson (born 22 December 1948 in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA), is an American best-selling writer of historical and contemporary romance novels since 1988. Biography Adeline Catherine was born on 22 December 1948 in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA, daughter of Benjamin Early La May, a chef. Her mother was a writer, and some of her earliest memories are of hearing her mother type stories on an old typewriter, and then read the finished work aloud. With this inspiration, she began writing her own stories as a child. Feeling that a career as a published writer was out of reach, however, she decided to major in accounting when she attended college so that she could help her husband, Sidney D. Anderson, keep the books at his company. After realizing that numbers did not make her happy, and with her husband's full blessing, Anderson dropped out of college so that she could pursue a writing career. Catherine Anderson's first four published books were category romance, under the Harl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery (born 1970) is an American author of popular romance novels set in non-urban, close-knit communities. Because of her love for animals, pets play a significant role in her books. Biography Born in 1970, Susan grew up in the Los Angeles, California area. Mallery earned an MA from Seton Hill University. Mallery was published straight out of college with two books in January 1992. In 2008, her book ''Accidentally Yours'' became the first to make ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. On July 12, 2012, her book ''Summer Nights'' reached No. 2 on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list for paperback mass-market fiction. A second book, ''A Christmas Bride'', was No. 24 in November 2012. ''A Fool's Gold Christmas'' made the ''Times'' e-book fiction list on October 14, 2012. ''Three Sisters'' reached at No. 3 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Mallery's book ''Thrill Me'' reached No. 1 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list the next year in 2015. Mallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |