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Susan Donovan
Susan Donovan is an American author of romance novels and women's fiction. Her novel ''Take a Chance on Me'' won the 2003 Best Contemporary Romance Award Winner from ''Romantic Times''. Two of her novels – ''The Kept Woman'' and ''Not That Kind of Girl'' were selected as RITA Award Finalists by the Romance Writers of America. Before writing her novels, she was a journalist, and studied at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She lives in New Mexico with her family and labradoodle. Bibliography Novels *''He Loves Lucy'' (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2002) *''Knock Me Off My Feet'' (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2002) *''Take a Chance on Me'' (St. Martin's Press, Aug 2003) *''Public Displays of Affection'' (St. Martin's Press, Jun 2004) *''The Kept Woman'' (St. Martin's Press, Jun 2006) *''The Girl Most Likely To...'' (St. Martin's Press, Dec 2008) * ''Unbound'' with Celeste Bradley (St. Martin's Press, 2012) ** ''Previously published as A Courtesan's Guide to Gettin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Times
''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pr ...s. It was founded as a newsletter in 1981 by Kathryn Falk. The initial publication took nine months to create and was distributed to 3,000 subscribers. In 2004, the magazine reportedly had 150,000 subscribers, and had built a reputation as "Romance's premiere genre magazine". From 1982 to 2018, the magazine organized the "Romantic Times Booklover's Convention." Several thousand people attended the annual convention, which featured author signings, a costume ball, and a male beauty pageant. In May 2018, Kathryn Falk and her co-owner, husband Kenneth Rubin announced the closure of the magazine. The last RT Booklovers Convention ended with the one held May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Wilde
Laurie Blalock Vanzura(born Texas, United States) is an American author of contemporary romance novels, first under the pseudonym Laura Anthony, and now as Lori Wilde. Biography Laurie Blalock was born in Texas, United States. She wrote her first short story at age eight, and finished her first novel four years later. At sixteen, she submitted a story to Alfred Hitchcock Magazine. Although it was rejected, she received a handwritten note telling her to keep writing. She continued to write, finishing 60 short stories over the next 10 years, persisting even while attending nursing school. All of her short stories were rejected, and a writing teacher finally suggested, in 1990, that she try to write a novel. Wilde took the teacher's advice, and in 1994 sold her second completed work to Silhouette Romance under the pseudonym Laura Anthony. Wilde wrote 11 novels under that name, with one becoming a finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. Until 2004, Wilde wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Women Writers
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American Romantic Fiction Writers
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American Women Novelists
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21st-century American Novelists
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Living People
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Anthea Lawson
Anthea ( grc-gre, Ἄνθεια), "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, and is used as a female given name in English. It may refer to: *Anthea Askey (1933–1999), British actress *Anthea Bell (1936–2018), British translator of literary works *Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director *Anthea Butler (born 1960), American professor *Anthea Fraser (born 1930), novelist *Anthea Joseph (1924–1981), British publisher *Anthea Larken (born 1938), British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service *Anthea Millett, British health administrator *Anthea Phillipps (born 1956), British botanist *Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host * Anthea Stewart (born 1944), Zimbabwean field hockey player *Anthea Sylbert (born 1937), American costume designer *Anthea Turner (born 1960), British television presenter and media personality Fictional characters *Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Wilson Melvin
Grace Wilson Melvin (1892/1896 - 1977) was a Scottish-Canadian artist, teacher, and academic professional who was born in Glasgow. According to most sources, Melvin's date of birth was May 28, 1892; however, some sources state the year as 1896. The Scotland's People website confirms 1892 is the date. Melvin has been noted as one of two women who were responsible for bringing modern calligraphy designs to Canada (the other being Esme Davis). She won the Lauder Prize in 1927. Education Melvin began studying art at the Glasgow School of Art in 1907. She took classes in drawing, painting, and design, while also attending life classes. Her work was influenced by the Art Nouveau period in which she was creating, which had Pre-Raphaelite influences. Melvin studied under the guidance of Robert Anning Bell, Maurice Grieffenhager, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Caley Robinson, and Ann MacBeth. She graduated with honours in 1916 and received a post-graduate diploma with honours in 1918. Melvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan (born Christine King in Ukiah, California) is an American author of paranormal romance, paranormal military thrillers, and fantasy. She is a #1 ''New York Times'', #1 ''Publishers Weekly'', and International bestselling author of seven series; ''Carpathian'' (aka ''Dark Series''), ''GhostWalker Series'', ''Drake Sisters'', ''Sister of the Heart'' (''Sea Haven'') ''Series'', ''Shadow Riders Series'', ''Leopard Series'' and ''Torpedo Ink Series''. Six of the seven series have made #1 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. As of January 2020 she has 80 published novels. The first in her ''Torpedo Ink Series'', ''Judgment Road'', debuted at #1 on the ''New York Times'' bestsellers list. Biography Christine Feehan was born in Ukiah, California. She grew up with three brothers and ten sisters. She spent a lot of time getting in trouble at school for writing instead of doing the things she was supposed to do. Later she forced her ten sisters to read every word. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Morgan
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting *Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti *Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist *Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist *Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat *Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player *Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luann McLane , a variant spelling
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Luann, or Luanne, usually a feminine name combining the more common Louise and Anne, may refer to: * ''Luann'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Greg Evans centering on teenager Luann DeGroot *Luanne Platter, a character from ''King of the Hill'' TV show *Luann Van Houten, a character from ''The Simpsons'' TV show *The "Lu Ann Platter", a budget combination platter from the Luby's Texas cafeteria chain See also *Lauan (other) Lauan may refer to: * Lauan (tree), several varieties of tree known as Philippine mahogany * Lauan ground skink, a species of lizard found on the Lau Islands of Fiji * Lauan language, a language spoken in East Fiji * Lauan plywood Plywood is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
