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Susan Wiggs
Susan Wiggs (born May 17, 1958) is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. Early years Wiggs began writing as a child, finishing her first novel, ''A Book About Some Bad Kids'', when she was eight. She temporarily abandoned her dream of being a novelist after graduating from Harvard University, instead becoming a math teacher. She continued to read, especially reveling in romance novels. After running out of reading material one evening in 1983, she began writing again, using the working title ''A Book About Some Bad Adults.'' Career For three years Wiggs continued to write, and in 1987 Zebra Books published her first novel, a Western historical romance named ''Texas Wildflower''. Her subsequent historical and contemporary romances have been set in a wide range of settings and time periods. Many of her novels are set in areas where she's lived or visited. She gave up teaching in 1992 to write full-time, and has since completed an average of two b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census and an estimated 25,298 in 2019, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County. The island is separated from the Kitsap Peninsula by Port Orchard, with Bremerton lying to the southwest. Bainbridge Island is a suburb of Seattle, connected via the Washington State Ferries system and to Poulsbo and the Suquamish Indian Reservation by State Route 305, which uses the Agate Pass Bridge. History For thousands of years, members of the Suquamish people and their ancestors lived on the land now called Bainbridge Island. There were nine villages on the island; these included winter villages at Port Madison, Battle Point, Point White, Lynwood Center, Port Blakely, and Eagle Harbor, as well as summer villages at Manzanita, Fletcher Bay, and Rolling Bay. In 1792, English explorer Captain George Vancouver spent several days w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Carrington
Tori Carrington is the pen name by the husband–wife writing team of the late Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter Karayianni. They have written over 28 romance novels since 1998. Biography Tony Karayianni was born in Smila, Greece and he grew up in Athens. He immigrated to the United States in late 1976. He passed suddenly April 16, 2016. Lori Schlachter was born in Toledo, Ohio, United States. She studied at Catholic Central and graduated with a degree in computer science from Macomber-Whitney. For years, she worked in the computer industry. They began writing in June 1984. Their first novel was published in 1998 as Tori Carrington ("Tori" is formed from "Tony" and "Lori"). Karayianni and Schlachter married in 1987. They had two sons, Tony, Jr. and Tim. Bibliography Single novels *''Constant Craving'' (1998) *''Just Eight Months Old...'' (2000) *''You Sexy Thing!'' (2001) *''Skin Deep'' (2002) *''Private Investigations'' (2002) *''Dangerous...'' (2007) Magnificent McCoy M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Warren (author)
Nancy Warren is a Canadian writer of contemporary romance and cozy mystery. She received her first publication contract after winning Harlequin's 2000 Summer Blaze contest. Since then, she has released more than 100 novels, novellas, and short stories, has been twice nominated for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award, and won a ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Award. Biography Warren was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating with an honours degree in English literature from the University of British Columbia, she began work as a journalist. For five years, she worked her way up the journalistic ladder, from answering phones to writing to editing. The work taught her the need for brevity and clarity in writing, as well as the fact that an article must grab the reader's attention immediately. Ready for a change, Warren moved into corporate communications and public relations. She worked for both government and businesses and ran her own compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie McBride
Julie Anne McBride (born September 24, 1982 in Troy, New York) is an American-Polish professional basketball coach for the Albany Patroons. College McBride graduated Syracuse as the school’s all-time leader in points (1,605), scoring average (14.2 ppg), field goal attempts (1,378), 3-pointers (229), 3-point field goal attempts (707), free throws (348), assists (574), assists average (5.1 apg) and minutes played (3,964). She was a three-time All-Big East selectio When CNNSI.com released a poll of the top 10 athletes all-time at Syracuse, McBride was the only female athlete on the list at No. 9 – one slot ahead of future NFL Hall of Fame receiver Marvin Harrisonbr> Syracuse statistics Source Professional career Following college, McBride played for the San Jose Spiders (NWBL), San Jose Spiders of the National Women's Basketball League in 2005 and 2006. She averaged 17.7 points per game in 2005 and 8.8 points in the 2006 seaso On May 3, 2006, McBride signed a contract with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Hoffmann
Peggy Hoffmann is an American writer of over 70 romance novels since 1993 as Kate Hoffmann. She has written for both the Temptation and Blaze lines for Harlequin Books. In 1992 she won the Harlequin Temptation contest. She lives in southeastern Wisconsin. Biography Hoffmann majored in music in college, later she settled into a job teaching music to elementary school children. After she left teaching, she had jobs in fashion merchandising, advertising, public relations and marketing/communications on both the agency and corporate side. She began reading romantic novels in 1979, when she picked up a copy of ''Ashes in the Wind'' by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, after which she immediately read all by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Rosemary Rogers, Laurie McBain, Valerie Sherwood, Johanna Lindsey Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – October 27, 2019) was an American writer of historical romance novels. All of her books reached the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber (born October 22, 1948) is an American author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Six of her novels have become made-for-TV movies and her ''Cedar Cove'' series of novels was adapted into a television series of the same name. Macomber was the inaugural winner of the fan-voted Quill Award for romance in 2005 and has been awarded both a RITA Award and a lifetime achievement award by the Romance Writers of America. She also works as executive producer on the television adaptations of her books. Career Early career Macomber is dyslexic and has only a high school education. Determined to be a writer, she sat in her kitchen in front of a rented typewriter to develop her first few manuscripts, while raising four children. After five years and many rejections from publishers, she turned to freelance magazine work. Macomber attended a romance writer's conference, where one of her manuscripts was selected to be publicly critiqued by an editor from Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Barnett
Jill Barnett is a New York Times best-selling American author of women's fiction and romance novels. In 1988, Jill Barnett sold her first novel, ''The Heart's Haven'', to Pocket Books. It was published two years later, and spent three weeks on the bestseller list. She continued to write for Pocket for twenty years. Her early novels were historical romances, set in diverse times and places, ranging from medieval England to 19th-century America. Unlike many romance novels, Barnett's often include unique points of view; one novel was written from the perspective of the heroine and the hero's seven-year-old daughter; the hero's perspective was not told. Barnett uses her degree in history to ensure that her books are historically accurate. She was the first historical romance author to receive a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Barnett has written over seventeen novels and short stories. Her novels have been published in twenty one languages, and there are more than seven mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Kaiser
Janice may refer to: * Janice (given name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) * ''Janice & Abbey'', a reality TV series * Processor codename of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance Android smartphone * Janice, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Janice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Janice, Rimavská Sobota District, a village in southern Slovakia * Janice, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Perry County, Mississippi, United States See also * Janis (other) Janis may refer to: As a first name *Janis Amatuzio (born 1950), American forensic pathologist * Janis Antonovics (born 1942), Latvian-British-American biologist * Janis Babson (1950–1961), Canadian child, organ donation *Janis Carter (1913– ... {{disambig, geo cs:Seznam vedlejších postav v Přátelích#Janice Litman Goralnik fi:Luettelo televisiosarjan Frendit hahmoista#Janice sv:Vänner#Janice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Jensen
Muriel may refer to: Places *Muriel de Zapardiel, a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain *Muriel, Zimbabwe, a settlement *Muriel Lake, British Columbia, Canada *Muriel Lake (Alberta), Canada *Muriel Peak, a summit in California People *Muriel (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with this name *Alma Muriel (1951–2013), Mexican actress *Luis Muriel (born 1991), Colombian footballer Other uses * 2982 Muriel, an asteroid * Muriel (angel), in Christianity * ''Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour'' (''Muriel, or The Time of Return''), a 1963 French film * "Muriel", a song by Tom Waits on his 1977 album ''Foreign Affairs'' * ''Muriel'', a trawler built in 1907 * Cyclone Maggie/Muriel (1971), in the Indian Ocean * ''Muriel's Wedding ''Muriel's Wedding'' is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by P.J. Hogan. The film, which stars Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Llewellyn
Richard Morgan Llewellyn, (born 22 August 1937) is a retired senior British Army officer. He was general officer commanding, Wales District from 1987 to 1990, and chief of staff at HQ Land Forces from 1990 to 1991. Upon retirement the army, he was ordained in the Church of England and is currently Welsh Vice-Patron of the War Memorials Trust. Early life Llewellyn was born on 22 August 1937, the son of Griffith Robert Poyntz Llewellyn and Bridget Margaret Lester Llewellyn (née Karslake). He spent his early years in Monmouthshire, Wales. From January 1951 to March 1955, he was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, an independent school in Hertfordshire, England. He was a member of Hailey house. Military career For his national service, Llewellyn was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a second lieutenant on 1 December 1956. He was given the service number 450929. He served in Malaya in 1957, the year of its independence from Britain. He was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Gellis
Roberta Leah Jacobs Gellis (27 September 1927 – 6 May 2016) was an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and Fantasy literature, fantasy. She held master's degrees in both biochemistry and medieval literature. Many major writers of historical romance cite her as an important influence. She has collaborated with Mercedes Lackey on historical-fantasy fiction. Early life and education Roberta was born September 27, 1927 to Margaret Segall Jacobs and Morris B. Jacobs. Gellis grew up in Brooklyn. She earned a B.A. in chemistry and English in 1947 at Hunter College, and masters degrees in biochemistry and medieval literature. Gellis worked in New York City as a research chemist for about a decade before becoming a writer. Writing career After leaving her research lab job when her son was born, Gellis wrote her first novels, ''Bond of Blood'' and ''Knight's Honor'', in the 1960s. She went on to write more than fifty novels. These included more than twenty hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
