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Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander (born 1950) is an American author of historical romance novels. She has been nominated for the ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for ''A Visit From Sir Nicholas'', which ''Romantic Times'' described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. " Alexander has also won a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award. On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, ''Lady Amelia's Secret Lover'', as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters. Life Alexander was born in Washington D.C., grew up as an "Air Force brat", and travelled the world at a young age. She now lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and two dogs, Louie and Reggie. She has a two grown children. Bibliography Millworth Manor # ''What Happens at Christmas'' (2012) # ''The Importance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rachel Gibson (writer)
Rachel Gibson (born 1961) is an American author of contemporary romance novels. Biography With the publication of her first novel in 1998, ''Simply Irresistible'', Gibson became a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author. She has also won a RITA award, The Golden Heart Award, the National Reader's Choice, Amazon Editor's Top Pick, ''Publisher Weekly''s Quill nominee, and Borders bestselling romantic comedy for 2006. Awards *''The Trouble With Valentine's Day'': Borders Books Best Romantic Comedy 2006 *''True Confessions'': 2002 RITA Awards Best contemporary Novel winner *''Not Another Bad Date'': 2009 RITA Award Best Contemporary Novel winner Bibliography Single novels *''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (2022) *''How Lulu Lost Her mind'' (2020) *''Truly Madly Yours'' (1999) *''It Must Be Love'' (2000) *''True Confessions'' (2001) *''Lola Carlyle Reveals All'' (2002) *''Blue By You'' (2013) *''What I Love About You'' (2014) *''Just Kiss Me'' (2016) Chinooks Hockey Team ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Births
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American Women Novelists
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American Romantic Fiction Writers
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21st-century American Novelists
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Cathy Maxwell
''Cathy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Cathy Guisewite from 1976 until 2010. The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life—food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes fun at the lives and foibles of modern women. The strip debuted on November 22, 1976, and appeared in over 1,400 newspapers at its peak. The strips have been compiled into more than 20 books. Three television specials were also created. Guisewite received the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award in 1992 for the strip. History Initially, the strip was based largely on Guisewite's own life as a single woman. "The syndicate felt it would make the strip more relatable if the character's name and my name were the same," Guisewite said in an interview. "They felt it would make it a more personal strip, and would help people know it was a real woman who was going through these things. I hated the idea of calling it 'Cathy'. Guisewite had Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloisa James
Eloisa James is the pen name of Mary Bly (born 1962). She is a tenured Shakespeare professor at Fordham University who also writes best-selling Regency and Georgian romance novels under her pen name. Her novels are published in 30 countries and have sold approximately 7 million copies worldwide. She also wrote a bestselling memoir about the year her family spent in France, ''Paris in Love''. She is the daughter of poet Robert Bly and short-story author Carol Bly. Early life and education Mary Bly was born in Minnesota in 1962, the daughter of Robert Bly, winner of the American Book Award for poetry, and Carol Bly, a short story author. She was the inspiration for her mother's essay "The Maternity Wing, Madison, Minnesota", which was published in the anthology ''Imagining Home: Writing From the Midwest''. Her godfather, James Wright, wrote a poem for her, which he included in his Pulitzer Prize-winning ''Collected Poems''. She has three younger siblings, Bridget, Noah, and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Carlyle
Susan Tatum Woodhouse (born August 7, 1958, Suffolk, Virginia), known by her pseudonym Liz Carlyle, is an American writer of romance novels since 1999, primarily of historical romances. Biography Personal life Susan Tatum Woodhouse was born in 1958 in Suffolk, Virginia. She attended college on a Scripps Howard writing scholarship and majored in journalism. She is married to Edward Carlyle, and has two stepchildren. Career She spent much of her career working in human resources and labor relations in the chemical and automotive industries. She didn't begin writing until December 1996, when she was between jobs. She finished the novel within two months and attempted to find a publisher for it. Although that work did not sell, Pocket Books was interested in seeing more of her work. In 1998 they bought two novels from her, publishing the first, ''My False Heart'', in 1999. In 2003, she contributed a novella to the anthology ''Big Guns'', marking her first foray into contemporary ... [...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] |
