Erica James (born 1960) is a British writer of twenty-four best-selling
romance novels. In 2006, her novel ''Gardens of Delight'' won the
Romantic Novel of the Year Award
The Romantic Novel of the Year Award is an award for romance novels since 1960, presented by Romantic Novelists' Association, and since 2003, the novellas, also won the Love Story of the Year (now RoNA Rose Award).
In 2018, awards were given t ...
from the
Romantic Novelists' Association., having been short-listed four times previously.
James has an international following and has been translated into thirteen languages, with the Norwegian edition of Summer at the Lake, ‘Alt i et Oyeblikk’, being a No.1 best-seller there.
Biography
Born in 1960 in
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
, England, she grew up on
Hayling Island, Hampshire. Divorced, she has two grown-up sons, Edward and Samuel, and two grandchildren. She lives in
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
.
She began writing after attending a creative writing course with the
Arvon Foundation and had her first novel, ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ published in 1996, reaching the Sunday Times best-seller list that year.
As of 2022, she has sold in excess of five million copies of her novels.
Bibliography
Single novels
* ''A Breath of Fresh Air'' (1996)
* ''Time for a Change'' (1997)
* ''Airs and Graces'' (1997)
* ''A Sense of Belonging'' (1998)
* ''Act of Faith'' (1999)
* ''The Holiday'' (2000)
* ''Precious Time'' (2001)
* ''Hidden Talents'' (2002)
* ''Paradise House'' (2003)
* ''Love and Devotion'' (2004)
* ''Gardens of Delight'' (2005)
* ''Tell It to the Skies'' (2007)
* ''It's the Little Things'' (2008)
* ''The Queen of New Beginnings'' (2010)
* ''Promises, Promises'' (2010)
* ''The Real Katie Lavender'' (2011)
* ''The Hidden Cottage'' (2013)
* ''Summer at the Lake'' (2014)
* ''The Dandelion Years'' (2015)
* ''Song of the Skylark'' (2016)
* ''Coming Home to Island House'' (2018)
* ''Swallowtail Summer'' (2019)
* ''Letters from the Past'' (2020)
* ''Mothers and Daughters'' (2022)
Anthologies in collaboration
* ''What A Woman Wants'' (2006) (with
Donna Hay and
Maureen Lee
Maureen Lee (1932 – 31 December 2020) was a British novelist of one hundred and fifty short-stories and dramatic historical romance novels. In 2000, her novel ''Dancing in the Dark'' won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Nov ...
)
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
People from Surrey
British romantic fiction writers
RoNA Award winners
20th-century British novelists
21st-century British novelists
20th-century British women writers
21st-century British women writers
Women romantic fiction writers
British women novelists