Felicia Mason (born May 8, 1962) is an

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and

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born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania,

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. She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel ''Rhapsody'' was adapted into a television movie in 2000.

Biography

Mason grew up in

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, but her family moved to

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when she was a child. Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984 and her MA from

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. Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the '' Daily Press'' in Newport News. She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.

Awards

''Romantic Times'' and ''Affaire de Coeur'' were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in 1995. She was selected by readers as one of top 10 romance authors, 2002, for ''Body and Soul''. In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style. She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by ''

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'' in 2002, for ''Testimony''.

Works

Romance novels

* ''For the Love of You'' (also see below), Bet Books (Washington, DC), 1994 * ''Body and Soul'' (also see below), Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1995 * ''Seduction'' (also see below), Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1996 * ''Rhapsody, Five Star'' (Unity, ME), 1998 * ''Foolish Heart'', Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1998 * ''Forbidden Heart, Arabesque'' (Washington, DC), 2000 * ''Testimony'', Dafina Books (New York, NY), 2002 * ''Sweet Accord'', Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2003 * ''Sweet Harmony'', Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 * ''Sweet Devotion'', Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 * ''Enchanted Heart'', Dafina (New York, NY), 2004 * ''Gabriel's Discovery'', Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2004 * ''Seductive Hearts'' (omnibus; contains For the Love of You, Body and Soul, and Seduction), Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2005 * ''Hidden Riches'', Kensington/Dafina (New York, NY), 2014 * ''The Fireman Finds a Wife'', Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014.

Anthologies

* ''A Valentine Kiss'', Arabesque (Washington, DC), 1996 * ''Man of the House'', Arabesque, 1998 * ''Something to Celebrate'', Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1999 * ''Della's House of Style'', St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000 * ''Island Magic'', 2000; How Sweet the Sound, Thorndike Press (Farmington Hills, MI), 2005 * ''Sing to My Heart'', Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012 * ''Holiday Dream'', Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012 * ''Valentine's Dream'', Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2013 * ''Love Inspired'', Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014 * ''This Holiday Magic'', Harlequin (New York, NY), 2014.

References

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