Gaelen Foley (born November 6, 1973) is an American author best known for writing

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s set in the

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. She has also been

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middle grade

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s under the pen name E.G. Foley since 2012. Her books have been in the ''USA Today''

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list regularly since 2000 and the ''New York Times''

list since 2008. Gaelen's novels have been translated into 20+ foreign languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Biography

Gaelen Foley is the eldest of four sisters. She holds a B.A. in English literature with a minor in philosophy from the State University of New York at Fredonia. After college, Foley wrote as much as she could in her free time while working a variety of odd jobs, including: waitressing, library assistant, and medical office staff. In that time, she wrote four full-length manuscripts, honing her craft, before the fifth was picked up by one of the Big Five (publishers),

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. In 1998 her first romance novel, ''The Pirate Prince'', was published and since then she has penned some 35+ novels.

Awards

*National Readers' Choice *Booksellers' Best *Golden Leaf *Award of Excellence *Laurie *Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Historical *The Holt Medallion

Bibliography

Writing as Gaelen Foley

Ascension Trilogy

#''The Pirate Prince'' (1998) #''Princess'' (1999) #''Prince Charming'' (2000)

Knight Miscellany

#''The Duke'' (2000) #''Lord of Fire'' (2002) #''Lord of Ice'' (2002) #''Lady of Desire'' (2003) #''Devil Takes a Bride'' (2004) #''One Night of Sin'' (2005) #''His Wicked Kiss'' (2006)

Spice Trilogy

#''Her Only Desire'' (2007) #''Her Secret Fantasy'' (2007) #''Her Every Pleasure'' (2008)

Inferno Club

#''My Wicked Marquess'' (2009) #''My Dangerous Duke'' (2010) #''My Irresistible Earl'' (2011) #''My Ruthless Prince'' (2012) #''My Scandalous Viscount'' (2012) #''My Notorious Gentleman'' (2013) #''The Secrets of a Scoundrel'' (2014)

Age of Heroes

#''Paladin’s Prize'' (2015)

Harmony Falls

#''Dream of Me'' (2016) #''Belong to Me'' (2017)

Moonlight Square

#''One Moonlit Night'' (2015) #''Duke of Scandal'' (2015) #''Duke of Secrets'' (2017) #''Duke of Storm'' (2017) #''Duke of Shadows'' (2018)

Writing as E.G. Foley

The Gryphon Chronicles

#''The Lost Heir'' (2012) #''Jake & The Giant'' (2013) #''The Dark Portal'' (2013) #''The Gingerbread Wars'' (2013) #''Rise of Allies'' (2014) #''Secrets of the Deep'' (2016) #''The Black Fortress''

50 States of Fear

#''The Haunted Plantation'' (2014) #''Bringing Home Bigfoot'' (2014) #''Leader of the Pack'' (2014) #''The Dork & The Deathray'' (2015)

References

*http://www.gaelenfoley.com

External links

Official site
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