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Iris Johansen (born April 7, 1938) is an American author of
crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
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romance novels A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...
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Biography

Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels. She changed direction slightly and began writing historical romantic suspense novels in 1991 with the publication of ''The Wind Dancer''. She settled in to suspense writing as her main genre with the crime fiction thriller ''Ugly Duckling'', published in 1996 and soon after became a New York Times bestselling author. Johansen was born in St Louis Missouri, lives in
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
, and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an
Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, contributes as her research assistant.


Bibliography

A complete list of the works by Iris Johansen


Contemporary Romance Novels

* ''Stormy Vows'' (1983) * ''Tempest At Sea'' (1983) * ''Reluctant Lark'' (1983) * ''The Bronzed Hawk'' (1983) * ''The Lady and the Unicorn'' (1984) * ''Return to Santa Flores'' (1984) * ''No Red Roses'' (1984) * ''White Satin'' (1985) * ''Blue Velvet'' (1985) * ''The Forever Dream'' (December, 1985) * ''The Spellbinder'' (Louis Benoit) (1987) * ''Strong, Hot Winds'' (1988) * ''Wicked Jake Darcy'' (1989) * ''One Touch of Topaz'' (1990) * ''An Unexpected Song'' (1990) * ''Tender Savage'' (1990) * ''Winter Bride'' (1992) * ''Star-Spangled Bride'' (1993)


Historical Romance

* ''Last Bridge Home'' (1992) * ''The Tiger Prince'' (January, 1993) * ''The Magnificent Rogue'' (September, 1993) * ''Midnight Warrior'' (August, 1994) *''The Beloved Scoundrel'' (September, 1994) * ''Dark Rider ''(May, 1995)


Sedikhan Series

List of series * ''The Golden Barbarian'' (March, 1992) * ''The Golden Valkyrie'' (1984) * ''The Trustworthy Redhead'' (Louis Benoit) (1984) * ''Capture the Rainbow'' (1984) * ''Touch the Horizon'' (1984) * ''A Summer Smile'' (1985) * ''And the Desert Blooms'' (1986) * ''Always'' (1986) * ''Everlasting'' (1986) * ''Til the End of Time'' (1987) * ''Last Bridge Home'' (September, 1987) * ''Across the River of Yesterday'' (1987) * ''Starlight, Starbright'' (1988) * ''Man From Half Moon Bay'' (1988) * ''Blue Skies and Shining Promises'' (1988) * ''Magnificent Folly'' (1989) * ''Notorious'' (1990) * ''A Tough Man to Tame'' (1991)


Delaney Series

List of series * ''This Fierce Splendor'' (1988) * ''Wild Silver'' (1988) * ''Satin Ice'' (1988) * ''The Delaney Christmas Carol'' (1992) w/ Kay Hooper


The Delaneys of Killaroo Series

List of series * ''Matilda, the Adventuress'' (1987)


The Shamrock Trinity Series

List of series * ''York, The Renegade'' (1986)


Lion's Bride Series

List of series * ''Lion's Bride'' (February, 1996) * ''The Treasure'' (December, 2008)


The Wind Dancer series

* ''The Wind Dancer'' (February, 1991) * ''Storm Winds'' (June, 1991) * ''Reap the Wind'' (October, 1991/a completely revised edition came out in 2002) * ''Final Target'' (May, 2001)


Featuring Eve Duncan

#''The Face of Deception'' (October, 1998) #''The Killing Game'' (September, 1999) #''The Search'' (June, 2000) #''Body of Lies'' (March, 2002) #''Dead Aim'' (April, 2003) #''Blind Alley'' (September, 2004) #''Countdown'' (May, 2005) #''Stalemate'' (December, 2006) #''Quicksand'' (April, 2008) #''Blood Game'' (October, 2009) #''Eight Days to Live'' (April, 2010) #''Chasing the Night'' (October, 2010) #''Eve'' (April, 2011) #''Quinn'' (July, 2011) #''Bonnie'' (October, 2011) #''Sleep No More'' (October, 2012) #''Taking Eve'' (April, 2013) #''Hunting Eve'' (July, 2013) #''Silencing Eve'' (October, 2013) #''Shadow Play'' (September, 2015) # ''Hide Away'' (April, 2016) # ''Night and Day'' (July, 2016) # ''Mind Game'' (October, 2017) # ''Shattered Mirror'' (April, 2018) # ''Dark Tribute'' (March, 2019) # ''Smokescreen'' (July, 2019) # ''The Persuasion'' (June, 2020) # ''The Bullet'' (June 8, 2021)


Featuring Catherine Ling

# ''Chasing the Night'' (October, 2010) # ''What Doesn't Kill You'' (April, 2012) # ''Live to See Tomorrow'' (April, 2014) # ''Your Next Breath'' (April, 2015) # ''Vendetta'' (October, 2018)


Stand Alone Novels

* ''The Ugly Duckling'' (May, 1996) * ''Long After Midnight'' (March, 1997) * ''And Then You Die...'' (January, 1998) * ''No One to Trust'' (October, 2002) * ''Fatal Tide'' (September, 2003) * ''Firestorm'' (March, 2004) * ''On The Run'' (December, 2005) * ''Killer Dreams'' (May, 2006) * ''Pandora's Daughter'' (October, 2007) * ''Dark Summer'' (October, 2008) * ''Deadlock'' (April, 2009) * ''The Perfect Witness'' (September, 2014) * ''No Easy Target'' (April, 2017) * ''Chaos'' (September, 2020)


With Roy Johansen


Stand Alone

* ''Storm Cycle'' (July, 2009)


Featuring Hannah Bryson

# ''Silent Thunder'' (July, 2008) # ''Shadow Zone'' (July, 2010)


Featuring Kendra Michaels

# ''With Open Eyes'' (June, 2012) -book short story# ''Close Your Eyes'' (July, 2012) # ''Sight Unseen'' (July, 2014) # ''The Naked Eye'' (July, 2015) # ''Night Watch'' (October, 2016) # ''Look Behind You'' (July, 2017) # ''Double Blind'' (July, 2018) # ''Hindsight'' (January, 2020) # ''Blink of an Eye'' (February 2, 2021)


Awards

* 1996
Romantic Times ''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love betwee ...
Historical Romance Winner * 1999
Romantic Times ''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love betwee ...
Suspense Winner * 2016
Romantic Times ''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love betwee ...
Career Achievement — Thriller Winner


Film Adaptation

In 2011, the second novel in Johansen's
Eve Duncan Eve Duncan is a fictional forensic sculptor in a series of suspense thriller novels by American writer Iris Johansen. Several of the books have been ''New York Times'' bestsellers. The series includes three self-contained trilogies that incorpor ...
series was made in to a Lifetime film adaptation, ''
The Killing Game (2011 film) ''The Killing Game'' is a 2011 Lifetime Original Movie based on the novel '' The Killing Game'' by Iris Johansen. It was directed by Bobby Roth. The film premiered on Lifetime on October 30, 2011. Plot Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (Laura Prepo ...
'', starring
Laura Prepon Laura Helene Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama series ...
as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. This film adaptation was directed by
Bobby Roth Robert Jay Roth (born 1950) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born and raised in Los Angeles, Roth began his tertiary education at the University of California, Berkeley studying philoso ...
.


References


External links


Iris Johansen Official Website

Iris Johansen's 47,000 square foot house in Cartersville, Ga. is listed for sale
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansen, Iris 1938 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American crime fiction writers American romantic fiction writers American women novelists Place of birth missing (living people) Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state) Women romantic fiction writers Women crime fiction writers