Joan Hohl (June 13, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American writer of over 60

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 between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...

s starting in 1980. She signed her novels as Paula Roberts and Amii Lorin. She was a recipient of the RITA Award.

Biography

Joan Hohl was born in the United States, June 13, 1935. She worked at several jobs, some sales clerking, but primarily factory work. At 40, she began writing, and three years later she published her first novel. She is considered by many in the business a trailblazer in sensuous romance writing, and having been one of the first, if not the first, author to write male point of view in category romance novels. Joan lived in eastern

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, with her husband Marv; they had two daughters, Lori and Amy, and two grandchildren, Erica and Cammeron. She died June 16, 2017 in Pennsylvania.

Awards

* ''Much Needed Holiday'': 1986 Rita Awards Best Novel winner

Bibliography

As Paula Roberts

Single novels

* ''Come Home to Love'' (1980)

As Amii Lorin

Single novels

*''Morning Rose, Evening Savage'' (1980) *''The Tawny Gold Man'' (1980) *''Game is Played'' (1981) *''Morgan Wade's Woman'' (1981) *''Breeze off the Ocean'' (1981) * ''Snowbound Weekend'' (1982) * ''Gambler's Love'' (1982) *''While the Fire Rages'' (1984) * ''Candleglow'' (1984) *''Power and Seduction'' (1985) * ''Night Striker'' (1986)

Collections

* ''Snowbound Weekend / Gambler's Love'' (1994) * ''Breeze Off the Ocean / Morgan Wade's Woman'' (1994)

Omnibus In Collaboration

* ''Tale of Love / Power and Seduction'' (1992) (with

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)

As Joan Hohl

Thorne's Series

# ''Thorne's Way'' (1983) # ''Thorne's Wife'' (1989)

Single novels

* ''A Taste for Rich Things'' (1984) * ''Much Needed Holiday'' (1985) * ''The Scent of Lilacs'' (1985) * ''Someone Waiting'' (1985) * ''Nevada Silver'' (1986) * ''Texas Gold'' (1986) * ''California Copper'' (1986) * ''Falcon's Flight'' (1987) * ''Lady Ice'' (1987) * ''One Tough Hombre'' (1987) * ''Forever Spring'' (1988) * ''Moments Harsh, Moments Gentle'' (1988) * ''Window on Yesterday'' (1988) * ''Silhouette Summer Sizzlers'' (1988) * ''Christmas Stranger'' (1989) * ''Breeze Off the Ocean'' (1990) * ''Convenient Husband'' (1992) * ''Silver Thunder'' (1992) * ''Lyon's Cub'' (1992) * ''Compromises'' (1995) * ''Another Spring'' (1996) * ''Compromise'' (1997) * ''Ever After'' (1999) * ''Maybe Tomorrow'' (1999) * ''Something Special'' (2000) * ''Come Home to Love'' (2000) * ''My Own'' (2000) * ''Shadow's Kiss'' (2001) * ''Irresistible'' (2002) * ''More Than Anything'' (2002) * ''Simply Wonderful'' (2003) * ''Someday Soon'' (2004) * ''Cutting Through'' (2005) * ''Maverick'' (2007)

Born in the USA Series Multi-Author

:*''Thorne's Wife'' (1989)

Windows Series

# ''Window on Today'' (1989) # ''Window on Tomorrow'' (1989)

Branson Brothers Series

# ''The Gentleman Insists'' (1989) # ''Handsome Devil'' (1990)

Men at Work Series Multi-Author

:*''Handsome Devil'' (1990)

Big, Bad Wolfe Series

# ''Wolfe Waiting'' (1993) # ''Wolfe Watching'' (1994) # ''Wolfe Wanting'' (1994) # ''Wolfe Wedding'' (1995) # ''Wolfe Winter'' (1998) * ''Big Bad Wolfe: Ready to Wed?'' (collection) (1999) * ''Big, Bad Wolfe, At the Altar!'' (collection) (2000) * ''Double Wolfe: Wolfe Winter / Wolfe Wonder'' (2004)

Grainger Series

# ''A Memorable Man'' (1996) # ''The Dakota Man'' (2000) # ''A Man Apart'' (2005)

Collections

* ''The Best of Joan Hohl: Tawny Gold Man / Morning Rose, Evening Savage'' (1989) * ''The Best of Joan Hohl: While the Fire Rages / The Game Is Played'' (1989) * ''Snowbound Weekend / Gambler's Love'' (1994) * ''I Do'' (2001) * ''Never Say Never'' (2002)

Omnibus In Collaboration

* ''Christmas Classics'' (1989) (with

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) * ''A Christmas Collection'' (1992) (with Stella Cameron,

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) (''Greatest Gift / Falling Stars / Scent of Snow / Footsteps in the Snow'') * ''Love Beyond Time'' (1994) (with Bobby Hutchinson, Evelyn Rogers and Bobbi Smith) * ''A Family Christmas'' (1997) (with

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) * ''A Daddy Again'' (1998) (with

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and Dorothy Glenn) * ''Carried Away'' (2000) (with

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) * ''Tempting the Boss'' (2001) (with

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) * ''Winter Loving'' (2001) (with Diana Palmer) * ''Delivered by Christmas'' (2002) (with

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) (''Bluebird Winter / Gift of Joy / Christmas to Treasure'') * ''Winter Nights'' (2002) (with

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) * ''Double Exposure / Playing Games / The Gift of Joy'' (2005) (with ''Dianne Drake'' and

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) * ''A Man Apart / Hot to the Touch'' (2006) (with

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) * ''Men Made in America Vol 6'' (with Cheryl St. John, Barbara Bretton,

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and Marisa Carroll)

References

External links

Joan Hohl's Webpage
in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
Joan Hohl's Webpage
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Amii Lorin's Webpage
in Fantastic Fiction's Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hohl, Joan 1935 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American romantic fiction writers American women novelists