Judith Duncan is a popular author of

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." Pr ...

published primarily by

Harlequin Enterprises Harlequin Enterprises ULC (known simply as Harlequin) is a romance and women's fiction publisher founded in Winnipeg, Canada in 1949. From the 1960s, it grew into the largest publisher of romance fiction in the world. Based in Toronto, Canada ...

between 1983 and 2002. During the period when Duncan was actively publishing, she lived and worked in

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. She based many of her books in this region. She has been heavily involved in local writers groups in a variety of roles. In particular, she has been active in the organisation and running courses designed to develop writing and publishing skills. She served as a Foundation member of th
Alberta Romance Writer's Association
Vice-President of the

Canadian Authors Association The Canadian Authors Association is Canada's oldest association for writers and authors. The organization has published several periodicals, organized local chapters and events for Canadian writers, and sponsors writing awards, including the Gover ...

, and held a threeyear term with the Writers and Publishers Advisory Committee for Minister of Culture, Alberta.

Awards

* 1990-9
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award
- Innovative Series Romance

Bibliography

*''Tender Rhapsody''. Harlequin Superromance no. 51, 1983 - *''Hold Back the Dawn''. Harlequin Superromance no. 77, 1983 - *''Reach the Splendor''. Harlequin Superromance no. 114, 1984 - *''When Morning Comes''. Harlequin Superromance no. 143, 1985 - *''Into the Light''. Harlequin Superromance no. 196, 1986 - *''All That Matters''. Harlequin Western Lovers: Ranchin' Dads no. 16, 1987- *''Beginnings''. Harlequin Superromance, no 291, 1988 - *''Streets of Fire''. Harlequin Superromance, no 407, 1990 - *''A Risk Worth Taking''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 400, 1991 - *''Better Than Before''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 421, 1992 - *''A Special Request'' in ''To Mother with Love '93''. Silhouette, 1993 - *''Beyond All Reason''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 536, 1993 - *''That Same Old Feeling''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 577, 1996 - *''The Return of Eden Mccall''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 651, 1996 - *''Driven to Distraction''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 704, 1997 - *''Murphy's Child''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 946, 2000 - *''Marriage of Agreement''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 975, 2000 - *''The Renegade and the Heiress''. Silhouette Intimate Moments no. 1114, 2002 - *''If Wishes Were Horses''. Silhouette Intimate Moments, no. 1072, 2002 -

References

External links

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Alberta Romance Writer's Association website
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