Linda Crockett (born in
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...
, Canada), is an American author and teacher, best known for her
horror
Horror may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
,
romance, and psychological
thrillers. Linda Crockett published over a dozen books which were translated into as many languages, under the pen names Linda Crockett, Linda Crockett Gray, Linda C. Gray, and Christina Crockett. First published by
Playboy
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K ...
Paperbacks in 1979, Linda went on to write four
Harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque dialect, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the ''zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian language, Italian ''commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city o ...
"Super-romances", making history by introducing the first
disabled leading man ever to appear in a Harlequin
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 ...
.
Due to injuries from a car accident in 1990, Linda was unable to continue consistently writing until she recovered. She is currently a teacher of Critical Thinking in one of the oldest high schools in
St. Petersburg, Florida
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.
Bibliography
*''Published under "Linda Crocket":''
Carousel ()
Publisher:
Tor Books
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; Reprint edition (May, 1995)
Sandman
Publisher:
Tor Books
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(October, 1990)
*''Published under "Linda C. Gray":''
Fortune's Fugitive
Publisher:
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
Paperbacks (December 1, 1979)
Satyr
Publisher:
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
Paperbacks (July 1, 1981)
*''Published under "Linda C. Gray":''
Scryer
Publisher:
Tom Doherty
Tom Doherty (born April 23, 1935) is an American publisher and the founder of the science fiction and fantasy book publisher Tor Books. He started as a salesman for Pocket
Books and rose to be Division Sales Manager. From there, he went to Simo ...
Assoc Llc (March, 1987)
'
Tangerine''
Publisher:
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
(February, 1988)
Mama's Boy
Publisher:
Onyx Books (August, 1989)
'
Siren''
Publisher:
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
; Reissue edition (January, 1989)
Reprint of original publication:
Avon 1982
Dark Window
Publisher:
New American Library (Mm) (March, 1991)
Safelight
Publisher:
Signet Books (December, 1992)
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Harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque dialect, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the ''zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian language, Italian ''commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city o ...
SuperRomances, published under "Christina Crockett":''
To Touch a Dream
Publisher: Harlequin (February 1, 1983)
A Moment of Magic
Publisher: Harlequin (January 1, 1984)
Song of the Seabird
Publisher: Harlequin (December 1, 1984)
Windward Passage
Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 1985)
See also
*
List of horror fiction authors
This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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20th-century American novelists
American horror novelists
American romantic fiction writers
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Novelists from Florida
Living people
Writers from Hamilton, Ontario
American thriller writers
American women horror writers
American women romantic fiction writers
American women novelists
20th-century American women writers
American women thriller writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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