Susan Mallery (born 1970) is an

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of popular romance novels set in non-urban, close-knit communities. Because of her love for animals, pets play a significant role in her books.

Biography

Born in 1970, Susan grew up in the

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area. Mallery earned an MA from

Seton Hill University Seton Hill University is a private Catholic university in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002 and enrolls about 2,200 students. History The school was founded in 1885 by the Sist ...

. Mallery was published straight out of college with two books in January 1992. In 2008, her book ''Accidentally Yours'' became the first to make ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. On July 12, 2012, her book ''Summer Nights'' reached No. 2 on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list for paperback mass-market fiction. A second book, ''A Christmas Bride'', was No. 24 in November 2012. ''A Fool's Gold Christmas'' made the ''Times'' e-book fiction list on October 14, 2012. ''Three Sisters'' reached at No. 3 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Mallery's book ''Thrill Me'' reached No. 1 on the ''

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'' bestseller list the next year in 2015. Mallery then began to foray into women's fiction, which she saw as an opportunity to explore some of the other relationships that are so important to women. Today, Mallery describes her work as "Romance-Plus" blending elements of both

Contemporary romance Contemporary romance is a subgenre of romance novels, generally set contemporaneously with the time of its writing. The largest of the romance novel subgenres, contemporary romance novels usually reflect the mores of their time. Heroines in the co ...

and

Women's fiction Women's fiction is an umbrella term for women centered books that focus on women's life experience that are marketed to female readers, and includes many mainstream novels or women's rights books. It is distinct from women's writing, which refers ...

in her stories. She lives in

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with her husband, two cats and a

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. She is passionate about

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and has served on the board of

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Humane.

Selected works

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallery, Susan Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers American women novelists Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 1970 births