Jamie McGuire is an American

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 ...

ist from

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. She writes primarily in the new adult fiction genre, and became popular with the release of her novel '' Beautiful Disaster''. Several of her books have been self-published.

Biography

Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Blackwell, Oklahoma. McGuire is a 1997 graduate of Blackwell High School. She received further education at Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center. She holds an Associate Degree of Applied Science in radiography from

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. Prior to becoming a full-time author she worked for many years as a radiographer. She previously lived in Enid, Oklahoma,Barron, Robert, "Local writer seeing success with books", ''Enid News & Eagle'', April 1, 2013 and currently resides in Jenks, Oklahoma. McGuire has two daughters and a son. In 2019 she went viral for her opinions on vaccinations. In 2020 she attempted a run as a Republican for the Oklahoma House of Representatives in house district 69, but was disqualified due to residency requirements.

Self-publishing

McGuire self-published her first four novels, ''Providence, Requiem, Beautiful Disaster,'' and ''Eden''. Due to the success of ''Beautiful Disaster'' as a ''New York Times'' best seller she was offered a publishing contract with Atria Books for the rights to '' Beautiful Disaster'' and its sequel, ''Walking Disaster''. Atria Books also published ''Beautiful Oblivion'', ''Red Hill'', and ''A Beautiful Wedding''. Many of her novels have ranked on the ''New York Times'' best seller list, including ''Walking Disaster'' which also ranked on the ''USA Today,'' and ''Wall Street Journal'' lists. In 2014 McGuire returned to self-publishing for her next novel, ''Happenstance,'' because she realized she would make a higher profit by keeping her own digital rights. Since then, with the exception of ''From Here to You'' and ''All the Little Lights'' in 2018, most of her work has been self-published.

Bibliography

''Providence''

# ''Providence'' (2010, self-published; ) # ''Requiem'' (2011, self-published; ) # ''Eden'' (2012, self-published; ) * ''Sins of the Innocent: A Novella'' (2015, self-published; ) * ''Sins of the Immortal: A Novella'' (2021, self-published; )

''Beautiful''

# '' Beautiful Disaster'' (2011, self-published / 2012, Atria Books; ) # ''Walking Disaster'' (2013, Atria Books; ) * "Mrs. Maddox" (2012, self-published, short story) * ''A Beautiful Wedding'' (2013, Atria Books; ) * ''Endlessly Beautiful'' (Ongoing, self-published, extended chapters)

''Maddox Brothers''

# ''Beautiful Oblivion'' (2014, Atria Books; ) # ''Beautiful Redemption'' (2015, self-published; ) # ''Beautiful Sacrifice'' (2015, self-published; ) # ''Beautiful Burn'' (2016, self-published; ) # ''A Beautiful Funeral'' (2016, self-published; ) * ''Something Beautiful: A Novella'' (2015, self-published; )

''Red Hill''

* ''Red Hill'' (2013, Atria Books; ) * ''Among Monsters: A Red Hill Novella'' (2014, self-published; )

''Happenstance''

# ''Happenstance'' (2014, self-published; ) # ''Happenstance 2'' (2014, self-published; ) # ''Happenstance 3'' (2015, self-published; )

''Crash and Burn''

# ''From Here To You'' (2018, Forever Romance; ) # ''The Edge of Us'' (2019, self-published; )

Stand alone work

* ''Apolonia'' (2014, self-published; ) * ''Sweet Nothing'' (2015, self-published, co-authored with Teresa Mummert; ) * ''All the Little Lights'' (2018, Montlake Romance; )

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGuire, Jamie Living people 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Writers from Enid, Oklahoma Novelists from Oklahoma 1978 births Northern Oklahoma College alumni University of Central Oklahoma alumni Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma People from Blackwell, Oklahoma Oklahoma Republicans