Born and reared in Texas, Kay David has lived all over the world from the Middle East to South America. Drawing frequently on these exotic locations for her books, Kay sees the setting of a story as another “character” in the complex romances she writes for Harlequin Superromance®. “I like my readers to feel as if they’ve visited a place they’ve never been after they read one of my Supers,” she says. “The characters and their love story should be
“She’s doing what?” “You’re kidding, right?” Laura Abbot anticipated such reactions from her former high school English students when they learned she’d left teaching to become a romance novelist. But little did she expect to pick up The Sunday Tulsa World and find a review of her first Superromance® MATING FOR LIFE (April 1995) with the headline “Romance Wasn’t on the Final Exam”! Yes, the article sported the byline of a former student. Laura retired from teaching to
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A life-long procrastinator, Ann Evans spent twenty years polishing up the same story. With a loving push from friends and family, she finally walked into a local Romance Writers of America meeting to find out how to submit her work to a publisher. “I almost couldn’t do it. I’m irrationally intimidated by women in hats, and one of the members was wearing a snazzy little red one that practically shouted PROFESSIONAL WRITER. I was afraid they’d laugh me out of the room
Since her first romance novel’s publication in 1983, Judith Arnold has sold more than sixty-five novels, with more than seven million copies in print worldwide. She has received several awards from Romantic Times magazine, including awards for the Best Harlequin American Romance of the Year, the Best Superromance of the Year, the Best Series Romantic Novel of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Certificate of Merit for Innovative Series Romance. This year she is a finalist for Romantic Times awards
Darlene Graham says that having witnessed birth, death and “everything in between” helps her put a lot of emotion into her novels. Darlene practiced as a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery and then in Oncology for twenty years before she decided to translate all that real-life drama into romantic fiction. “Even though I write uplifting, humorous romance,” the mother of three says, “I’m not afraid to deal with real issues, with real pain. I’ve been known to sit at
Jean Brashear knows a lot about taking crazy chances. A lifelong avid reader, at the age of forty-five with no experience and no training, she decided to see if she could write a book. It was a wild leap that turned her whole life upside down, but she would tell you that though she’s never been more terrified, she’s never felt more exhilarated or more alive. She’s an ardent proponent of not putting off your dreams until that elusive ‘someday’—take
Jean Brashear knows a lot about taking crazy chances. A lifelong avid reader, at the
Anna Adams grew up battling for place with four brothers and five male cousins. Her
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