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Zebra Books
Zebra Books is an imprint of American publisher Kensington Publishing Corp. As the company's flagship imprint until the late 80s, it currently publishes women's fiction, romantic suspense and bestselling historical, paranormal and contemporary romance. In the past, it was also an iconic publisher of pulp horror, and it also published westerns and humor. History Zebra Books was launched in 1975 by Walter Zacharius, who had founded Kensington Publishing the previous year, and Roberta Bender Grossman.. Both of them had previously worked for paperback house Lancer Books, co-founded by Zacharius in 1961. At the time of launching Zebra, Grossman became the youngest president of a publishing house. By keeping a low budget, small staff, and hiring overlooked if not desperate authors, they built Zebra into a powerhouse of cheap, consumable literature, with $10 million in sales annually by the early 1980s. Romance publishers Zebra was built mostly on the historical romance genre. It late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington Books
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New York-based publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William"Walter Zacharius, Romance Publisher, Dies at 87,"''New York Times'' (MARCH 7, 2011). and Roberta Bender Grossman (1946–1992). Kensington is known as “America’s Independent Publisher.” It remains a multi-generational family business, with Steven Zacharius succeeding his father as president and CEO, and Adam Zacharius as general manager. It is the house of many ''New York Times'' bestselling authors, including Fern Michaels, Lisa Jackson, Joanne Fluke and William W. Johnstone. In addition to the over 500 new titles that the company publishes each year, it has a vast and diverse backlist that includes classics such as ''The Minority Report'' by Philip K. Dick, ''Johnny Got His Gun'' by Dalton Trumbo, ''I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell'' by Tucker Max and ''Being and Nothingness'' by Jean-Paul Sartre. Kensington's imprints include Zebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelle Taylor
Janelle Taylor (born June 28, 1944 in Athens, Georgia) is an American author of historical romance novels. Biography Janelle Diane Williams was born June 28, 1944 in Athens, Georgia. She graduated from Athens High School in 1962, and spent the next three years as an orthodontic nurse in Athens. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor. They have two daughters, Angela and Alisha. Taylor went back to work as an orthodontic nurse from 1969 through 1972. In 1977, she decided she would like to try to write a book. Even as she was attempting to break into publishing, Taylor decided to further her education. She trained to be a Medical Research Technologist at the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 through 1979, and then immediately began to further her studies at Augusta State University. In 1981, Taylor sold her first book. Shortly after the sale of her second book, she withdrew from college to become a full-time writer. Taylor and her husband live on a retreat in Georgia. Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Raleigh
Alexandra Ivy is an American novelist mostly known for her ''New York Times'' Best Selling contemporary paranormal series ''Guardians of Eternity''. She also writes regency historicals using the name Deborah or Debbie Raleigh. Her writing has gained high acclaim in the romance genre earning ''Romantic Times'' magazine 'Top Pick' nominations for ''When Darkness Comes'' and ''Embrace the Darkness''. Bibliography as Alexandra Ivy Guardians of Eternity series Novels #''When Darkness Comes'' (2007) #''Embrace the Darkness'' (2007) #''Darkness Everlasting'' (2008) #''Darkness Revealed'' (2009) #''Darkness Unleashed'' (2009) #''Beyond the Darkness'' (2010) #''Devoured by Darkness'' (2010) #''Bound by Darkness'' (2011) #''Fear the Darkness'' (2012) #''Darkness Avenged'' (2013) #''Hunt the Darkness'' (2014) #''When Darkness Ends'' (2015) #''Darkness Returns'' (2019) Dragons of Eternity series #''Burned by Darkness'' (2015) #''Scorched by Darkness'' (2016) Short Stories *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Donnelly
Shannon Donnelly (b. March 15 CA) is an author of children’s books, romance novels, video games, and non-fiction books. Her work has repeatedly earned 4½ Star Top Pick reviews from Romantic Times magazine, as well as praise from Booklist and other reviewers, who note: "simply superb"..."wonderfully uplifting"... and "beautifully written." In addition to her many published romance novels, Donnelly was an early pioneer in the field of interactive fiction, expressed in the form of video games and internet websites. Her writing and interactive design skills were instrumental in the creation of the 1983 ''Space Ace'', a LaserDisc videogame created as a follow-up to the highly successful ''Dragon's Lair''—which was also LaserDisc-based—on whose creating she had also been involved. Next came '' Thayer's Quest,'' another LaserDisc medium but this time targeted at home using Halcyon (console) home game system created by RDI Video Systems. Donnelly is a member of Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Bond
Meredith is a Welsh Brittonic family name, and is also sometimes used as a girl's or boy's forename. The Welsh form is "Maredudd". People * Meredith (given name) * Meredith (surname) Places Australia * Meredith, Victoria United States * Meredith, Colorado * Lake Meredith (Colorado) * Meredith, Michigan * Meredith, New Hampshire, a New England town ** Meredith (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town * Meredith, New York * Meredith Township, Wake County, North Carolina * Lake Meredith, reservoir formed by a dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas Ships * HMS ''Meredith'' (1763), sloop of the British Royal Navy purchased in 1763 and sold in 1784 * USCS ''Meredith'', survey ship in United States Coast Survey service from 1851 to 1872 * USS ''Meredith'', the name of more than one United States Navy ship * SS ''Meredith Victory'', United States Merchant Marine Victory ship Other * Meredith College, women's liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Baldwin
Kathleen Baldwin (born Arizona, USA) is an American writer of comic romance novels set in the Regency period. Biography Award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin was born and raised in Arizona, and moved 14 times before high school. The constant moving allowed her to meet many different people from many different backgrounds and areas. She gained a love of reading from her mother, who often read her poems and classic stories before bedtime. Her grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and great-aunts frequently related stories as well, so that a young Baldwin believed that women in general were supposed to tell stories. A voracious reader, Baldwin read at a level beyond her years, and was often excused from English classes to read on her own or to write down her own stories. After earning a BA in Art and Design, Baldwin worked as a freelance artist for several years, designing models for toys while raising her children. During her early years of writing, Baldwin was able to have som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Romance
Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century. Rather than simply being versions of contemporary romance stories transported to a historical setting, Regency romances are a distinct genre with their own plot and stylistic conventions. These derive not so much from the 19th-century contemporary works of Jane Austen, but rather from Georgette Heyer, who wrote over two dozen novels set in the Regency starting in 1935 until her death in 1974, and from the fiction genre known as the novel of manners. In particular, the more traditional Regencies feature a great deal of intelligent, fast-paced dialogue between the protagonists and very little explicit sex or discussion of sex. Subgenres Many readers and writers of Regency romance make a distinction between "Traditional Regency Romance" and "Regency Historical". Many authors have started by writing Traditionals and subsequently written Historicals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Ivy
Alexandra Ivy is an American novelist mostly known for her ''New York Times'' Best Selling contemporary paranormal series ''Guardians of Eternity''. She also writes regency historicals using the name Deborah or Debbie Raleigh. Her writing has gained high acclaim in the romance genre earning ''Romantic Times'' magazine 'Top Pick' nominations for ''When Darkness Comes'' and ''Embrace the Darkness''. Bibliography as Alexandra Ivy Guardians of Eternity series Novels #''When Darkness Comes'' (2007) #''Embrace the Darkness'' (2007) #''Darkness Everlasting'' (2008) #''Darkness Revealed'' (2009) #''Darkness Unleashed'' (2009) #''Beyond the Darkness'' (2010) #''Devoured by Darkness'' (2010) #''Bound by Darkness'' (2011) #''Fear the Darkness'' (2012) #''Darkness Avenged'' (2013) #''Hunt the Darkness'' (2014) #''When Darkness Ends'' (2015) #''Darkness Returns'' (2019) Dragons of Eternity series #''Burned by Darkness'' (2015) #''Scorched by Darkness'' (2016) Short Stories *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Putney
Mary Jo Putney (born in New York) is a best-selling American author of over twenty-five historical and contemporary romance novels. She has also published romantic fantasy novels as M.J. Putney. Her books are known for their unusual subject matter, including alcoholism, death, and domestic abuse. Biography Putney was born and raised in New York. She attended Syracuse University, earning degrees in English literature and Industrial design. She served as the art editor of ''The New Internationalist'' magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design business. After purchasing her first computer for her business, Putney realized that it would make writing very easy. She began work on her first novel, a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract immediately. In 1987 that first novel, ''The Diabolical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander (born 1950) is an American author of historical romance novels. She has been nominated for the ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for ''A Visit From Sir Nicholas'', which ''Romantic Times'' described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. " Alexander has also won a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award. On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, ''Lady Amelia's Secret Lover'', as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters. Life Alexander was born in Washington D.C., grew up as an "Air Force brat", and travelled the world at a young age. She now lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and two dogs, Louie and Reggie. She has a two grown children. Bibliography Millworth Manor # ''What Happens at Christmas'' (2012) # ''The Importance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Dailey
Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Dailey was both an author and entrepreneur. Early years Janet Anne Haradon was born on May 21, 1944, in Storm Lake, Iowa to Boyd Clayton Haradon and Lena Louise (Zimmer) Haradon. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from high school in Independence, Iowa. Dailey always wanted to be a writer and loved books. Her three elder sisters often read to her when she was good. By the age of four, she had her own library card. She graduated in 1962 from Jefferson High School in nearby Independence, Iowa and worked for a construction firm owned by her future husband, Bill Dailey,Janet Dailey website who was 15 years her senior. The two continued to work together, often spending 17 hours a day, seven days a week at work and married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Howell
Hannah Dustin Howell (born 1950 in Massachusetts) is a best-selling American author of over 40 historical romance novels. Many of her novels are set in medieval Scotland. She also writes under the names Sarah Dustin, Sandra Dustin, and Anna Jennet. Biography Howell is descended from some of the original American colonists, with her maternal ancestors settling in Massachusetts in the 1630s. While on a trip to England, Howell met her husband, aeronautical engineer Stephen, and they have been married for over thirty years. They have two sons, Samuel and Keir, three grandchildren, and five cats. Howell was a housewife and stay-at-home mother before beginning to write. She published her first novel in 1988 and is an active member of the Romance Writers of America. Howell is a very prolific author, averaging more than one book per year. Howell has twice been awarded the Golden Leaf Award, has been a Romance Writers of America RITA Award Finalist, and has won several awards from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |