Joan Wolf (born 1951 in

Bronx, New York The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

) is an American writer of

romance novels A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed to the developme ...

. Wolf grew up in the Bronx, New York. She obtained a full scholarship to pursue her bachelor's degree at Mercy College followed by a Master in English and Comparative Literature in

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City, United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools ...

. Before she began her writing career, she taught at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx.

Bibliography

Single novels

* ''A Kind of Honor'', 1980 * ''The Counterfeit Marriage'', 1980 * ''A London Season'', 1981 * ''A Difficult Truce'', 1981 * ''The Scottish Lord'', 1981 * ''His Lordship's Mistress'', 1982 * ''Margarita'', 1982 * ''The American Duchess'', 1982 * ''A Double Deception'', 1983 * ''Change of Heart'', 1983 * ''Lord Richard's Daughter'', 1983 * ''Summer Storm'', 1983 * ''Affair of the Heart'', 1984 * ''Beloved Stranger'', 1984 * ''Fool's Masquerade'', 1984 * ''Portrait of a Love'', 1984 * ''The Rebellious Ward'', 1984 * ''A Fashionable Affair'', 1985 * ''Wild Irish Rose'', 1985 * ''The Rebel and the Rose'', 1986 * ''Highland Sunset'', 1987 * ''The Deception'', 1996 * ''The Arrangement'', 1997 * ''The Guardian'', 1997 * ''The Gamble'', 1998 * ''Golden Girl'', 1999 * ''The Pretenders'', 1999 * ''Someday Soon'', 2000 * ''Royal Bride'', 2001 * ''Silverbridge'', 2002 * ''High Meadow'', 2003 * ''That Summer'', 2003 * ''White Horses'', 2004 * ''Crossword'', 2004 * ''To The Castle'', 2005 * ''A Dangerous Masquerade'', 2006 * ''His Lordship's Desire'', 2006

Biblical Romance series

Source: # ''A Reluctant Qeen: The Love Story of Esther'', 2011 # ''This Scarlet Cord: The Love Story of Rahab'', 2012 # ''Daughter of Jerusalem'', 2013

Dark Ages of Britain series

# ''The Road to Avalon'', 1988 # ''Born of the Sun'', 1989 # ''The Edge of Light'', 1990

Prehistorical Romances series

# ''Daughter of the Red Deer'', 1991 # ''The Horsemasters'', 1993 # ''The Reindeer Hunters'', 1994

Medieval Mysteries series

# ''No Dark Place'', 1999 # ''The Poisoned Serpent'', 2000

Omnibus

* ''Beloved Stranger / Summer Storm'', 1994

Anthologies in collaboration

* ''A Regency Valentine'', 1991 (with

Mary Balogh Mary Balogh (born Mary Jenkins on 24 March 1944) is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Sask ...

, Emma Lange, Patricia Rice, and Katherine Kingsley) * ''Captured Hearts: Five favorite love stories'', 1999 (with

, Edith Layton,

Mary Jo Putney Mary Jo Putney (born in New York) is an 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 ...

, and Patricia Rice) * ''His Lordship's Mistress'' by Joan Wolf ''/ Married by Mistake'' by Melinda McRae

References

External links

Official website

Joan Wolf in FantasticFiction
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Joan 1951 births Living people Mercy University alumni Hunter College alumni 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers American historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages Christian novelists Writers of historical romances American women romantic fiction writers American women historical novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers