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Sara Hart (writer)
Maureen Child (born September 28, 1951, in Southern California, United States) is an American writer who wrote over 50 romance novels since 1990. She has written under the pen names Ann Carberry, Kathleen Kane, Sara Hart and Regan Hastings. Biography Child was born on September 28, 1951, in California, United States. She is married, they have two children and a golden retriever, Abbey. She continues to live in Southern California. She published her first novels in 1990. Bibliography As Maureen Child Stand alones novels *Run Wild My Heart (1992) *Bandit's Lady (1995) *Have Bride, Need Groom (1997) *The Surprise Christmas Bride (1997) *Maternity Bride (1998) *Sleeping with the Boss (2003) *Kiss Me, Cowboy! (2003) *Loving You (2003) *Some Kind of Wonderful (2004) *And Then Came You (2004) *Lost in Sensation: Mantalk (2004) *A Crazy Kind of Love (2004) *Turn My World Upside Down: Jo's Story (2005) *Expecting Lonergan's Baby (2006) *The Part-Time Wife (2006) *Eternally (2006) *Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Infobox writer may be used to summarize information about a person who is a writer/author (includes screenwriters). If the writer-specific fields here are not needed, consider using the more general ; other infoboxes there can be found in :People and person infobox templates. This template may also be used as a module (or sub-template) of ; see WikiProject Infoboxes/embed for guidance on such usage. Syntax The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. All fields are optional. Any unused parameter names can be left blank or omitted. Parameters Please remove any parameters from an article's infobox that are unlikely to be used. All parameters are optional. Unless otherwise specified, if a parameter has multiple values, they should be comma-separated using the template: : which produces: : , language= If any of the individual values contain commas already, add to use semi-colons as separators: : which produces: : , pseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Garbera
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning 'pure'. This influenced the name's English spelling, giving rise to variants ''Katharine'' and ''Catharine''. The spelling with a middle 'a' was more common in the past. ''Katherine'', with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations Anglophone use In Britain and America, ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. Amongst the most common variants are ''Katherine'' and ''Kathryn''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katharine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Elliott Pickart
Joan Elliott Pickart (d. November 13, 2018) was an American writer of over 100 romance novels, who also wrote under the pen name Robin Elliott. Biography Pickart was one of three daughters of Robert G. Elliott, an Episcopal pastor in Detroit, Michigan and Douglas, Arizona. She graduated from Douglas High School before attending Arizona State University. In 1982, she was employed as a secretary at Amphitheater High School, Tucson, Arizona, when she began writing romance novels after taking a course at Pima Community College. Her first published novel, ''Breaking All the Rules'', was bought by Bantam Books in winter 1983-84 for their Loveswept range, and appeared in summer 1984. Pickart then became a full-time writer, with Bantam immediately buying six more of her novels. By late 1985, a reviewer wrote that Pickart was "fast becoming one of Loveswept's most consistent and popular authors hobrings an extra dimension of humanity to the characters she creates ... n ''Midnight Ryde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Wilks
Eileen Wilks (born November 3, 1952) is an American fiction writer living in Midland, Texas. Biography Eileen Wilks moved from West Texas to the town of Norman, Oklahoma in the summer of 2012, and has previously lived in Canada and Venezuela, as well as twelve U.S. cities in five states. Wilks' first book, a Silhouette Desire titled ''The Loner and the Lady'' (1996), hit the ''USA Today'' Bestseller List at #146 on May 30, 1996 and was nominated for the 1996 ''Romantic Times'' Best First Short Contemporary award. Since then, she hit the New York Times Bestsellers list with her novel ''Blood Challenge'' (2011) in her current series, World of the Lupi, in which werewolves In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf–humanlike creature, either purposely or after bei ... and magic exist in an earth much like our own. Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Browning
Dixie Browning, née Burrus (September 9, 1930 – June 11, 2024) was an American artist and writer of over 100 romance novels. She also published under the pen name Zoe Dozier, and with her sister Mary Burrus Williams, she wrote historical romance under the name Bronwyn Williams. She was a recipient of the RITA Award. Biography Dixie Burrus was born in 1930 on North Carolina's Outer Banks, daughter of professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus. She learned from a young age to enjoy the water and the outdoors, and to spend plenty of time lying down with a good book. Browning considered herself foremost an artist. She studied and later taught art. She painted landscapes and seascapes in watercolor, and was listed in ''Who's Who in American Art''. In 1975, Browning began writing a newspaper column on art. Shortly thereafter, she decided to try fiction. As she had recently begun reading romance novels, she attempted to recreate the pieces of the genre that appealed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwyn Jameson
Bronwyn is a Welsh feminine given name, a variant of the mostly feminine name Bronwen/Branwen, literally meaning "White Raven (or Crow)" or, abstractly, "White Breast" (from ''bran'', raven, and ''bron'' ("breast") and 'g'''wen'' ("white, fair, blessed)".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Bronwen" Retrieved on 22 January 2016. Because the suffix ''- wyn'' is grammatically masculine in Welsh, Bronwyn is a spelling generally only used for female names in the English-speaking world outside Wales. The name may refer to: People * Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), Australian artist *Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942), Australian politician *Bronwyn Calver (born 1969), Australian cricketer * Bronwyn Drainie (born 1945), Canadian journalist * Bronwyn Eagles (born 1980), Australian athlete *Bronwyn Eyre (born 1971), Canadian provincial politician * Bronwyn Halfpenny (born 1963), Australian politician * Bronwyn Hayward, New Zealand political scientist * Bronwyn Hill (born 1960), British civil servant * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh (born September 1, 1945) is an Indian journalist. She has been the anchor for several current affairs programs on Doordarshan, and is most known for her program, 'Aankhon Dekhi', on investigative journalism. She had made another show - Hello Zindagi, for Doordarshan, broadcast in 1995. Early life She is daughter of consumer rights activist, H. D. Shourie, and the sister of Indian journalists, Deepak Shourie, and Arun Shourie, who has also been a Union minister. Career Singh is also the managing director, TV Live India Pvt Ltd, and Managing Editor of News Channel, Nepal-1. Personal life She is also the daughter-in-law of Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and first Indian Ambassador to Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Wright
Laura Alice Wright (née Sisk; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Allison "Ally" Rescott on ''Loving (TV series), Loving'' (1991 to 1995) and ''The City (1995 TV series), The City'' (1995 to 1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on ''Guiding Light'' (1997 to 2005) and Carly Corinthos (Spencer) on ''General Hospital'' (2005 to present). She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on ''General Hospital'' in 2011. She has since received six more nominations in the same category. Early life Wright was born Laura Alice Sisk in Washington, D.C. and raised in Clinton, Maryland. She appeared in several high school plays such as ''Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Gypsy'', ''Our Town'', and ''You Can't Take It with You (play), You Can't Take It with You''. She also directed a school production of ''Father Says No''. She appeared in a few local commercials and numerous fashion shows. After high school, Wrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marie Winston
Anne Marie Rodgers is an American writer of romance novels as Anne Marie Winston. Many of her novels have appeared on the ''USA Today'' Bestseller lists and she has served as both vice-president and retreat chairman of the Washington Romance Writers. Biography Anne Marie Rodgers was born in Pennsylvania, United States. She is a former teacher, who loves reading, rescuing wildlife, cats and dogs. She began writing romance novels in 1989 when she was a stay-at-home mother with two small children. Her first book, ''Best Kept Secrets'' was purchased by the Silhouette Desire line in 1991 and published under the pseudonym Anne Marie Winston. Two of her novels, ''Substitute Wife'' and ''The Pregnant Princess'', have been number one on the Waldenbooks bestsellers list, while several other novels have placed on the ''USA Today'' extended bestseller list. Her June 2001 release, ''A Most Desirable M.D.'', was described by ''Romantic Times Magazine'' as a "delicious love story with scorchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochelle Alers
Rochelle Alers (born August 7, 1943) is an American writer of romance novels. She has also written under the pen names Susan James and Rena McLeary. Biography Rochelle Alers was born on August 7, 1943, in Manhattan, New York, where she was also raised. After earning degrees in sociology and psychology, she taught pre-school for a time before entering the business world. Alers began writing her first novel in 1984, after a decade of reading romance novels. She finished her first manuscript, the novel ''Hideway'', in 1985. After several rejections because her work did not fit the formula of a category romance novel, Alers perfected her style and was first published by Doubleday Books in 1988. Almost two million copies of her novels are now in print, and they have regularly appeared on the Waldenbooks, Borders, and ''Essence'' bestseller lists. She has been awarded the Gold Pen Award, the Emma Award, the Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Romantic Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Webb
Peggy Webb, née Peggy Elaine Hussey (born February 8, 1942) is an American author who got her start publishing romance novels. She has also written cozy mysteries, crime thrillers, and literary fiction. Biography Peggy Webb has born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Mississippi. As a child she would often sit in the hayloft and write down her stories. Her first publication came through her husband, the owner of a water well contracting business. As the secretary of the state trade organization, he was responsible for publishing a newsletter. Webb assisted him with the newsletter, and, to fill space, began a humor column. This was picked up in the late 1960s by two trade magazines, ''The Water Well Journal'' and ''Ground Water Age.'' Over two hundred of her columns were published. In 1984, while writing her master's thesis at the University of Mississippi, Webb wrote her first romance novel. Her first novel was rejected because publishers thought it had too much comedy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Conrad
Linda is an English feminine given name, derived from the Spanish word , meaning "pretty." Linda may also refer to: Names * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Miss Linda, long-time manager and wife of Welsh wrestler Adrian Street Surname * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake, 1924–2020), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * La Prieta Linda (1933–2021), Mexican singer and actress * Sarah Linda (born 1987), British actress and model * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda Valley, Tasmania * Linda, Georgia, a village in Abkhazia * Linda, Bashkortostan, Russia, a village * Linda, California, United States, a census-designated place * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |