Barbara Andrews is an American writer of 20

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s under her real name; with her daughter, Pam Hanson, she now writes under the

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s Jennifer Drew and Pam Rock.

Biography

Barbara Andrews wanted a career she could combine with motherhood and four children. She made her first sale to ''

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'', when her children were in kindergarten. She is the author of 20 romance novels under her own name. Andrews's daughter, Pam Hanson, majored in

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in college and later worked as a reporter. Pam married a college professor and started a family. After the birth of her first child, Pam teamed up with her mother to write romance novels. Together they have published novels under the pseudonyms Jennifer Drew and Pam Rock. For several years, their partnership was long-distance, but nowadays they share a house in

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, along with Pam's husband and their two sons, Erik and Andrew Hanson. In the summer of 2008, she moved to

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with Pam and her family.

Awards and honors

As Jennifer Drew, the mother and daughter were nominated for a ''

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'' Reviewers' Choice Award in 2003, and for Best Harlequin Duets for the novel ''Desperately Seeking Sully''.

Biography

As Barbara Andrews

Single novels

*''Love Trap'' 1982/10 *''Stolen Promises'' 1983/01 *''This Bittersweet Love'' 1983/02 *''Emerald Fire'' 1983/08 *''Passionate Deceiver'' 1983/09 *''Happily Ever After'' 1984/10 *''Midnight Magic'' 1984/12 *''Shady Business'' 1984/12 *''My Kind of Love'' 1985/01 *''A Novel Affair'' 1985/03 *''Loving Lessons'' 1985/05 *''Reach for the Sky'' 1985/05 *''Stand-in Lover'' 1985/09 *''Add a Dash of Love'' 1985/12 *''A Different Kind of Man'' 1986/04 *''Seduced by a Stranger'' 1986/12 *''Trapped by Desire'' 1986/12 *''Escape From the Storm'' 1987/01 *''Summer of Promises'' 1987/06

As Jennifer Drew

Single novels

*''Turn Back the Night'' 1994/10 *''Dear Mr. Right'' 1996/09 *''The Prince and the Bogus Bride'' 1997/12 *''The Bad-Girl Bride'' 1998/10 *''Baby Lessons'' 1999/12 *''Stop the Wedding!'' 2002/03 *''Just Desserts'' 2002/07 *''Hitched for the Holidays'' 2002/12 *''You'll Be Mine in 99'' 2003/05 *''Desperately Seeking Sully'' 2003/08 *''All Wrapped Up'' 2003/12 *''The Banker's Convenient Wife'' 2004/04

Grant Sisters series

#''Taming Luke'' 1999/08 #''Mr. Right Under Her Nose'' 2001/02

Bailey Brothers series

#''One Bride too Many'' 2001/09 #''One Groom to Go'' 2001/09

As Pam Rock

*''Mercy's Mission'', 2002/02 *''Moon of Desire'' *''Star Searcher''

References

External links

Barbara Andrews at Fantastic-Fiction
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Jennifer Drew at Fantastic-Fiction

Harlequin Editorial Ltd Website

Jennifer Drew at Mills & Boon Website
Living people American romantic fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub