Sally Lea McCluskey (née Bostwick; April 27, 1941 – March 26, 2022), known by her pen names Bethany Campbell and Lisa Harris, was an American

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Biography

Sally McCluskey was born on April 27, 1941, in

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. She received a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, an M.A. in English from the

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, and a Ph.D. in English literature from

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, where she met her future husband, Dan Borengasser, a fellow graduate student. After graduation, she taught at her alma mater and later at

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. She has also worked on a freelance basis as a writer for several greeting card companies. She published her first romance novel in 1984. She has received three

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RITA Awards, three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the

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Award of Excellence. She died on March 26, 2022, at the age of 80.Sally Lea McCluskey
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Awards

*''Flirtation River'': 1989 Rita Awards Best Novel winner *''Every Kind of Heaven'': 1992 Rita Awards Best Novel winner *''See How They Run'': 1997 Rita Awards Best Novel winner

Bibliography

As Bethany Campbell

Single novels

*''After the Stars Fall'', 1985 *''A Thousand Roses'', 1986 *''Only a Woman'', 1986 *''Heartland'', 1987 *''Pros and Cons'', 1987 *''Sea Promise'', 1987 *''The Long Way Home'', 1987 *''Flirtation River'', 1988 *''The Diamond Trap'', 1988 *''The Lost Moon Flower'', 1989 *''The Snow Garden'', 1989 *''The Roses of Constant'', 1989 *''Dead Opposites'', 1990 *''Heart of the Sun'', 1990 *''The Ends of the Earth'', 1990 *''Dancing Sky'', 1990 *''Every Kind of Heaven'', 1991 *''Every Woman's Dream'', 1991 *''The Cloud Holders'', 1991 *''Spellbinder'', 1992 *''Child's Play'', 1992 *''Sand Dollar'', 1992 *''Only Make Believe'', 1992 *''Add a Little Spice'', 1993 *''The Lady and the Tomcat'', 1993 *''The Man Who Came for Christmas'', 1993 *''Amarillo by Morning'', 1993 *''The Thunder Rolls'', 1993 *''Rhinestone Cowboy'', 1994 *''Gentle on My Mind'', 1994 *''Lonestar State of Mind'', 1995 *''Don't Talk to Strangers'', 1996 *''See How They Run'', 1996 *''Hear No Evil'', 1998 *''The Guardian'', 1999 *''P.S. Love You Madly'', 2000 *''Whose Little Girl Are You?'', 2000 *''The Baby Gift'', 2002 *''A Little Town in Texas'', 2003 *''Home to Texas'', 2004 *''Wild Horses'', 2005

Anthologies in collaboration

*"''Say It with Flowers''" in ''With This Ring'', 1991 *''Always and Forever'', 1995 (with Jasmine Cresswell and

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) *"''I'll Take Texas''" in ''Return to Crystal Creek'', 2002 *''One True Secret/Full House'', 2004 (with Nadia Nichols) *''Baby, It's Cold Outside/Family Doctor/Baby Gift'', 2004 (with Bobby Hutchinson and Kristine Rolofson)

As Lisa Harris

Single novels

*''I Will Find You!'', 1994 *''Undercurrent'', 1994 *''Trouble in Paradise'', 1994 *''The Tempting'', 1995 *''A Man from Oklahoma'', 1996

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Bethany 1941 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners Writers from Omaha, Nebraska American women novelists American women romantic fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers