Jill Marie Landis (born November 8, 1948, in

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, United States) is an American

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of historical and contemporary

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Biography

Jill Marie Landis was born on November 8, 1948, in Indiana, but moved to California when she was only ten years old. While studying for her

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in history from

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, Landis held summer jobs working as a ride operator for

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. Upon graduation, she spent ten years as a kindergarten teacher and then three years teaching English as a Second Language part-time. Although Landis wrote her first romance novel in junior high, she did not decide to pursue a writing career until 1983. Three years after she committed to writing a full-length novel, Landis sold a manuscript. From 1988 through 2003, she published sixteen historical romance novels. In July 2003, she made her debut in the contemporary romance genre. In 2008, her first inspirational historical romance, Homecoming, was published by Steeple Hill. It was followed in 2009 by The Accidental Lawman. Writing for Zondervan, Landis published Heart of Stone, the first book of the Irish Angels Series in 2010.

Personal life

Landis is married and lives in

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(as of 2016).

Bibliography

Flowers Series

# ''Sun Flower'' (1988) # ''Wild flower'' (1988) # ''Rose'' (1990) # ''Come Spring'' (1994)

Single novels

* ''Jade'' (1991) * ''Past Promises'' (1993) * ''Until Tomorrow'' (1994) * ''Glass Beach'' (1998) * ''The Orchid Hunter'' (2000) * ''Summer Moon'' (2001) * ''Magnolia Creek'' (2002)

Cassidy Family Saga Series

# ''After All'' (1995) # ''Last Chance'' (1995)

Louisiana Series

# ''Day Dreamer'' (1996) # ''Just Once'' (1997) # ''Blue Moon'' (1999)

Twilight Cove Series

# ''Lover's Lane'' (2003) # ''Heat Wave'' (2004) # ''Heartbreak Hotel'' (2005)

Inspirational Romance

# ''Homecoming'' (2008) # ''The Accidental Lawman'' (2009) # ''Heart of Stone'' (2010)

The Tiki Goddess Mysteries

# ''Mai Tai One On'' (2011) # ''Two to Mango'' (2012) # ''Three to Get Lei'd'' (2013) # ''Too Hot Four Hula'' (2014)

Omnibus

* "Faithful and True" in ''Loving Hearts'' (1992) * "Picture Perfect" in ''Sweet Hearts'' (1993) (with

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, Colleen Quinn and

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) * "Cradle Song" in ''Three Mothers and a Cradle'' (1995) (with

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and

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) * ''Heartbreak Ranch'' (1997) (with Dorsey Kelley, Chelley Kitzmiller and

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) * "Summer Fantasy" in ''Summer Love'' (1997) (with Stella Cameron, Anne Stuart and

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) & in ''Slow Heat'' (2001) (with Stella Cameron and Lisa Jackson) * "On Silken Wings" in ''Strong Currents'' (2003)

Awards

She has won dozens of awards such as Romance Writers of America awards, Romance Readers, Romantic Times Magazine Awards, Bookrak Catalogue Bestselling awards and others.

References

External links

RBL Romantica Interview with Jill Marie Landis

A Romance Review Interview with Jill Marie Landis

Jill Marie Landis Official Website

Jill Marie Landis in FantasticFiction

Jill Marie Landis Tiki Mysteries Website
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