Mariah Stewart is an American author of

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'' bestsellers lists. Stewart's books have won, or been nominated for, various major awards, including three-time recipient of the New Jersey Romance Writers' (NJRW) ''Golden Leaf Awards'' for ''The President's Daughter'' (Best Single Title Romance 2002),Official website
/ref> ''Voices Carry'' (Best Single Title Romance 2001), and for her very first novel, ''Moments in Time'' (Best Contemporary Novel 1998).Simon & Schuster: Mariah Stewart
/ref> NJRW also awarded Stewart a ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' and inducted her into their Hall of Fame. Other awards include the Reviewers International Organization ''Award of Excellence'' for ''Priceless'' (Favorite Contemporary Romance 1999),
the ''Reviewers Choice Awards'' from ''Romantic Times'' for ''Moon Dance'' (Best Contemporary Romance 1999),''Romantic Times'' Reviewers Choice Awards past awards and nominations index
and the Colorado Romance Writers' ''Award of Excellence'' for ''A Different Light'' (Best Single Title 1995).
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native. She and her husband now reside in Chester County,

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"in a century old

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country home" with their daughters and Golden Retrievers.Fantastic Fiction
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Bibliography

From Stewart's official website:

Series

In reading order:

Dead series

* Dead Wrong (June 1, 2004) * Dead Certain (June 29, 2004) * Dead Even (3 Aug 2004) * Dead End (9 Aug 2005)

Truth series

* Cold Truth (30 Aug 2005) * Hard Truth (27 Sept 2005) * Dark Truth (25 Oct 2005) * Final Truth (May 30, 2006)

Last series

* Last Look (May 29, 2007) * Last Words (June 26, 2007) * Last Breath (July 31, 2007)

Continued FBI series

* Forgotten (September 2008)

Mercy series

* Mercy Street (March 2009) * Cry Mercy (May 2009) * Acts of Mercy (August 2009)

Anthologies

* ''Wait Until Dark'' (2001), with Linda Anderson, Andrea Kane, and

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* Under the Boardwalk (1999), with Geralyn Dawson,

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, Jillian Hunter, and

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* Upon a Midnight Clear (1997) with Margaret Allison, Jude Deveraux, Stef Ann Holm, and

Other books

* Until Dark (2003) * The President's Daughter (2002) * Voices Carry (2001) * Brown-Eyed Girl (2000) * Priceless (1999) * Moon Dance (1999) * Wonderful You (1998) * Devlin's Light (1997) * Carolina Mist (1996) * A Different Light (1995) * Moments in Time (1995)

References

External links

"A Conversation With Mariah Stewart" by Claire E. White of Writer's Write
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