Sandra Brown

Sandra Lynn Brown, née ''Cox'' (born March 12, 1948) is an American bestselling author of romantic novels and thriller suspense novels. Brown has also published works under the pen names of Rachel Ryan, Laura Jordan, and Erin St. Claire.

Early life and education

Sandra Brown was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth. She majored in English at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, but left college in 1968 to marry.

Career

After her marriage, Brown worked for KLTV in Tyler as a weathercaster, then returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area where she became a reporter for WFAA-TV's version of ''PM Magazine''.

Brown started her writing career in 1981 after her husband dared her to. Since then, she has published nearly 70 novels and had more than 50 ''New York Times'' bestsellers. In 2008, she was presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters from her alma mater, TCU.

Her novel '' French Silk'' was made into a movie, released in 1994, for television. Susan Lucci, Shari Belafonte, and Lee Horsley starred. In 2016, her novel ''White Hot'' was turned into a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original movie titled, ''Sandra Brown's White Hot''.

In 2007, she contributed to Court TV's series ''Murder By The Book'', about the murder of Betty Gore in Wylie, Texas, on June 13, 1980.

On September 30, 2023 Brown announced on social media the finalizing of her divorce from her husband of fifty-five years, Michael Brown.

Bibliography

As Rachel Ryan

;Originally Dell Candlelight Ecstasy Romances – Single Novels

*1981 ''Love's Encore''
*1981 ''Love Beyond Reason''
*1982 ''Eloquent Silence''
*1982 ''A Treasure Worth Seeking''
*1983 ''Prime Time''

As Laura Jordan

;Single novels
*1982 ''Hidden Fires'' (Historical Romance)
*1982 ''The Silken Web''

As Erin St. Claire

;Originally published as Harlequin/Silhouette Category Romances – Single Novels

*1982 ''Not Even for Love''
*1983 ''Seduction by Design''
*1983 ''A Kiss Remembered''
*1983 ''A Secret Splendor''
*1984 ''Words of Silk''
*1984 ''Bittersweet Rain''
*1984 ''Tiger Prince''
*1985 ''Sweet Anger''
*1986 ''Above and Beyond''
*1986 ''Honor Bound''
*1987 ''Two Alone''
*1989 ''The Thrill of Victory''

;Astray & Devil Series
#1985 ''Led Astray''
#1987 ''The Devil's Own''

As Sandra Brown

;Bantam Doubleday Dell's Loveswept Category Romance Books

*1983 ''Tomorrow's Promise''
*1983 ''Relentless Desire''
*1983 ''Heaven's Price''
*1983 ''Temptations Kiss''
*1983 ''Tempest in Eden''
*1984 ''In a Class by Itself''
*1985 ''Thursday's Child''
*1985 ''Riley in the Morning''
*1986 ''The Rana Look''
*1986 ''22 Indigo Place''
*1987 ''Sunny Chandler's Return''
*1987 ''Demon Rumm''
*1988 ''Tidings of Great Joy''
*1988 ''Hawk O'Toole's Hostage''
*1989 ''Long Time Coming''
*1989 ''Temperatures Rising''
*1989 ''A Whole New Light''

;Bed & Breakfast Series
#1983 ''Breakfast in Bed'' (Originally Loveswept # 22)
#1984 ''Send No Flowers'' (Originally Loveswept # 51)

;Coleman Family Saga Series
(Historical Romance)
#1985 ''Sunset Embrace''
#1985 ''Another Dawn''

;Mason Sisters Series
#1987 ''Fanta C'' (Originally Loveswept # 217)
#1988 ''Adam's Fall'' (Originally Loveswept # 252)

;Texas! Tyler Family Saga Series
#1990 ''Texas! Lucky''
#1991 ''Texas! Chase''
#1991 ''Texas! Sage''

;Single Title Romance Suspense/Thrillers

*1988 ''Slow Heat in Heaven''
*1989 ''Best Kept Secrets''
*1990 ''Mirror Image''
*1991 ''Breath of Scandal''
*1992 '' French Silk''
*1992 ''Shadows of Yesterday''
*1993 ''Where There's Smoke''
*1994 ''Charade''
*1994 ''Love beyond reason''
*1995 ''The Witness''
*1996 ''Exclusive''
*1997 ''Fat Tuesday''
*1998 ''Unspeakable''
*1999 ''The Alibi''
*2000 ''Standoff''
*2000 ''The Switch''
*2001 ''Envy''
*2002 ''The Crush''
*2003 ''Hello, Darkness''
*2004 ''White Hot''
*2005 ''Chill Factor''
*2006 ''Ricochet''
*2007 ''Play Dirty''
*2008 ''Smoke Screen''
*2009 ''Smash Cut''
*2009 ''Rainwater''
*2010 ''Tough Customer''
*2011 ''Lethal''
*2012 ''Love Is Murder''
*2012 ''Low Pressure''
*2013 ''Deadline''
*2014 ''Mean Streak''
*2015 ''Friction''
*2016 ''Sting''
*2017 ''MatchUp''
*2017 ''Seeing Red''
*2018 ''Tailspin''
*2019 ''Outfox''
*2020 ''Thick As Thieves''
*2021 ''Blind Tiger''
*2022 ''Overkill ''
*2023 ''Out of Nowhere''
*2025 ''Blood Moon''

;Omnibus
*''Three Complete Novels: Mirror Image / Best Kept Secret / Slow Heat In Heaven'' (1992)
*Three Complete Novels: Texas Lucky! / Texas Chase! / Texas Sage!
*''Crush / Hello Darkness'' (2006)
*''Heaven's Price / Breakfast in Bed / Send No Flowers'' (2007)
*''Tomorrow's Promise / Two Alone'' (2008)
*''Led Astray / Devil's Own'' (2010)
*''A Secret Splendor / Above and Beyond'' (2011)

Awards

* American Business Women's Association's Distinguished Circle of Success
* A.C. Greene Award
* Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award
* International Thriller Writers Award, "Thrillermaster", 2008

Notes

References

Sandra Brown's official homepage

External links

AllYourTV.com
Erin St. Claire
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Sandra Brown
at Fantastic Fiction

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at the Internet Book List
* http://sandrabrown.net/books_search.php
* http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sandra-brown/

Sandra Brown's Official Wattpad Profile

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20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American romantic fiction writers
American thriller writers
Living people
Novelists from Texas
Texas Christian University alumni
Writers from Waco, Texas
1948 births
American women romantic fiction writers
American women novelists
American women mystery writers
American women thriller writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers