Stephanie Laurens (born in

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, now

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

), is a best-selling Australian author of

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Biography

Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in

. When she was 5, her family moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, where she was raised. After continuing through school and earning a PhD in

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Kathmandu to London. Once in London, Laurens and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. They lived in an area surrounded by history. Their own cottage was built in the 16th century, while next door were the protected ruins of an early Roman villa, and nearby was a 14th-century castle. After four years in England, Laurens and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. One evening she realised that she did not have any more of her favourite romance novels to read. After years of thinking about writing her own novel, during nights and weekends for the next several months she began crafting her own story. That manuscript, ''Tangled Reins'', was the first of her books to be published. After achieving a level of success with her novels, Laurens "retired" from scientific research and became a full-time novelist. Her novels are primarily historical romances set in the Regency time period. Stephanie Laurens and her husband live in Melbourne with their two cats.

Bibliography

Regency Tangled Series (also published as The Regency Collection Volume 1)

# ''Tangled Reins'' (1992) *also published in ''A Season for Scandal (2001)'' # ''Four in Hand'' (1993) *also published in ''Regency Revels and Regency Romps (1994)'' # ''Impetuous Innocent'' (1994) *also published in ''Regency Revels'' # ''Fair Juno'' (1994) *also published in ''A Season for Scandal (2001)''

Lester Family Saga Series

# ''The Reasons for Marriage (Jason, Lenore)'' (1994) *also published in ''Rogues' Reform'' (2000); ''A Season for Marriage'' (2004) # ''A Lady of Expectations (Jack, Sophie)'' (1995) *also published in ''Rogues' Reform'' (2000); ''A Season for Marriage'' (2004) # ''An Unwilling Conquest (Harry, Lucinda)'' (1996) *also published in ''Rogues' Reform'' (2000)''; A Convenient Marriage'' (1996); ''A Suitable Marriage'' (2004) # ''A Comfortable Wife (Philip, Antonia)'' (1997) *also published in ''A Convenient Marriage'' (1996); ''A Suitable Marriage'' (2004)

Bastion Club Series

# '' (prequel) Captain Jack's Woman (Jack, Kit)'' (1997) # ''The Lady Chosen (Tristan, Leonora)'' (2003) # ''A Gentleman's Honor (Tony, Alicia)'' (2003) # ''A Lady of His Own (Charles, Penny)'' (2004) # ''A Fine Passion (Jack, Clarice)'' (2005) # ''To Distraction (Deverell, Phoebe)'' (2006) # ''Beyond Seduction (Gervase, Madeline)'' (2007) # ''The Edge of Desire (Christian, Leticia)'' (2008) # ''Mastered by Love (Royce, Minerva)'' (July 2009) *finale, traitor revealed

The Cynster Novels (first generation)

# ''Devil's Bride (Devil, Honoria)'' (1998) # ''A Rake's Vow (Vane, Patience)'' (1998) # ''Scandal's Bride(Scandal, Catriona)'' (1999) # ''A Rogue's Proposal (Demon, Flick)'' # ''A Secret love (Gabriel, Alathea)'' (1999) # ''All About Love (Lucifer, Phyllida)'' (2001) # ''All About Passion (Gyles, Francesca)'' (2001) # ''The Promise in a Kiss (Sebastian, Helena)'' (2001) *Prequel # ''On a Wild Night (Amanda, Martin)'' (2002) # ''On a Wicked Dawn (Amelia, Luc)'' (2002) # ''The Perfect Lover (Simon, Portia)'' (2003) # ''The Ideal Bride (Michael, Caro)'' (2004) # ''The Truth about Love (Gerrard, Jacqueline)'' (2005) # ''What Price Love? (Dillon, Pris)'' (2006) # ''The Taste of Innocence (Charlie, Sarah)'' (2007) # ''Where the Heart Leads (Barnaby, Penelope)'' (2008) # ''Temptation and Surrender (Jonas, Emily)'' (2009)

The Cynster Sisters Trilogy

# ''Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue (Heather, Breckenridge)'' (2010) # ''In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster (Eliza, Jeremy)'' (2011) # ''The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae (Angelica, Glencrae)'' (2012)

The Cynster Sisters Duo

# ''And Then She Fell (Henrietta, James)'' (2013) # ''The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh (Mary, Ryder)'' (2013)

Cynsters Next Generation

#''By Winter's Light (prequel/special) (Claire, Daniel)'' (2014) # ''The Tempting of Thomas Carrick (Lucilla, Thomas)'' (2015) # ''A Match for Marcus Cynster (Marcus, Niniver)'' (2015) #''A Conquest Impossible to Resist (Prudence, Deaglan)'' (2019) # ''The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster (Christopher, Ellen)'' (2020) #''The Games Lovers Play (Devlin, Therese)'' (2021) #''The Secrets of Lord Grayson Child (Gray, Isadora)'' (2021) #''Foes, Friends, and Lovers (Gregory, Caitlin)'' (2022) #''The Time For Love (Martin, Sophia)'' (2022) #''Miss Flibbertigibbet and The Barbarian (Nicholas, Addie)'' (2023) #''Miss Prim and the Duke of Wylde (Meg, Drago)'' (2023) #''A Family Of His Own (Toby, Diana)'' (2024)

Devil's Brood Trilogy

# ''The Lady by His Side (Sebastian, Antonia)'' (2017) # ''An Irresistible Alliance (Michael, Cleome)'' (2017) # ''The Greatest Challenge of Them All (Louisa, Drake)'' (2017)

The Casebook of Barnaby Adair Novels

# ''The Truth about Love (Gerrard, Jacqueline)'' (2005) (also listed as Cynster 13) *Prequel #''Where The Heart Leads (Penelope, Barnaby)'' (2008) (also listed as Cynster 16) #''The Peculiar Case of Lord Finsbury's Diamonds (2014)'' # ''The Masterful Mr. Montague (Violet, Heathcote)'' (2014) #''The Curious Case of Lady Latimer's Shoes'' (2014) # ''Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair (Rose, Malcolm)'' (2014) #''The Confounding Case of the Carisbrook Emeralds (Hugo, Cara)'' (2018) #''The Murder of Mandeville Hall (Alaric, Constance) (2018)''

Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Chronicles

# ''Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose (2017)'' # ''Lady Osbaldestone and the Missing Christmas Carols (2018)'' # ''Lady Osbaldestone's Plum Puddings (2019)'' # ''Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Intrigue (2020)''

The Cavanaughs

# ''The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh'' (Randolph, Felicia) (2018) # ''The Pursuits of Lord Kit Cavanaugh'' (Kit, Sylvia) (2019) # ''The Beguilement of Lady Eustacia Cavanaugh'' (Frederick, Stacie) (2019) # ''The Obsessions of Lord Godfrey Cavanaugh'' (Godfrey, Elinor) (2020)

Black Cobra Quartet Series

# ''The Untamed Bride (Derek, Deliah)'' (2009) # ''The Elusive Bride (Gareth, Emily)'' (2010) # ''The Brazen Bride (Logan, Linnet)'' (2010) # ''The Reckless Bride (Rafe, Loretta)'' (26 October 2010)

Adventurers Quartet (Frobisher Family)

# ''The Lady's Command (Delan, Edwina)'' (2015) # ''A Buccaneer at Heart (Robert, Aileen)'' (2016) # ''The Daredevil Snared (Caleb, Katherine)'' (2016) # ''Lord of the Privateers (Royd, Isobel)'' (2016)

Other Novels

# ''The Lady Risks All (Neville, Miranda)'' (2012) *Characters connected to ''The Edge of Desire; The Reckless Bride; The Lady's Command'' # ''Desire's Prize (Montisfryn, Eloise)'' (2013) # ''1750: Jaqueline (Richard, Jaqueline)'' (2018) *2nd in the ''Legend of Nimway Hall'' series

Novellas, Shorts & Anthologies

# ''Melting Ice (Dyan, Fiona) (''1998) *Originally published in R''ough Around the Edges (with Dee Holmes, Susan Johnson and

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)'' and ''Scandalous Brides (with Celeste Bradley, Christina Dodd and Leslie LaFoy)'' # ''Regency Collection Volume 5'' (1999) (with

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) # ''The Regency Collection'' 8 (1999) (with

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) # ''Rose In Bloom (Duncan, Rose)'' (1999) *Originally published in ''Scottish Brides (with Christina Dodd,

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and Karen Ranney)'' # ''Scandalous Lord Dere (Adrian, Abigail)'' (2000) *Originally published in ''Secrets of a Perfect Night'' (with Victoria Alexander and Rachel Gibson) # ''Lost and Found (Reggie, Anne) (2005)'' *Originally published in ''Hero, Come Back (with Elizabeth Boyle and Christina Dodd)'' # ''The Fall of Rogue Gerrard (Ro, Lydia)'' (2008) *Originally published in ''It Happened One Night'' # ''The Seduction of Sebastion Trantor (Sebastion, Tabitha)'' (2011) *Originally published in ''It Happened One Season (with Mary Balogh; Jacquie D'Alessandro; and Candice Hern)'' # ''The Wedding Planner (Gaston, Margaret)'' (2011) *Originally published in ''Royal Weddings (with

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and Gaelen Foley)'' # ''Return Engagement'' (Robert, Nell) (2012) *Originally published in ''Royal Bridesmaids'' ''(with

and Gaelen Foley)''

External links

Stephanie Laurens official website

Stephanie Laurens in FantasticFiction
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laurens, Stephanie Australian romantic fiction writers Australian women novelists Australian women science fiction and fantasy writers Australian science fiction writers Living people Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia Writers from Melbourne Australian women romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners 1953 births