Angela Quarles

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Angela Quarles
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genretime travel romance, contemporary romance
Notable worksMust Love Chainmail
Years active2012–present
Website
www.angelaquarles.com

Angela Quarles is an American time travel and contemporary romance author who has published 9 novels. Her novel Must Love Chainmail won the 2016 RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance. [1] Her debut novel Must Love Breeches made the USA Today bestseller list the week of November 5, 2015. [2]

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Life

Angela Quarles lives in Mobile, Alabama and owns a bookstore called The Haunted Bookstore. [3] She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Emory University and a master's from Georgia State University. [4]

Writing

Quarles has published 9 novels.

Quarles likes to write stories set in alternative universes because she gets "to play 'what if' with history. It allows me a little more freedom than a genre such as historical fiction." [5]

Quarles debut novel Must Love Breeches was praised by USA Today as "a delicious twist on historical drama and romance.". [6] Library Journal praised her second novel, Must Love Chainmail, saying, "There are many time travel novels, but this one stands out for its very authentic approach to the perils and experiences of traveling through time to another culture." [7]

Awards and honors

Must Love Breeches, the first book in her Must Love time travel romance series, debuted on the USA Today bestseller list at #149 on Nov. 5, 2015. [2] Must Love Chainmail, the second book in her Must Love time travel romance series, won the 2016 RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America. [1]

Her steampunk romance novel Steam Me Up, Rawley was selected by Library Journal as Best Self-Published Romance of 2015. [8]

Selected bibliography

Novels

Must Love series

Stolen Moments series

Mint Julep & Monocle Chronicles series

Novelettes and short works

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References

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