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Christine Rimmer | |
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| Born | January 28 California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1984 - present |
| Genre | Romance |
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Christine Rimmer (born January 28 in California, U.S.) is a USA Today and Waldenbooks bestselling U.S. writer of over 60 romance novels, which she began writing in 1987. She also published poems and short stories in a number of small literary journals.
Christine Rimmer was born on January 28 in California, U.S., where her maternal grandfather were a gold miner.
She obtained a theater degree in Sacramento, and then she went to New York City to study acting. She worked as a write-up girl at Barney's, a caterer's assistant, a waitress, a bartender, a phone sales rep, a janitor, receivable clerk, an accounts payable, a teacher, a model, an actress...
Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. In 1984, she wrote her first romantic novel, that was published in 1987.
She now lives in Washington State with her husband, their sons and two cats, Tom and Ed.
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Jennifer Greene is one of the pseudonyms for Jill Alison Hart. She is a writer of over 85 romance novels since 1980. She has also written novels as Jeanne Grant and Jessica Massey, and uses the name Alison Hart as a business name for her writing.
Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan and Frank Brennan, they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrote on her own. She lived in New South Wales, Australia.
Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth is an American writer who was known as Diana Palmer and has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle.
Patricia Ann Kay, also known as Trisha Alexander and Ann Patrick, is an American bestselling author of romance novels and women's fiction. She has authored more than 50 books, with four million copies published in 18 countries.
Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski is an American writer of over 272 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles.
Annette Broadrick is an American writer of over 55 romance novels since 1984.
Cathy Gillen Thacker is an American author of over seventy romance novels.
Dixie Browning, née Burrus is an American artist and writer of over 100 romance novels. She also has published under the pen name Zoe Dozier, and with her sister Mary Burrus Williams, she writes historical romance under the name Bronwyn Williams. She is a recipient of the RITA Award.
Carole Mortimer is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors.
Miranda Lee is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990.
Lucy Gordon is a pseudonym used by Christine Sparks Fiorotto, a popular British writer of more than 75 romance novels. She began working on a British women's magazine, but since 1984 she has published her romance novels with Silhouette Books and Mills & Boon.
Lynne Graham is a Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987.
Maureen Child is an American writer who wrote over 50 romance novels since 1990. She has written under the pen names Ann Carberry, Kathleen Kane, Sara Hart and Regan Hastings.
Carolyn Pizzuti is an American author of romance novels under the pen name Carolyn Zane. She has also been published as Suzy Pizzuti.
Karen Rose Smith is an American author born in Pennsylvania. Her first romance was published in 1992; her 97th novel, a mystery, will be published in 2017. It is the sixth in her eight book Caprice De Luca Home Staging mystery series. Her Daisy's Tea Garden mystery series will begin in 2018. She has written for Meteor/Kismet, Kensington, Silhouette and Harlequin. She has also indie-published novels and short story collections in e-book format. Twice a winner of New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance, she has also been honored with CRA's Award Of Excellence for short contemporary, as well as the Golden Quill for Traditional Romance. Her romances have made the USA TODAY list and Amazon's romance bestseller list. Her mystery, Staged To Death, climbed to #1 on Amazon's cozy mystery bestseller list. Married, she spends her days writing, gardening, cooking and keeping her four rescued cats company.
Peggy Morse, née Bozeman well known as Peggy Moreland is a USA TODAY and Waldenbooks bestselling American writer of over 40 romance novels since 1989. She also signed a novel with her married name Peggy Morse.
Margaret Major Cleaves is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major.
Lois Kleinsasser is USA Today's bestselling American writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as Cait London. She also signed her novels as Cait Logan.
Leanne Banks (born May 14, 1959, in Roanoke, Virginia, is an American writer of over 60 romance novels since 1991.
Pamela Brooks is a British writer of non-fiction books. She also writes romance novels under the pseudonym of Kate Hardy, and formerly wrote erotic novels such as Lucinda Chester, Evelyn D'Arcy, Chelsea Miller and Pamela Rochford. Her novels won three Love Story of the Year awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association: in 2008, Breakfast at Giovanni's; in 2014, Bound by a Baby; in 2021, A Will, a Wish and A Wedding.
