Jane Porter | |
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![]() Jane Porter at Romance Writers of America Conference, New York, NY, July 2015 | |
Pen name | Jane Porter |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | BA University of California, Los Angeles MA University of San Francisco |
Period | 2000–present |
Genre | Romance |
Notable works | Take Me, Cowboy |
Notable awards | RITA award – Best Romance Novella 2014 Take Me, Cowboy |
Website | |
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Jane Porter is an American author of contemporary romance and women's fiction. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty-five titles, with over 12 million books in print, in 20 languages and in 25 countries. [1] Her novel Flirting with Forty was made into the Lifetime movie of the same name starring Heather Locklear. [2] In 2014, she received the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance Novella for Take Me, Cowboy.
Porter was born in Visalia, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from UCLA in American Studies, as well as Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco. [2]
She has worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation and teacher of Jr. high and High school English. [3] [4] She sold her first novel, The Italian Groom, to Harlequin in 2000. [4] [5]
In 2005, Porter branched into women's fiction with the publication of The Frog Prince. [4]
Porter founded Tule publishing in 2013. [1]
She resides in San Clemente, California with her husband and three sons. [3]
Porter has garnered a starred review from Library Journal for Flirting with Forty, and several top picks from RT Book Reviews. [7]