Jill Marie Landis

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Jill Marie Landis
Born (1948-11-08) November 8, 1948 (age 75)
Clinton, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
NationalityAmerican
Education California State University, Long Beach (BA)
Period1988–present
Genre Romance
Website
www.jillmarielandis.com

Jill Marie Landis (born November 8, 1948, in Clinton, Indiana, United States) is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels.

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Biography

Jill Marie Landis was born on November 8, 1948, in Indiana, but moved to California when she was only ten years old. While studying for her B.A. in history from Long Beach State University, Landis held summer jobs working as a ride operator for Fantasyland at Disneyland.

Upon graduation, she spent ten years as a kindergarten teacher and then three years teaching English as a Second Language part-time. Although Landis wrote her first romance novel in junior high, she did not decide to pursue a writing career until 1983. Three years after she committed to writing a full-length novel, Landis sold a manuscript. From 1988 through 2003, she published sixteen historical romance novels. In July 2003, she made her debut in the contemporary romance genre. In 2008, her first inspirational historical romance, Homecoming, was published by Steeple Hill. It was followed in 2009 by The Accidental Lawman. Writing for Zondervan, Landis published Heart of Stone, the first book of the Irish Angels Series in 2010.

Landis and her husband of over forty years, Steve, an actor and slack key guitar player, claim to share their eighty-year-old home in Long Beach, California, with the ghost of writer Upton Sinclair. The childless couple (by choice) also have a home in Hawaii where they now live full-time.

Landis has successfully completed the 6.5 hour kayaking trip around Kauai's Na Pali coastline, and she also enjoys raising orchids, playing the ukulele, quilting and dancing hula.

Over the last few years her back list of award-winning, bestselling historical romances has been re-issued in eBook formats. By the end of 2014 most of her works will be available as eBook downloads.

Bibliography

Flowers Series

  1. Sun Flower (1988)
  2. Wild flower (1988)
  3. Rose (1990)
  4. Come Spring (1994)

Single novels

Cassidy Family Saga Series

  1. After All (1995)
  2. Last Chance (1995)

Louisiana Series

  1. Day Dreamer (1996)
  2. Just Once (1997)
  3. Blue Moon (1999)

Twilight Cove Series

  1. Lover's Lane (2003)
  2. Heat Wave (2004)
  3. Heartbreak Hotel (2005)

Inspirational Romance

  1. Homecoming (2008)
  2. The Accidental Lawman (2009)
  3. Heart of Stone (2010)

The Tiki Goddess Mysteries

  1. Mai Tai One On (2011)
  2. Two to Mango (2012)
  3. Three to Get Lei'd (2013)
  4. Too Hot Four Hula (2014)

Omnibus

Awards

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