Laura Griffin

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Laura Griffin
Born1973 (age 51–52)
Pen nameLaura Griffin
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Period- present
Genre romantic suspense
Notable awardsRITA award – Best Romantic Suspense
2010 Whisper of Warning
RITA award – Best Romantic Suspense
2013 Scorched
Website
www.lauragriffin.com

Laura Griffin (born 1973) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American author of romantic suspense. She has won Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense twice, as well as the Daphne du Maurier Award.

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Biography

Griffin started her career as a journalist and preferred hard-news stories. She attributes her experience to her desire to write suspense fiction, since she's able to make justice prevail and give the characters happy endings. "As a reporter, you cover a lot of stories that go unresolved or do not end happily." [1]

She grew up reading Nancy Drew books, and as she grew older, Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell. "I love King and Cornwell because their books go above and beyond scary. To me it's the characters that make them so compelling — I care about the people, so I can't stop turning the pages to see what happens to them." [2]

In 2013, Griffin teamed up with bestselling author Allison Brennan to co-write a female detective series. Since they were both with different publishers, they decided to self-publish this series. [3]

She currently resides in Austin, Texas.

Bibliography

Alpha Crew series

Borderline

Glass Sisters

Tracers

Moreno & Hart Mysteries

co-author Allison Brennan

Texas Murder Files series

Wolfe Security series

Stand-alone works

Awards and reception

Griffin has also received several starred reviews from Publishers Weekly , as well as a Romantic Times Top Pick.

Several of her novels made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Twisted reached the USA Today list at #132 in April 2012; Scorched reached #89 in November 2012; Exposed reached #139 in July 2013; and Beyond Limits reached #85 in February 2015. [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Lamb, Joyce (October 31, 2012). "Interview: Laura Griffin, author of 'Scorched'". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Lamb, Joyce (April 15, 2014). "Interview: Laura Griffin, author of 'Far Gone'". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "RS author Kendra Elliot interviews Allison Brennan, Laura Griffin". USA Today. September 2, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "myRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". rwa.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Beyond Limits". February 5, 2015. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Exposed". July 4, 2013. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Scorched". November 8, 2012. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Twisted". USA Today. April 26, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
Awards
Preceded by Winner of the RITA Award
for Best Romantic Suspense
2010		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the RITA Award
for Best Romantic Suspense
2013		Succeeded by
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