Laura Kinsale

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Laura Kinsale
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Period1985-present
Genre Historical romance
Website
www.laurakinsale.com

Laura Kinsale is an American writer of historical romance novels since 1985.

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Biography

Kinsale has a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. [1] She worked in the petroleum industry before beginning to write. Now, she is a winner and multiple nominee for the Best Book of the Year award given by the Romance Writers of America.

She once characterized the oft-derided happy ending in romance novels as an "integration of the inner self." [2]

Career

Kinsale is the creator of Hedgehog Inc., [3] which publishes audiobooks written by Kinsale and other authors, narrated by Nicholas Boulton and produced by The Story Circle, London. Several of the audiobooks released by Hedgehog Inc have been winners or nominees for AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Awards

Bibliography

Victorian Hearts Series

  1. The Hidden Heart, (1986/Apr)
  2. The Shadow and the Star, (1991/Oct)

Medieval Hearts Series

  1. For My Lady's Heart, (1993/Dec)
  2. Shadowheart, (2004/Apr)

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References

  1. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/landscapes/detail_viewer.php?work_id=240925&state=text&page_tab=details&page_num=109 [ dead link ]
  2. Regis, Pamela (2013). A Natural History of the Romance Novel. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. Location 1376. ISBN   978-0812233032.
  3. "HEDGEHOGINC.COM". www.hedgehoginc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. "AudioFile: 20 20 - The Year in Audiobooks 2013". digital.audiofilemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  5. "APA - Audio Publishers Association - the voice of the audiobook industry - Audies". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

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