Laura Wright (author)

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Laura Wright
Born (1970-03-12) March 12, 1970 (age 54)
Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period2002–present
Genre Romance
SpouseDaniel Ionazzi
Children2
Website
www.laurawright.com

Laura Wright (born March 12, 1970) is an American author of romance novels.

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Biography

Wright was born in Minnesota. As an adult, she pursued a career as an actress, singer and competitive ballroom dancer, teaching ballroom dancing and Latin dancing for more than ten years. After many years of reading romance novels, Wright left dancing and attempted to write romantic fiction. After three years of writing, she sold a manuscript to Harlequin books for their Silhouette Desire line of category romances. [1]

Wright has been twice nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, for Baby and the Beast (2002) and for Redwolf's Woman (2004). [2]

She is married and lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and their two children. [1]

Works

Mark of the Vampire

Wicked Ink Chronicles

Novels

Bayou Heat (with Alexandra Ivy)

Each book in this series has one book written by each author

  1. Raphael/Parish (2013) ISBN   978-0-9886-2452-8
  2. Bayon/Jean-Baptiste (2013) ISBN   978-0-9886-2455-9
  3. Talon/Xavier (2013) ISBN   978-0-9886-2457-3
  4. Sebastian/Aristide (2013) ISBN   978-0-9860-6413-5
  5. Lian/Roch (2014) ISBN   978-0-9899-9072-1
  6. Hakan/Severin (2014) ISBN   978-0-9899-9074-5
  7. Angel/Hiss (2015) ISBN   978-0-9899-9078-3
  8. Rage/Killian (2015) ISBN   978-1-9408-8765-4
  9. Michel/Striker (2015) ISBN   978-0-9861-9492-4
  10. Ice/Reaux (January 18, 2016) ISBN   978-0-9861-9494-8
  11. Kayden/Simon (August 9, 2016) ISBN   978-1-9422-9929-5

Short stories

  • Bayou Noel [Bayou Heat, Book 3.5] (2013)

Omnibus

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References

  1. 1 2 Sova, Cathy (August 11, 2002). "The Romance Reader Interviews Laura Wright". The Romance Reader. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  2. "Author Profile:Laura Wright". Romantic Times. 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007.[ dead link ]