Lauren Willig

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Lauren Willig
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period2005–present
Genre Historical, Romance
Website
www.laurenwillig.com

Lauren Willig is a New York Times bestselling author of historical novels. She is best known for her "Pink Carnation" series, which follows a collection of Napoleonic-Era British spies, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel, as they fight for Britain and fall in love.

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Biography

A native of New York City, Willig discovered historical fiction when she was only six years old, while she was attempting to find books about her idol, Eleanor of Aquitaine. [1]

After graduating from the Chapin School, Willig attended Yale University, where she majored in Renaissance Studies and Political Science, and was Chairman of the Tory Party of the Yale Political Union. She then studied graduate level early modern European history at Harvard University before entering and graduating from Harvard Law School. Willig briefly worked for Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a law firm in New York, while authoring her "Pink Carnation" series of books, until she gave up law in order to focus full-time on the series.

Willig's books have been named a Romantic Times Top Pick! and she has been nominated for a Quill Award in 2006. She has won the RITA Award for Best Regency Historical Romance, the RT Reviewers Choice Award for Historical Fiction, the Booksellers Best Award for Long Historical Romance, and the Golden Leaf Award. [2]

In Spring of 2010, Willig taught Reading the Historical Romance at her alma mater, Yale University, along with fellow alumna and romance novelist Andrea DaRif, (penname: Cara Elliott). [3] The course received a great deal of attention for helping to bring the romance novel academic notice. [4] [5]

Since winding up the Pink Carnation series, Willig has written seven stand alone works of historical fiction as well as co-authoring four novels with fellow historical fiction authors Karen White and Beatriz Williams.

Works

The Pink Carnation series

  1. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (February 2005) ISBN   978-0-525-94860-5
  2. The Masque of the Black Tulip (December 29, 2005) ISBN   978-0-525-94920-6
  3. The Deception of the Emerald Ring (November 16, 2006) ISBN   978-0-525-94977-0
  4. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (January 31, 2008) ISBN   978-0-525-95033-2
  5. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (January 22, 2009) ISBN   978-0-525-95096-7
  6. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (January 12, 2010) ISBN   978-0-525-95150-6
  7. The Mischief of the Mistletoe (October 28, 2010) ISBN   978-0-525-95187-2
  8. The Orchid Affair (January 20, 2011) ISBN   978-0-525-95199-5
  9. The Garden Intrigue (February 16, 2012) ISBN   978-0-525-95254-1
  10. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (August 6, 2013) ISBN   978-0-451-41472-4
  11. The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (August 5, 2014) ISBN   978-0-451-41473-1
  12. The Lure of the Moonflower (August 4, 2015) ISBN   978-0-451-47302-8

Historical fiction

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  2. ↑ Fox, Bette-Lee (October 2, 2011). "RWA 2011 | RITA Awards and Golden Heart Honors". Library Journal. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Doherty, Donna (January 24, 2010). "They're teaching a romance novel course at Yale, but it's not what you think- The New Haven Register – Serving New Haven, Connecticut". Nhregister.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Romance in Academia: A Link Roundup | Blog | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books | Romance Novel Reviews | All of the Romance, None of the Bullshit". Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. January 28, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
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