Nicole Burnham

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Nicole Burnham
Born Key West, Florida
Pen nameNiki Burnham
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Education Colorado State University (BA)
University of Michigan (MA)
University of Michigan Law School (JD)
Genres
Notable awards RITA Award (2004)
Website
nicoleburnham.com

Nicole Burnham is the author of several romance novels and books for teens. She writes romances under the name Nicole Burnham and young adult novels under the name Niki Burnham.

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Biography

Nicole Burnham is originally from Colorado, but was born in Key West, Florida, while her father was briefly stationed there with the military. She graduated from Mannheim American High School in 1988, then obtained her B.A. in political science magna cum laude in 1991 from Colorado State University, where she was Phi Beta Kappa. She earned both an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1994. She clerked for a federal magistrate in Colorado and practiced law in St. Louis, Missouri before turning to writing full-time.

Burnham was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart in 2000. One of those two finalist manuscripts was Going to the Castle, which went on to become her first published novel the following year. She won the 2004 RITA in the Best Short Contemporary Series category for The Knight's Kiss, her third published novel. She was a RITA finalist again in 2005 for The Bowen Bride and in 2015 for Slow Tango With a Prince.

Burnham served on the board of directors of the Romance Writers of America for four years.

Burnham currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an avid baseball fan and maintains a blog called The Go-Ahead in which she discusses writing, health, and her favorite baseball teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies. [1] She appeared on Jeopardy! in July 2000, losing to eventual Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions runner-up Tad Carithers.

List of works

Romance novels – Nicole Burnham

The Royal Scandals series

  1. Christmas With a Prince (prequel novella) - November 2013
  2. Scandal With a Prince - November 2013
  3. Honeymoon With a Prince - December 2013
  4. Christmas on the Royal Yacht (novella) - October 2014
  5. Slow Tango With a Prince - June 2014
  6. The Royal Bastard - June 2015
  7. Christmas With a Palace Thief (novella) - October 2015
  8. A Royal Scandals Wedding (novella) - August 2016
  9. The Wicked Prince - August 2016
  10. One Man's Princess - October 2017

These romances follow the Barrali royal family of the fictional island nation of Sarcaccia. The books are set in various locations around the world.

Three Royal Scandals Christmas novellas (Christmas With a Prince, Christmas on the Royal Yacht, and Christmas With a Palace Thief) were also released in a single collection titled A Royal Scandals Christmas.

The Royal Scandals: San Rimini series

  1. The Hire (prequel novella) - February 2020
  2. Fit for a Queen - February 2020
  3. Going to the Castle - March 2020
  4. The Prince's Tutor - April 2020
  5. The Knight's Kiss - May 2020
  6. Falling for Prince Federico - June 2020
  7. To Kiss a King - July 2020

These romances follow the diTalora royal family of the fictional Mediterranean country of San Rimini.

Royal Scandals: San Rimini Books 2 - 5 (Going to the Castle, The Prince's Tutor, The Knight's Kiss, and Falling For Prince Federico) were originally released in a shorter format by Silhouette Books (2001-2004).

The Bowen, Nebraska series

  • The Bowen Bride - November 2018

The Bowen Bride was originally released in a shorter format by Silhouette Books (2004).

Other romance fiction

  • One Bachelor to Go (Silhouette Romance) - February 2004

Young adult novels – Niki Burnham

The Valerie Winslow series

  1. Royally Jacked - Simon Pulse (UK title: Royally Crushed ) - 2004
  2. Spin Control - Simon Pulse - 2005
  3. Do-Over - Simon Pulse - 2006
  4. Reality Check (short story) - 2006

This series of romantic comedies centers on high school sophomore Valerie Winslow, whose parents are getting a divorce. Her father is offered a job with the royal family in the fictional European country of Schwerinborg. Valerie opts to go along, where she ends up falling for the royal family's teenage son, Prince Georg.

Anthologies

Other young adult fiction

Honors and awards

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.nikiburnham.com/blog.html
  2. ↑ "Past Winners | Romance Writers of America". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-08-20. RWA RITA Award Winners
  3. ↑ https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1546#RITAContempLong Archived 2016-10-24 at the Wayback Machine 2015 RWA RITA Award Finalists
  4. ↑ "ALA | 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers List
  5. ↑ http://teenlink.nypl.org/booksfortheteenage.pdf NYPL's 2005 Books for the Teen Age (PDF File)
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