Patricia McLinn

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Patricia McLinn
Born Illinois, U.S.
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Education Northwestern University (BA)
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Patricia McLinn (born in Illinois) is the author of more than 40 novels in the genres of romance, women's fiction and mystery fiction.

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Biography

Patricia McLinn attended Northwestern University, where she obtained her BA in English Composition in only three years. She continued at Northwestern, obtaining her Masters's in Journalism in her fourth year. [1]

McLinn began her journalism career as a sports writer for the Rockford Register Star (Illinois). She went on to become the assistant sports editor at The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) [2] before moving on to The Washington Post . [3] In more than 20 years at the Washington Post, she was copy chief for the sports department and an editor for the news service, among other positions.

McLinn began seriously writing as a break from chipping away at layer upon layer of wallpaper in a home improvement frenzy. [3] According to McLinn, she began pursuing publication after hearing a talk by a writer who introduced her to the Washington, D.C. Chapter of Romance Writers of America.

In 1990, McLinn published her first novel, Hoops for Silhouette. Hoops was a RITA award finalist and won the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award. Since then, McLinn has published an additional 40 books. [4] [5] Hoops, as well as books such as The Games (Winter Olympics) and Rodeo Nights, call on McLinn's background as a sports writer. Research trips to Wyoming have resulted in several of McLinn's subsequent romance series being set in that rugged state, as she discussed in a recent The Joys of Binge Reading podcast. [6]

McLinn has written for Harlequin Enterprises, Delphi Books, and Belle Books, as well as independent e-publishing through A Writer's Work, and the usual array of commercial outlets. She has spoken about writing [7] from Melbourne, Australia, to Washington, D.C., including being a guest speaker at the Smithsonian Institution.

She started a mystery series, [8] Caught Dead in Wyoming, in 2012 with Sign Off, a finalist for the EPIC Mystery eBook award. The latest Caught Dead in Wyoming novel, Cold Open (Book 7), released in August 2018, [9] and an eighth book, Hot Roll, released in spring of 2019. [10] [11] A new mystery with romance, set in Virginia and titled, Proof of Innocence, was published in May 2018. [12] A sequel to that book, Price of Innocence, was published in 2021. [13]

In 2018, McLinn started a podcast, called Authors Love Readers. [14] The podcast, hosted by McLinn, is described as a weekly conversation between authors about how and why they create stories. Guest authors write in all sorts of fiction genres and take varied paths to publication – independent, traditional, hybrid and other combinations.

Awards

2007, Washington Romance Writers, Outstanding Achievement Award [15]
2006, Cataromance Reviewers Choice Award Nominee, The Right Brother
2006, Cataromance Reviewers Choice Award Nominee, The Games
2005, RT Reviews, Series Storyteller Of The Year Award Winner
2003, Voted eHarlequin Readers’ Favorite Special Edition, The Unexpected Wedding Guest
2003, National Readers Choice Award finalist, Wedding of the Century
2003, Golden Quill finalist, Wedding of the Century
2003, Voted eHarlequin Readers’ Favorite Special Edition, Wedding of the Century
2002, More Than Magic Award finalist, The Runaway Bride
2001, WisRW Write Touch Readers Award finalist, Match Make in Wyoming
2001, OCRW Orange Rose Award finalist, Match Make in Wyoming
2001, GDRW Booksellers Best Award finalist, Almost A Bride
2000, SARA Rising Star Award winner, Hidden In A Heartbeat
2000, VRW HOLT finalist, Hidden In A Heartbeat
2000, VRW HOLT finalist, At the Heart's Command
2000, 2000 Affaire de Coeur Reader-Writer Poll - Best Contemporary Category Novel finalist, Lost and Found Groom
1998, GRW Maggie finalist, The Rancher Meets His Match
1997, VRW HOLT finalist, A Stranger To Love
1995, VRW HOLT finalist, A Stranger in the Family
1991, GRW Maggie finalist, Prelude to a Wedding
1990, Affaire de Coeur (contemporary author of the year) finalist, A New World
1990, RITA Finalist, Hoops
1990, NJRW Golden Leaf winner, Hoops

Publications

Caught Dead in Wyoming

• Sign Off [16]
• Left Hanging [17]
• Shoot First [18]
• Last Ditch [19]
• Look Live [20]
• Back Story [21]
• Cold Open [22]
• Hot Roll (2019) [23]

Single novels

• Price of Innocence (2019) [24]
• Proof of Innocence [25]
• Ride the River: Rodeo Knights [26]
• The Games [27]
• Courting a Cowboy [28]
• Widow Woman [29]

The Wedding Series

• Prelude to a Wedding [30]
• Wedding Party [31]
• Grady's Wedding [32]
• The Runaway Bride [33]
• The Christmas Princess [34]
• Hoops [35]
• The Surprise Princess [36]
• Not a Family Man [37]
• The Forgotten Prince [38]

Bardville, Wyoming

• A Stranger In the Family [39]
• A Stranger to Love [40]
• The Rancher Meets his Match [41]

A Place Called Home

• Lost and Found Groom [42]
• At the Heart's Command [43]
• Hidden in a Heartbeat [44]

Wyoming Wildflowers

• Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (prequel) [45]
• Almost a Bride [46]
• Match Make in Wyoming [47]
• My Heart Remembers [48]
• A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart) [49]
• Jack's Heart [50]
• Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives) [51]
• Where Love Lives [52]
• A Cowboy Wedding [53]

Marry Me

• Wedding of the Century [54]
• The Unexpected Wedding Guest [55]
• A Most Unikely Wedding [56]
• Baby Blues and Wedding Bells [57]

Seasons in a Small Town

• What Are Friends For? [58]
• The Right Brother [59]
• Falling for Her [60]
• Warm Front [61]

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  2. ↑ GoodReads website, Patricia McLinn
  3. 1 2 "Patricia McLinn website, Meet Patricia" . Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Patricia McLinn website, Books By Patricia McLinn" . Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Patricia McLinn Books - BookBub".
  6. ↑ "The Joys of Binge Reading website, Patricia McLinn - Mad About Wyoming". 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ BCPL website
  8. ↑ Alexandra Amor website, Caught Dead in Wyoming with Patricia McLinn
  9. ↑ "The Big Thrill website, Cold Open by Patricia McLinn|". 31 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Patricia McLinn website, Hot Roll".
  11. ↑ "Hot Roll (Caught Dead in Wyoming, #8)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  12. ↑ "The Big Thrill website, Proof of Innocence by Patricia McLinn|". 30 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Price of Innocence (Innocence Trilogy, #2)". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  14. ↑ "Authors Love Readers website, Podcast". 16 November 2022.
  15. ↑ Washington Romance Writers website, Winners
  16. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (3 July 2015). Sign Off. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215468 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  17. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (3 July 2015). Left Hanging. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215482 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  18. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (6 July 2014). Shoot First. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215345 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  19. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (29 February 2016). Last Ditch. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215420 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  20. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (15 December 2016). Look Live. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215642 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  21. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (26 October 2017). Back Story. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215666 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  22. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (23 August 2018). Cold Open. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126254 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  23. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (20 June 2019). Hot Roll. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126353 . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  24. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (24 February 2021). Price of Innocence. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126322 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  25. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (22 May 2018). Proof of Innocence. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126308 . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  26. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (20 June 2017). Ride the River: Rodeo Knights. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126193 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  27. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (14 November 2010). The Games. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215031 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  28. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. Courting a Cowboy. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215192 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  29. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (10 November 2010). Widow Woman. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452414850 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  30. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (28 February 2014). Prelude to a Wedding. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215000 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  31. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (8 March 2014). Wedding Party. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215154 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  32. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (8 March 2014). Grady's Wedding. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215161 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  33. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (17 December 2015). The Runaway Bride. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215581 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  34. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (15 October 2014). The Christmas Princess. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215390 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  35. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. Hoops. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452429373 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  36. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (September 2015). The Surprise Princess. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215437 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  37. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (8 March 2014). Not a Family Man. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215147 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  38. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (15 September 2016). The Forgotten Prince. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215529 . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  39. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. A Stranger in the Family. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452425948 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  40. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. A Stranger to Love. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452493848 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  41. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. The Rancher Meets His Match. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452417615 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  42. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2014). Lost and Found Groom. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215109 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  43. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2014). At the Heart's Command. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215222 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  44. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2014). Hidden in a Heartbeat. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215239 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  45. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2014). Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215284 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  46. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2014). Almost a Bride. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215116 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  47. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. Match Made in Wyoming. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452446332 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  48. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. My Heart Remembers. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452444543 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  49. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. A New World. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452462271 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  50. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (10 February 2015). Jack's Heart. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215413 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  51. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. Rodeo Nights. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452422251 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  52. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (19 April 2016). Where Love Lives. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215550 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  53. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (17 August 2017). A Cowboy Wedding. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126131 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  54. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (13 October 2016). Wedding of the Century. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215673 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  55. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (13 October 2016). The Unexpected Wedding Guest. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215680 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  56. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (10 November 2016). A Most Unlikely Wedding. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215697 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  57. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (12 January 2017). Baby Blues and Wedding Bells. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781939215703 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  58. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2017). What Are Friends For?. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126117 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  59. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (9 March 2017). The Right Brother. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126100 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  60. ↑ McLinn, Patricia. Falling for Her. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781452452937 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  61. ↑ McLinn, Patricia (11 May 2017). Warm Front. Craig Place Books. ISBN   9781944126124 . Retrieved 6 July 2018.


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