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| Born | May 7, 1966 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
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Rachel Ann Nunes (born May 7, 1966) is an American bestselling and award-winning author born in Provo, Utah. [1]
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| Born | May 7, 1966 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
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Rachel Ann Nunes (born May 7, 1966) is an American bestselling and award-winning author born in Provo, Utah. [1]
She has authored dozens of novels, including the Autumn Rain series, the Ariana series, and the Huntington Family series. Nunes also published two picture books, Daughter of a King and The Secret of the King. [2]
Nunes writes mainstream women's fiction, family drama, romance, paranormal romantic suspense, Christian fiction, and LDS fiction. [3] Though she has focused primarily on clean romances and stories revolving around families, she has also published two picture books and a middle-grade chapter book, The Problem With Spaceships: Zero G, the first of an intended series.
She has currently published over three dozen books.
In August 2014, Nunes filed a suit in a federal Utah court against schoolteacher Tiffanie Rushton for "plagiariz[ing]" her book. Nunes' book, Love to the Highest Bidder, was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in 1998. Rushton's book is titled A Bid for Love and copies had been sold after it was published online in early 2014. The suit stated, "In converting Ms. Nunes's work into The Auction Deal, [Rushton] added several graphic sex scenes and other adult content to what was originally a Christian novel." Nunes contacted Rushton about the story. Rushton offered multiple conflicting explanations to Nunes and others, including one claim that the book "was developed in a writing group and that she wouldn't pursue publication". Nunes is suing Rushton for plagiarism, defamation, and harassment; and seeking at least $150,000 in damages. [4] [5]
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