Robyn Carr

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Robyn Carr
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • nonfiction writer
NationalityAmerican
Period1980–present
Genre Romance
Subjectwriting tips
Website
www.robyncarr.com

Robyn Carr is an American author. She is the writer of the Virgin River series of books and has written more than fifty novels. [1] Her novels have been on The New York Times Best Seller list, including titles such as The Hero. [2]

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She is also an executive producer on the television adaptations of Virgin River and Sullivan's Crossing.

Biography

Carr studied nursing in college. She married her high school sweetheart just before he left for the US Air Force as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Carr followed her new husband from base to base, and because they did not stay in any one place for very long, she was unable to pursue her nursing career. When a difficult pregnancy required her to be off of her feet, Carr turned to romance novels to distract herself. She soon decided to write her own novels.

Carr has since published dozens of historical and contemporary romance novels, a suspense novel, a non-fiction work, short stories, articles, and even wrote several screenplays which have yet to be sold. Carr also hosts monthly "Carr Chats" at the Paseo Verde Library in Henderson, Nevada, where she interviews other authors.

In addition to Virgin River, her Sullivan's Crossing novel series has also been adapted into the television drama series Sullivan's Crossing , which premiered in 2023. [3]

Carr has a son and a daughter.

Bibliography

Stand-alone novels

Grace Valley

  1. Deep in the Valley (2001)
  2. Just Over the Mountain (2002)
  3. Down by the River (2003)

Virgin River

  1. Virgin River (2007)
  2. Shelter Mountain (2007)
  3. Whispering Rock (2007)
  4. A Virgin River Christmas (2008)
  5. Second Chance Pass (2009)
  6. Temptation Ridge (2009)
  7. Paradise Valley (2009)
  8. Under the Christmas Tree (In the anthology That Holiday Feeling) (2009)
  9. Forbidden Falls (2010)
  10. Angel's Peak (2010)
  11. Moonlight Road (2010)
  12. Sheltering Hearts (2010) [A Virgin River novella]
  13. Midnight Confessions (In the anthology Midnight Kiss) (2010)
  14. Promise Canyon (2011)
  15. Wild Man Creek (2011)
  16. Harvest Moon (2011)
  17. Bring Me Home for Christmas (2011)
  18. Hidden Summit (2012)
  19. Redwood Bend (2012)
  20. Sunrise Point (2012)
  21. My Kind of Christmas (2012)
  22. Return to Virgin River (2020)

Thunder Point

  1. The Wanderer (2013)
  2. The Newcomer (2013)
  3. The Hero (2013)
  4. The Chance (2014)
  5. The Promise (2014)
  6. The Homecoming (2014)
  7. One Wish (2015)
  8. A New Hope (2015)
  9. Wildest Dreams (2015)

Sullivan's Crossing

  1. What We Find (2016)
  2. Any Day Now (2017)
  3. The Family Gathering (2018)
  4. The Best of Us (January 8, 2019)
  5. The Country Guesthouse (2020)

Omnibus

Non-fiction

Anthologies containing stories by Robyn Carr

Short stories

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References

  1. ↑ Carr, Robyn. "Amazon Author Page" . Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Peterson, Tyler (15 September 2013). "Top Reads: Robyn Carr's THE HERO Tops New York Times Best Seller List, Week Ending 9/15". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Robyn Carr's Sullivan's Crossing series to shoot in Nova Scotia for CTV". SaltWire Network , June 2, 2022.
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