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Susan Napier Potter | |
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| Born | 14 February 1954 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Pen name | Susan Napier |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Period | 1984-Present |
| Genre | Romantic novel |
Susan Napier (born 14 February 1954 in Auckland, New Zealand) was a popular New Zealand writer of over 30 romance novels in various Mills & Boon category lines since 1984.
Napier worked as a reporter at the newspaper Auckland Star, where she met her future husband, Chief Reporter Tony Potter. They had two sons, Simon and Ben.
Over 30 of her novels have been published, and they have been translated into a combined 20 languages. [1] Romantic Times has described her work as "multi-layered" with "well-defined characters and a commanding conflict." [2] She has twice been nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, in 1996 for Reckless Conduct, and in 1997 for Mistress of the Groom. [3]
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Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan and Frank Brennan, they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrote on her own. She lived in New South Wales, Australia.
Anne Mather is the pseudonym used by Mildred Grieveson, a popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming.
Day Leclaire is an American author of more than forty romance novels.
Robyn Donald is a prolific New Zealand writer of romance novels since 1977. Her books have print runs of up to 500,000 copies at a time.
Carole Mortimer is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors.
Susan Johnson, is an American author of numerous New York Times bestselling sexually explicit romance novels. She is unusual among romance writers for providing footnotes in some of her novels.
Anne Ashurst, who wrote using the pseudonym Sara Craven, was a British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels were published by Mills & Boon from 1975. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the 26th Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Miranda Lee is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990.
Lynne Graham is a Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1987.
Rita Bradshaw is a British romance novelist. She wrote historical romances under her real name and contemporary romances under the pseudonym Helen Brooks.
Sara Wood was a popular British writer of 49 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1986 to 2004.
Helen Bianchin is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon.
Sharon Kendrick, née Wirdnam is a popular British writer of over 100 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1993. Her books regularly top the sales charts for romance fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.
Diana Hamilton was a popular British writer of over 50 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1986 to 2009.
Daphne Clair de Jong, née Williams is a popular New Zealand writer of over 75 romance novels since 1977 as Daphne Clair and Daphne de Jong, and under the pseudonyms Laurey Bright, Clair Lorel, and Clarissa Garland, and she also publishes poetry and articles.
Maureen Child is an American writer who wrote over 50 romance novels since 1990. She has written under the pen names Ann Carberry, Kathleen Kane, Sara Hart and Regan Hastings.
Lee Wilkinson is a popular British writer of over 30 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1987, and is now publishing independently through the site "Lulu". Her latest romantic novel "Marley" is available through "Lulu".
Barbara McCauley is an American romance writer. She has written over 35 romance novels for Harlequin Enterprises since 1991.
Jacqueline Baird is popular English writer of over 30 romance novels since 1988.
Laurie Blalock Vanzura(born Texas, United States) is an American author of contemporary romance novels, first under the pseudonym Laura Anthony, and now as Lori Wilde.
