Suzanne Brockmann

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Suzanne Brockmann
Born1960 (age 62–63)
United States
Pen nameAnne Brock
Occupation Novelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1993–present
Genre Romance, military/romantic suspense
Notable awards2 RITA Awards
Website
www.suzannebrockmann.com

Suzanne Brockmann (born 1960) is an American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband, Ed Gaffney, and their two children, Melanie and Jason T. Gaffney. [1] She has also written works under the name Anne Brock.

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Biography

Brockmann attended Boston University's School of Broadcasting and Film majoring in film and minoring in creative writing before dropping out to join a band. Afterwards, she met her husband and started a family. It was after having her second child that Brockmann started writing. Initially, she focused on television scripts, screen plays and Star Trek novels but after doing research she decided to focus her efforts on the romance genre. Her first published novel, Future Perfect in 1993, was written along with nine other manuscripts in 1992 after her decision to publish a romance novel. [2]

In 1996, Brockmann published the first in her Tall, Dark & Dangerous series. The series develops among a fictional group of US Navy SEALs. The books following in the series, and that of the Troubleshooters, Inc. series, are all classified in a subgenre known as "military/romantic suspense". [3]

Brockmann has attracted the attention of magazines such as Out and Bay Windows , [4] both of which serve the gay community, due to a subplot dealing with the romance of an openly gay character in her Troubleshooters, Inc. series. [5] Brockmann has said that she is a PFLAG mom, supporting her gay son, Jason, and dedicating her 2004 book Hot Target to him. [1] In 2007, Brockmann donated the profits of her holiday[ ambiguous ] novella, All Through the Night, to MassEquality. [6]

In 2014, she began writing a young adult paranormal trilogy, Night Sky, with her daughter, Melanie Brockmann.

Awards

Brockmann is twice winner of the RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America. [7] She has also appeared on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for having appeared on both the USA Today and the New York Times Best Sellers lists. [8] She has been the recipient of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards in 1996, [9] 1998 [10] and 1999, [11] as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Series Romance in 1997, [12] 2000 [13] and 2002. [14]

List of works

Tall, Dark and Dangerous

  1. Prince Joe, Silhouette Intimate Moments, June 1996, reissued by Mira, May 2002
  2. Forever Blue, Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1996, reissued by Mira, February 2003
  3. Frisco's Kid, Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 1997, reissued by Mira, June 2003
  4. Everyday, Average Jones, Silhouette Intimate Moments, August 1998
  5. Harvard's Education, Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1998
  6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Revised in 2005 to "Hawken's Heart"), Silhouette Intimate Moments, December 1998
  7. Admiral's Bride, Silhouette Intimate Moments, November 1999
  8. Identity: Unknown, Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 2000
  9. Get Lucky, Silhouette Intimate Moments, March 2000
  10. Taylor's Temptation, Silhouette Intimate Moments, July 2001
  11. Night Watch, Silhouette Intimate Moments, September 2003
  12. SEAL Camp, 2018
  13. King's Ransom, 2020

Troubleshooters

  1. Unsung Hero, Ivy, June 2000
  2. Defiant Hero, Ivy, March 2001
  3. Over the Edge, Ivy, September 2001
  4. Out of Control, Ballantine, March 2002
  5. Into the Night, Ballantine, November 2002
  6. Gone Too Far, Ballantine, July 2003
  7. Flashpoint, Ballantine, March 2004
  8. Hot Target, Ballantine, December 2004
  9. Breaking Point, Ballantine, July 2005
  10. Into the Storm, Ballantine, November 2006
  11. Force of Nature, Ballantine, August 2007
  12. All Through the Night, Ballantine, October 2007
  13. Into the Fire, Ballantine, July 2008
  14. Dark of Night, Ballantine, 2009
  15. Hot Pursuit, Ballantine, July 2009
  16. Breaking the Rules, Ballantine, March 2011
  17. Do or Die, Ballantine, Reluctant Heroes #1, February 2014
  18. Some Kind of Hero, Ballantine, July 11, 2017

Troubleshooters - Short stories and Novellas

Stand alone novels

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