Thea Harrison

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Thea Harrison
BornTeddy Harrison
Pen nameThea Harrison / Amanda Carpenter
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genre Paranormal Romance
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
Notable awards RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance 2012

Amazon Best Books of 2011, Romance
RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence Winner, May 2011
RT Book Reviews Editor's Pick, Outstanding Novel of 2011
RT Editor Award Best Shapeshifter Romance 2013

RT Book Reviews Best Paranormal Worldbuilding 2015

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Thea Harrison is the pen name of American author Teddy Harrison, who writes paranormal romance, sci-fi fantasy, and contemporary romance novels, including the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Elder Races series. Harrison has also written contemporary romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the pen name Amanda Carpenter. [1]

Early writing

In the 1980s and 1990s, Harrison wrote for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the name Amanda Carpenter. The Amanda Carpenter romances have been published in more than ten languages, and have sold over a million and a half copies worldwide. [2] Fifteen of the Amanda Carpenter books were re-released as ebooks through 2021 and 2022 and are available for purchase.

Work

Writing as Thea Harrison, her books have won numerous awards and appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list [3] and the USA Today bestsellers list. [4] Her books have been published in multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Spanish.

Harrison has received a number of positive reviews for her characters and world building. For example, USA Today's HEA Blog stated, "Thea Harrison is always on my must-read list. Her heroes and heroines are complicated, hot and just plain fun!" [5] A review from bookbinge.com states, "Harrison’s world-building is top notch". [6]

The Washington Post has called her Elder Races series "fantastic." [7] Of Dragon Bound (2011), the first novel in the Elder Races series, Publishers Weekly wrote, "Harrison goes beyond the usual vampires and werewolves to create an entertaining cast of supernatural characters." [8] Booklist called it "an outstanding blend of romantic suspense and urban fantasy with great storytelling and world building." [9] Publishers Weekly felt that new readers and old readers alike would "cheer" the protagonist of Oracle's Moon (2012). [10]

In April 2020, Harrison announced she would be writing and releasing a set of four interconnected novellas featuring Dragos and Pia, the hero and heroine of her RITA award winning novel Dragon Bound (2011). [11] Because she had previously retired the couple from future stories, this announcement was enthusiastically received by fans who had expressed their desire for more stories about the couple in a poll Harrison held on social media [12] and through her newsletter. [13] The first book, The Unseen , was released in 2020. In a February 2021 announcement to fans, Harrison revealed she was going on a writing and publishing hiatus for health reasons. [14] As a result, plans for the novella series changed. The series was shortened to 2 novellas. The second and final novella, The Adversary, released in 2021.

Bibliography

Elder Races Series Books

  1. Dragon Bound (2011) [15]
  2. Storm's Heart (2011) [16]
  3. Serpent's Kiss (2011) [17]
  4. Oracle's Moon (2012) [18]
  5. Lord's Fall (2012) [19]
  6. Kinked (2013) [20]
  7. Night's Honor (2014) [21]
  8. Midnight's Kiss (2015) [22]
  9. Shadow's End (2015) [23]

Elder Races Series Novellas

  1. True Colors (2011)
  2. Natural Evil (2012)
  3. Devil's Gate (2012)
  4. Hunter's Season (2012)
  5. The Wicked (2013)
  6. Dragos Takes a Holiday (2013)
  7. Pia Saves the Day (2014)
  8. Peanut Goes to School (2014)
  9. Dragos Goes to Washington (2015)
  10. Pia Does Hollywood (2015)
  11. Liam Takes Manhattan (2015)
  12. The Chosen (2018)
  13. Planet Dragos (2018)
  14. The Unseen (2020)
  15. The Adversary (2021)

Elder Races Series Collections

  1. Divine Tarot (2014)
  2. Destiny’s Tarot (2014)
  3. A Dragon’s Family Album (2014)
  4. A Dragon's Family Album II (2017)
  5. A Dragon's Family Album: Final Collection (2018)
  6. The Elder Races Tarot Collection (2018)
  7. The Elder Races: Complete Novella Bundle 2013-2018 (2018)

Game of Shadows Series

  1. Rising Darkness (2013)
  2. Falling Light (2014)

Moonshadow Series

  1. Moonshadow (2016)
  2. Spellbinder (2017)
  3. Lionheart (2018)
  4. The NYT Bestselling Moonshadow Box Set (2022)

American Witch

  1. American Witch (2019)

Amanda Carpenter Romances

  1. A Deeper Dimension (Rereleased 2021)
  2. The Wall (Rereleased 2021)
  3. A Damaged Trust (Rereleased 2021)
  4. The Great Escape (Rereleased 2021)
  5. Flashback (Rereleased 2021)
  6. Rage (Rereleased 2021)
  7. Reckless (Rereleased 2021)
  8. Waking Up (Rereleased 2022)
  9. Caprice (Rereleased 2022)
  10. The Gift of Happiness (Rereleased 2022)
  11. Rose-Coloured Love (Rereleased 2022)
  12. Passage of the Night (Rereleased 2022)
  13. Cry Wolf (Rereleased 2022)
  14. A Solitary Heart (Rereleased 2022)
  15. The Winter King (Rereleased 2022)

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References

  1. ↑ Harrison, Thea. "Amanda Carpenter". Thea Harrison Website. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Amanda Carpenter Info Posted on August 6, 2013". Thea Harrison's Web Site. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Best Sellers: Paperback Mass-Market Fiction: Sunday, October 23rd 2011". NY Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "USA Today Best Sellers Author Search". USA Today Best Selling Author Search - Thea Harrison. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Must-read paranormal romance: 'Spellbinder' by Thea Harrison (interview!) Published July 18, 2017". USA Today HEA. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sunday Spotlight: Dragon Bound By Thea Harrison, Published Jan 15, 2017". www.bookbinge.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Wendell, Sarah (2012-12-11). "Romance novels for cold winter nights". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  9. ↑ Tixier, Herald (May 2011). "Dragon Bound" . Booklist. 107 (17): 70 – via EBSCOhost.
  10. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  11. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2020-04-06). "Cover Reveal: The Unseen". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  12. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-14). "We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Programming". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  13. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-21). "Good (Saturday) Evening!". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  14. ↑ Harrison, Thea (15 February 2021). "Announcing a Hiatus". Thea Harrison. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2011). Dragon bound. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-24150-9.
  16. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2011). Storm's heart. New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-425-24266-7.
  17. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2011). Serpent's kiss. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-24440-1.
  18. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2012). Oracle's moon. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-24659-7.
  19. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2012). Lord's fall . New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-25106-5.
  20. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2013). Kinked. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-25511-7.
  21. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2014). Night's honor. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-27436-1.
  22. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2015). Midnight's kiss . New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-27438-5.
  23. ↑ Harrison, Thea (2015). Shadow's end (in Spanish). New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN   978-0-425-27439-2.
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