For 60 years Harlequin has been thrilling readers with stories of all kinds. Don's Books want to celebrate this with a special 2 day event.
All day Friday and Saturday, Don's will host some of the best authors that Harlequin has. They will be available to meet, chat and even have them sign their books.
Click on the author's picture to visit their official web site.
Vicki Lewis Thompson
New York Times bestseller Vicki Lewis Thompson believes love makes the world go around and laughter makes the trip worth taking. An eight-time RITA nominee, the 2008 recipient of RWA’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award , and author of more than ninety books, Vicki pioneered a new kind of romance hero with Nerd in Shining Armor, Kelly Ripa’s book club pick in 2003.
Tori Carrington
We began writing in June of 1984. Always as a collaborative team, meaning that when Tony suggested we try our hand at writing, we did so: together. We began with romance, simply because that's what our first book evolved into. But mystery has always held a special appeal for us, and while all our books contain a measure of the same, we were thrilled when our our agent Robert Gottlieb contracted with Forge/Tor for us to write our own comedy-mystery series for the hardcover market. SOFIE METROPOLIS was released in June of 2005, with the mass market paperback edition due out in April 2006, and the next hardcover title in the series DIRTY LAUNDRY scheduled for May 2006 release.
Dana Corbit
Dana Corbit started telling “people stories” at about the same time she started forming words. Her love for those stories – whether true or enhanced – and the words that formed them was immediate and enduring. In elementary school, the Kokomo, Indiana, native proudly carried the nickname, “the poet who didn’t know it,” and earned the “Best Creative Writer” award in her fifth grade class. Already, she was hooked on writing. By high school, Corbit had turned her attention to journalism and served as editor of the Taylor High School newspaper and teen writer to the Kokomo Tribune.
Janet Dean
Today Janet writes inspirational historical romances for Steeple Hill. Her first novel, Courting Miss Adelaide is a Steeple Hill Love Inspired historical to be released in September 2008. She is working on the third book in the Indiana town. The Second book in the series, Distant Hearts, w/t, will release in 2009.
Lori Foster
Lori Foster first published with Harlequin in January 1996. Her second book launched Temptation Blaze and her 25th book launched Temptation Heat. Since those early days, Lori has routinely had 6 to 10 releases a year. She's a Waldenbooks, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and New York Times bestselling author with over 50 titles published through a variety of houses, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martins, Harlequin and Silhouette.
Blythe Gifford
After many years in marketing, advertising, and public relations, Bythe stopped sublimating and returned to her first love, writing historical romance. Now, her heroes and heroines grapple with work, love, and the meaning of life and always find the right answers.
Shirley Jump
Due to a scheduling conflict, Shirley Jump will be unable to join us at this event.
Jade Lee
Jade Lee has broken new ground in multi-cultural romance. Her China-set historical romances are a first in genre history. Her six-book Tigress series stirred reader passions for foreign settings, and her fantasy romances continue to be ground-breaking. Where did she get such innovative ideas? From a mixed cultural heritage that brings unique vision to her fiction.
Loralee Lillibridge
Loralee enjoys writing emotionally fulfilling stories centered on the relationship of a man and a woman and their often rocky road to love. Heart-warming stories of ordinary people and extra-ordinary love.
Denise Lynn
The whirlwind roller coaster ride began with the first call from Kim Nadelson at Harlequin Historicals and hasn't stopped yet. Having an excuse to talk to myself and provide answers is wonderful. It's nice to have a legit excuse for my odd insanity. I'm happy to be writing for Harlequin and thrilled to have the chance to share my stories with readers.
Ramona Richards
Ramona Richards, an award-winning editor and author, started writing as a child and sold her first story in her 20s. After 25 years as an editor, she returned to writing fiction, and her first three Steeple Hill novels, including THE TAKING OF CARLY BRADFORD, received 4 ½ stars from Romantic Times magazine. She lives with her daughter Rachel near Nashville, and she occasionally escapes by scuba diving, hiking, dancing, and going to movies and bookstores.
Patricia Thayer
Patricia Thayer has been writing for over twenty years, and has published thirty books with Silhouette® and Mills & Boone®. Her books have been twice nominated for various awards in the USA, including the National Readers' choice Award, the Book Buyers' Best and a prestigious RITA award. In 1997 NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE won the Romantic Times BOOK reviews Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Special Edition.