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Carolyne Aarsen | Vivi Anna | Michelle Beattie
Jade Buchanan | C J Carmichael | Cara Colter
Lecia Cornwall | Barbara Dunlop | Linda Ford
Lauren Hawkeye | D L Snow | Pamela YayeReleases:
January 2009 from Love Inspired A FAMILY FOR LUKE
October 2009 from Love Inspired THE MATCHMAKING PACT
November 2009 from Love Inspired CLOSE TO HOME
March 2010 from Love Inspired Classics LOVE IS PATIENT and A HEART'S REFUGE
July 2010 from Love Inspired CATTLEMAN'S COURTSHIP
Sept 2010 from Guideposts MYSTERY AT THE INN
Nov 2010 from Love Inspired COWBOY DADDY
Jan 2011 from Love Inspired THE BABY PROMISE !
Though she had always been making up stories, Carolyne didn't actually start writing them down until friends in school asked if she would do custom romances starring themselves and their crush de jour. Marriage and kids put the writing on hold until the children got old enough to feed themselves and the husband.
She started off small — a 400 word weekly humor column that ran in a number of Northern Alberta newspapers for about nine years. Her first romance was written by taking a correspondence course between taking care of five kids and feeble attempts at housekeeping. In 1997 after working on her book for about five years, she sold to the newly created Love Inspired. Since then she has twelve published novels behind her, four kids out of the house and a husband who is used to seeing her staring off into space while she struggles with yet another story.
Click here to visit Carolyne's website.Vivi Anna
Releases:
February 2009 from Ellora's Cave IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES
April 2009 from Silhouette Nocturne THE VAMPIRE'S QUEST
April 2009 from Silhouette Nocturne Anthology, MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS
July 2009 from Samhain Publishing DEMON DREAMER
May 2010 from Samhain Publishing CAPTIVE SOULS anthology
July 2010 from Silhouette Nocturne THE VAMPIRE'S KISS !
Tawny always dreamed of being a writer, but didn't start toward that endeavor until 2000 when she took a correspondence course and her tutor/mentor told her that she was gifted. She wrote a short story and sold it within weeks. After that, everything just fell into place.
She continued to write short stories and then novellas. She sold all of them to various anthologies and then discovered the ebook industry. From there, she epublished five novellas and two novels in a year. Finding some moderate success in the erotic/romance industry, Tawny then took the next step and signed with an agent. He in turn got her a three-book deal with Kensington Books within a week.
Born and raised in Calgary, Tawny is hard at work on her next book, and is bugging her agent to get her another three-book deal. Click here to visit Tawny's website.
Michelle Beattie
Releases:
December 2008 from Berkley Publishing WHAT A PIRATE DESIRES
September 2009 from Berkley Publishing ROMANCING THE PIRATE
December 2010 from Berkley Publishing A PIRATE'S POSSESSION !
Michelle Beattie began her writing with poetry, and wrote several which included 'in memoriams' for her brother who died when she was 14. In wasn't until after high school that she began reading romances and found she loved westerns. Then the bug to write bit her and she's never looked back.
It took three completed manuscripts, two contest wins and several placings with her work until she got 'The Call' from New York. A day that will forever be etched in her mind. Since the first book, 'What a Pirate Desires' has sold, she's accepted a contract for 2 more, making 'What a Pirate Desires' book one of a series.
Michelle is currently building a new sustainable house with her husband and hopes to move into her dream home in summer of 2008 with her family, which includes said husband, two daughters and a rabbit.
Click here to find out more about Michelle and her latest releases.
Jade Buchanan
Releases:
July 2009 from Changeling Press HORSFALL 2: TASTE TEST
July 2009 from Aspen Mountain Press STORYKEEPER
November 2009 from Changeling Press HORSFALL 3: AS THE CROW FLIES
May 2010 from Changeling Press THE PRIDELANDS 6: ACHAN'S PEACE
Jade’s real life counterpart is a Safety Management Consultant trying to find balance between work, writing and grad school. Her first story started as a dare and was quickly followed by a second... and a third. Two months after picking up her fictional pen, she sold her first erotic romance novella writing as Jade Buchanan. Accused on numerous occasions of having a quirky sense of humour, she gets a definite kick out of taking ideas from her friends and family and twisting them into plot points. Living in Calgary, she’s originally from Northern Ontario, has lived in British Columbia and spent two years living in Oman in the Middle East.
Having an admitted short attention span, Jade prefers to experiment with short stories and novella's and loves the freedom that e-publishing gives her. She’s a firm believer that love and romance are universal concepts, no matter a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
Click here to find out more about Jade and her latest releases.
C. J. CarmichaelReleases:
January 2010 from Harlequin Superromance PERFECT PARTNERS?
February 2010 from Harlequin Superromance THE P. I. CONTEST
March 2010 from Harlequin Superromance RECEPTIONIST UNDER COVER!
Short years ago C.J. Carmichael was a chartered accountant who wrote romances in her spare time. Her dream was to become published, but it took six rejected manuscripts, and about ten years, before she picked up the phone and found herself speaking to a Harlequin editor.
After that first sale, more success followed quickly. She sold two of her previously submitted novels and signed a contract for two new books.
C.J. is a member of the Alberta Romance Writer's Association, the Peninsula Chapter of RWA, Canadian Romance Authors Network and Romance Writer's of America. Carla lives in Calgary, Alberta, where she and her husband Michael, and their daughters Lorelle and Tessa, enjoy hiking and skiing in the Rocky Mountains.
Click here to visit C.J.'s website. And while you're there, check out her Calendar Events page.Releases:
May 2009 from Harlequin Romance HIRED: NANNY BRIDE
August 2009 from Harlequin Romance MISS MAPLE AND THE PLAYBOY
December 2009 from Harlequin Romance SNOWBOUND BRIDE-TO-BE
January 2010 from Harlequin Romance JUST MARRIED: KISS THE BRIDESMAID
February 2010 from Harlequin Romance RESCUED IN A WEDDING DRESS
July 2010 from Harlequin Romance WINNING A GROOM IN TEN DAYS
Sept 2010 from Harlequin Romance RESCUED IN A WEDDING DRESS
Dec 2010 from Harlequin Romance RESCUED BY HIS CHRISTMAS ANGEL !
A born-and-raised Calgary girl, Cara Colter now makes her home on a small acreage in British Columbia with her partner, Rob. Their three children are adults, so they share life with eight horses and the cat who was the inspiration for Conan in the Silhouette Romance Love’s Nine Lives.
Cara has been making her living with words since graduating from the SAIT Journalism program in 1902. (Kidding!) She has been a writer-for-hire on educational materials, newspaper stories, magazine articles, and even sermons. Her heart found its home when she discovered writing romance and she has written more than forty novels for two publishers. This year Silhouette will honor her with their Milestone Award commemorating 25 books.
For a peek into Cara’s life, and to meet some of the characters she shares it with, visit her at www.cara-colter.com.
Releases:
May 2011 from Avon Romance SECRETS OF A PROPER COUNTESS !CaRWA welcomes its newest published member to the CaRWA author page. Check back later for more information about Lecia and watch for her upcoming website at www.leciacornwall.com.
Barbara Dunlop
Releases:
March 2009, Silhouette Desire, TRANSFORMED INTO THE FRENCHMAN’S MISTRESS, The Hudsons of Beverly Hill
November 2009 from Modern Romance BEAUTY AND THE BILLIONAIRE
February 2010 from Silhouette Desire SEDUCTION AND THE CEO
March 2010 from Silhouette Desire IN BED WITH THE WRANGLER
April 2010 from Silhouette Desire HIS CONVENIENT VIRGIN BRIDE
August 2010 from Harlequin Nascar SHADES OF LOVE anthology
January 2011 from Silhouette Desire THE CEO'S ACCIDENTAL BRIDE!
Barbara Dunlop penned—well pencilled, actually—her first major work of fiction at the age of eight. It was entitled How The Giraffe Got His Long Neck and was released to rave reviews. Unfortunately, the print run of one copy hindered distribution. But the experience whet her appetite for celebrity and acclaim.
Click here to find out more about Barbara and her latest releases.
Linda Ford
Releases:
January 2009 from Love Inspired Historicals THE PATH TO HER HEART
May 2009 from Barbour Publishing A PRAIRIE ROMANCE
September 2009 from Love Inspired Historicals DAKOTA CHILD
April 2010 from Love Inspired Historicals THE COWBOY'S BABY
July 2010 from Love Inspired Historicals DAKOTA COWBOY
Jan 2011 from Love Inspired Historicals DAKOTA FATHER !
Linda lives on a farm near Olds, AB. She shares her home with her husband of over 30 years, a shifting number of adult children, and her client—a paraplegic man for whom she provides care, also a yappie parrot, and on occasion, dogs she reluctantly babysits for her children.
Linda and her husband raised a family of fifteen—a combination of adopted and homemade children, which has given her much fodder for her books.
Before she moved to Olds with her family, she lived on a ranch in eastern dryland Alberta where she gained invaluable experience with farming, prairies, cowboys, and kids—themes that are repeated often in her books.
Linda (aka as the world's slowest learner) has been writing a number of years. Besides her inspirational novels, she has been published in newspapers, magazines and has a non-fiction book to her credit.Lauren Hawkeye
Releases:
July 2008 from Loose Id LLC, SEX AND LOVE
April 2009 from Harlequin Spice Briefs, WET!
A firm believer in the power of a woman’s innate sexuality, Lauren originally intended to obtain a doctorate in sexology and become a sex therapist. Instead she was thrown head first into an accounting job (her worst nightmare). When it was gently suggested that perhaps numbers weren’t her thing, the English minor made a return to words instead, and found that it was a much better fit.
A self- professed “good girl”, Lauren loves to take a walk on the wild side in her stories, and she lives vicariously through her kick butt heroines and the delectable men who want them.Inspired daily by the Canadian Rocky Mountains in which she lives, Lauren uses the time not spent at her keyboard to hang with her “funny little fur family”- her pit bull mix Sasha, persian rescue Sinatra… oh yeah and her man Rob, who had grown used to the love of his life wandering around in her own little world most of the time. Having recently signed with agent Emmanuelle Alspaugh of Wendy Sherman Associates, Lauren is looking forward to all things writing that are (hopefully) to come.
Releases:
August 2010 from Samhain Publishing Novella SLAYER
DL spent her youth living by trial and error. From touring with an international performing group, backpacking through northern Africa to living bohemian style in Berlin, she pursued adventure and passion from one place to the next, never really knowing where she’d end up. She’s been a wildlife technician, a rock climbing instructor, a tailor’s assistant (measuring men’s inseams – someone’s gotta do it!) and a high school social studies teacher.
It wasn’t until she met the love of her life, the son of a Nakoda chief, and started a family, that DL found her true calling – writing. Now, she writes about passion and adventure, and she is happy to say she still never knows where her characters are going to end up.
To find out more about DL, go to www.dlsnow.ca
Pamela Yaye
Releases:
August 2009 from Harlequin's Kimani Press GAMES OF THE HEART
November 2009 from Harlequin's Kimani Press PASSION OVERTIME
February 2010 from Harlequin's Kimani Press LOVE ON THE ROCKS
November 2010 from Harlequin's Kimani Press PLEASURE FOR TWO
February 2011 from Harlequin's Kimani Press PROMISES WE MAKE !
Pamela got her big “break” when she was fourteen-years-old. She read the first poem she ever wrote at her local church and got a standing ovation. Reading her poetry and seeing her plays come to life on stage proved to the young teen that she had a God-given talent for the written word.
Her first novella was written while teaching overseas in South Korea and upon the advice of a good friend and colleague, Pamela transformed OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS into a full-length novel.
Two years and thirty rejection letters later, Pamela signed with super-agent Sha-Shana Crichton from Crichton and Associates. Six weeks later she had a two-book deal contract with Harlequin’s African-American Romance line, Kimani Books.
An avid traveler, Pamela now makes her home in Calgary with her handsome husband, Jean-Claude and her adorable daughter, Aysiah. Being a wife and mother is a full-time job, but Pamela is hard at work on her next book. She can be reached at pamelayaye@aol.com. Click here to visit her website.
