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CYNTHIA ARENDS:
- WINGS OF DESIRE finalist in the 2008 Grand Beginnings
contest.
- WINGS OF DESIRE finalist in NTRWA's 2007 Great Expectations
Contest.
- Finaled twice in the 2007 Hot Prospect Contest:
- LORD ANDREW'S MATCH, Historical category, 2nd place
- WINGS OF DESIRE, Erotic Romance category, 1st place!
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TEREASA BELLEW
- RWA® Pro.
- Published an interview with regency author Nicola Cornick.
- Sold "Nightbird," a short story, to Hint of Seduction
magazine.
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HOLLI
BERTRAM
- DANCING IN THE DARK - 2005 Golden Heart WINNER - Romantic
Suspense!
- DATE WITH DANGER - 2004 Golden Heart Finalist - Romantic
Suspense.
- DANCING IN THE DARK - 2004 WisRWA FabFive Contest - 2nd
place, Romantic Suspense.
- RWA® Pro.
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ROSANNE BITTNER
- WHERE HEAVEN BEGINS, one the top three finalists for the
prestigious 2005 WILLA Award, given annually by Women Writing the West for
outstanding literature featuring women's stories set in the West.
- MYSTIC VISIONS - Affaire De Coeur Finalist, Best American
Historical, 2000. Finalist, Affaire De Coeur's Favorite Author Award 2000,
voted on by readers.
- MYSTIC DREAMERS - Romantic Times Best Historical Novel
nominee for 1999. Affaire De Coeur's Hall of Fame, 1999.
- LOVE ME TOMORROW - Finalist, 1999 Heart O'Denver RWA Aspen
Gold Award; Finalist, 1999 Phoenix Desert Rose RWA Golden Quill Award; Finalist
Plaque, 1999 Oklahoma RWA Reader's Choice Award; Finalist, long Historical
category, 1998 National Reader's Choice Awards sponsored by Oklahoma RWA.
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award nominee for 1998.
- TAME THE WILD WIND - 1st place Wisconsin RWA "Write
Touch: Readers' Awards Contest", Historical Category, 1997. Romantic Times
"Historical Storyteller of the Year" nominee for 1997.
- CHASE THE SUN - 2nd Place, Wisconsin RWA "Write Touch:
Readers' Awards Contest," Historical Category, 1996. Affaire De Coeur's
Reviewer's Choice Award, 1995.
- WILDEST DREAMS - 1995 Award of Excellence from Colorado
Romance Writers, Historical Romance
- UNTIL TOMORROW, Romantic Times, Reviewers' Choice
Award for best Western Historical Romance 1994-95.
- TENDER BETRAYAL, 1st place, Puget Sound (WA) Romance Readers
Choice Award "Favorite Civil War Romance," 1994; Reviewers' Choice
Award for best North American Historical Romance, Romantic Times,
1992-93.
- UNFORGETTABLE - Romantic Times, Reviewers' Choice
Award for best Western Historical Romance, 1993-94
- SONG OF THE WOLF - RWA® RITA Finalist 1993;
Romantic Times, Reviewers' Choice Award for best Indian Romance,
1991-92; 3rd Place, Oklahoma RWA "Reader's Choice Award," 1993.
Affaire De Coeur's 1992 Golden Pen Award, Favorite Historical Author.
- EMBERS OF THE HEART - Romantic Times, Best Post-Civil
War Romance, 1991.
- IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAINS - Romantic Times,
Reviewers' Choice Award for best Western Historical Saga, 1990-91
- Certificate of Excellence in Career Achievement for Western Historical
Romance - Romantic Times,1990-91
- THIS TIME FOREVER - Romantic Times, Best Fictionalized
Biography, 1990. 3rd place, "Bookstores That Care" Award for
Outstanding Historical Romance Author, 1990.
- TENNESSEE BRIDE, HEART'S SURRENDER, THIS TIME FOREVER ,
Affaire De Coeur's Golden Certificate, 1990 & 1989. Affaire De Coeur's
Silver Pen Award for Excellence, 1989 & 1987.
- SAVAGE DESTINY - Romantic Times, Best Western Series,
1986.
- RIVER OF LOVE - Romantic Times, Best Indian Romance,
1986.
- "Distinguished Woman Award" presented by the City of Coloma, MI.
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JACKIE
BRAUN
- WOMAN WORTH LOVING, 2007 RITA finalist, traditional
category.
- IN THE SHELTER OF HIS ARMS - Romantic Times reviewer's choice
award winner in the Best Harlequin Romance category, 2005
- IN THE SHELTER OF HIS ARMS - second place,
Traditional/Inspirational Category, Romance Writers Ink’s 2006 More Than
Magic contest
- THE GAME SHOW BRIDE - 2005 RITA Finalist - Traditional
Romance, 2004 National Readers Choice Award Finalist - Traditional Category
- HER STAND-IN GROOM -2004 National Readers Choice Award
Finalist - Traditional Category
- "The Best Man," January 2004 issue of the now defunct Arabella
Romances magazine.
- TRUE LOVE, INC., Silhouette Romance, 2002 - Rita finalist;
National Reader's Choice Awards finalist.
- ONE FIANCÉE TO GO, PLEASE, Silhouette Romance (first
book) - 2001 Rising Star Award Winner in Traditional Romance.
- Writes features for eight weekly newspapers in Genesee County and a Sunday
column for The Flushing Observer.
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LISA CARDLE
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MICHELLE CELMER
- HOUSE CALLS finaled in the short contemporary category of The
Readers’ Choice Contest.
- OUT OF SIGHT, Winner of the Greater Detroit Booksellers Best
Award Contest: Long Contemporary
- PLAYING BY THE BABY RULES - first book; sold to Silhouette
Desire in March, 2003. Within a year she sold six more.
- Her first two Desires, PLAYING BY THE BABY RULES and
THE SEDUCTION REQUEST ranked in the top ten of the Waldenbooks
best seller list.
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SUE
CHARNLEY
- HANNAH'S HEART, finalist in the Paranormal category, Valley
Forge Romance Writers 2006 SHEILA contest
- HANNAH'S HEART, first place, Show Me the Spark contest
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LISA CHILDS
- SECRET SANTA, 1st place in the 2008 Lories
- DAMNED, 2nd in the 2008 Lories paranormal category.
- LEARNING TO HULA
- Finalist in the National Reader’s Choice Awards
- Third place in the Lories mainstream category.
- Finalist in WisRWA’s 2007 Write Touch Reader’s Choice.
- Finalist, 2007 More Than Magic.
- Nominated for Reviewer Choice Awards from CataRomance in the single title
category.
- HAUNTED
- Finalist, Golden Quill paranormal category.
- Finalist, Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, paranormal category
- Nominated for Reviewer Choice Awards from CataRomance in the series
category.
- TAKING BACK MARY ELLEN BLACK
- Romance Writers Ink’s 2006 More Than Magic Contest: First in Long
Contemporary category and Grand Prize!
- Romantic Times reviewer's choice award finalist, 2005
- THE SUBSTITUTE SISTER, finalist in the Greater Detroit
Booksellers Best Award Contest: Romantic Suspense
- SARAH'S SECRETS - Finalist, National Reader's Choice Romantic
Suspense 2004
- RETURN OF THE LAWMAN - 1st place 2003 Blue Boa Award for
Excellence for Romantic Suspense; 2nd place 2003 Wisconsin Write Touch Reader's
Choice Award for Romantic Suspense; 2nd place Romantic Suspense 2003 Laurel
Wreath Award; 3rd place for Best First Book 2003
- MORE THAN MAGIC - 2003 Barclay Gold - Top Ten finalist
(contemporary category); 2003 Dorothy Parker nominee for Best First Book.
- 2002 Lories Best New Author - Romantic Suspense
- 2002 Lories Best New Author Overall
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DANA CORBIT
- A HICKORY RIDGE CHRISTMAS,
- winner, Holt Medallion competition, short inspirational category. 10th
- finalist in the 2007 Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence
- Sold seven books - six to Steeple Hill Love Inspired, one to Guideposts
Books.
- A BLESSED LIFE - finalist, 2003 Holt Medallion Contest, short
inspirational category.
- First place, Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors competition,
non-deadline news reporting, 1990.
- National award, first place, Education Writers Association, breaking news,
1988.
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SUSAN CROUSE
- PUT HIM OUT OF MY MISERY finaled in 2007 Kiss of Death's
Daphne contest, Single Title division.
- RWA® Pro.
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FLAVIA CROWNER
- In 2004, six devotionals accepted for PRAYERS & PROMISES
analogy for the armed forces by Barbour Publications.
- Devotional accepted for PENNED FROM THE HEART analogy,
Son-Rise Publications for 2005 daily devotional book.
- Interviewed in October, 2004, for the Allegan County paper about PIE
PANTRY and her goals as a writer.
- "The Gift" - article in the Christmas Edition News Letter for the
American Christian
Fiction Writer ( an online organization.), 2004.
- Book interview with Ability-Culture in 2004 about PIE PANTRY
and caregivers.
- Guest speaker, Young Authors Week, at Fennville Library in 2004.
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KATIE DUBOIS:
- First place in the 2007 Saskatchewan Romance Writers "We Dare
You" contest for Regency-era historical LION EYES.
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WIL
EMERSON
- Short story 'Temporarily Detained' has been nominated for a 2007 Derringer
Award.
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ROHN FEDERBUSH
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NANCY GIDEON
- WARRIOR'S SECOND CHANCE, CataRomance Reviewer's Choice Award
nomination, 2006.
- Romantic Times nomination for Career Achievement for Historical New
Reality
- MIDNIGHT TEMPTATION- Booklovers Bestselling Paranormal Award
- MIDNIGHT SURRENDER - Romantic Times nomination for
Best Historical Fantasy
- MIDNIGHT ENCHANTMENT - Amazon.com Horror Bestseller for 2000;
aol.com Bestselling Books List, Booksellers Best finalist for Best Paranormal
- MIDNIGHT GAMBLE - Romantic Times nomination for Best
Vampire Romance, Amazon.com Top Ten Horror Bestseller, Prism Award finalist for
Best Dark Paranormal
- MIDNIGHT REDEEMER- RIO (Reviewers International Organization)
finalist for Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence in Paranormal; Prism Award
finalist for Best Dark Paranormal
- MIDNIGHT SHADOWS - Romantic Times nomination for Best
Vampire Romance, FF&P finalist for Daphne du Maurier Award for Romantic
Suspense
- MIDNIGHT CRUSADER - Booksellers Best Finalist For Best
Paranormal
- INTO THE WOODS - Simegen winner of Best Horror Paperback Book
- FOR MERCY'S SAKE - Waldenbooks Top Ten Series Bestseller
- LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART - Laurel Wreath finalist for Best
Romantic Suspense
Writing as DANA RANSOM:
- Romantic Times Career Achievement for Historical Adventure winner
- Romantic Times Career Achievement for Western Romance nominee
- TEXAS RENEGADE - Romantic Times K.I.S.S. award winner
- SWEET TEXAS DREAMS - WisRWA finalist for Readers Award for
Historical Romance
Writing as ROSALYN WEST:
- A WOMAN'S HEART - Romantic Times nomination for Best
North American Historical
- MEN OF PRIDE COUNTRY: THE OUTCAST - HOLT Medallion winner,
Ingram's Buyer's Choice, Barnes & Noble Top Romance Pick
- MEN OF PRIDE COUNTRY: THE OUTSIDER - Romantic
Timesnomination for Best Historical Book in a Series
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RENEE HAND
- SEDUCTION OF THE LONELY HEART, National Literary Award for
Best Fantasy Romance Book of 2007.
- MAGIC HEARTS, her first novel, Best 2006 Fantasy Romance
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ALISON HART /JENNIFER GREENE
- BLAME IT ON CUPID, 2008 RWA® RITA finalist in
the Contemporary Single Title Romance category.
- "Born in My Heart," in LIKE MOTHER, LIKE
DAUGHTER anthology, 2008 RWA® RITA finalist in the
Romance Novella category.
- RWA® Hall of Fame l998
- NOBODY'S PRINCESS - RWA®; RITA l998
- SINGLE DAD - RWA®RITA l996
- QUICKSAND - RWA® RITA finalist l994
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, Series Romantic Adventure
l99l-92
- PINK TOPAZ - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice in
series romantic suspense l99l-92
- BROKEN BLOSSOM - RWA® RITA finalist l99l
- DEVIL'S NIGHT - RWA® Golden Medallion Finalist
l990
- NIGHT OF THE HUNTER - RWA® RITA l989;
Affaire de Coeur Silver Certificate l989
- Romantic Times Best Series Romance Author l989
- SECRETS - RWA® Golden Medallion Finalist l989
- Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award l988-89
- NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - Affaire de Coeur Silver
Certificate l987
- AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'- RWA® Golden Medallion
Finalist l986
- Romantic Times Best Sensual Series Author l985
- SILVER AND SPICE - RWA® Silver Medallion l984
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MARGO HOORNSTRA
- HONORABLE INTENTIONS, placed 3rd in 2007 Winter Rose Contest
in series contemporary category.
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TAMMY KEARLY
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ANNE MARIE KING-KUBIAK
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LUCY KUBASH
- CHANCE'S RETURN WINNER - CAPA (Cupid and Psyche Award) from
The Romance Studio (theromancestudio.com)!
- CHANCE'S RETURN, September 2006, from Triskelion Publishing.
FIRST BOOK!
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LAURIE CAROLE KUNA, Writing as LAURIE CARROLL
- A WAR OF HEARTS, ImaJinn Books, June 2002; a 1994 Golden
Heart finalist under its former title A SOLDIER'S HEART.
Writing as LAURIE
KUNA
- SOME PRACTICAL MAGIC, ImaJinn Books June 2004, 4 1/2 star
rating from Romantic Times, finalist in the Romantic Times Book
Club "Best Book" of 2004 Contest in Best Small Publisher
Paranormal/Fantasy category. The sequel, THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC,
also from ImaJinn, is scheduled for release in summer, 2005.
- MMRWA past president.
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LORALEE LILLIBRIDGE
- RAMSEY'S RETURN - 2004, Sold to Silhouette Special Edition,
release date TBA; 1st Place - Long Contemporary - Romancing the Novel contest
2003.
- ALL THAT MATTERS - 2nd Place - Single Title - Melody of Love
contest 2003.
- RWA® Pro - 2002.
- MMRWA past president.
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GAIL GAYMER MARTIN
- WITH CHRISTMAS IN HIS HEART, finaled for 2007 Award of
Excellence, Holt Medallion, and National Readers Choice Award.
- WITH CHRISTMAS IN HIS HEART, Colorado RWA Award of
Excellence, 2007
- FINDING CHRISTMAS, Winner of the Greater Detroit Booksellers
Best Award Contest: Inspirational
- THE CHRISTMAS KITE - 2004 Holt Medallion finalist; optioned
by Greystoke Entertainment for a Hallmark TV movie.
- LOVING WAYS - 2004 Golden Quill finalist; 2004 Booksellers
Best Award finalist
- LOVING HEARTS - 2004 Inspirational Readers Choice Finalist
- LOVING TREASURES - 2003 Holt Medallion Award for short
inspirational; Third place, Blue Boa Award -March 2003
- A LOVE FOR SAFEKEEPING - First place, 2003 Winter Rose for
short inspirational; Romantic Times Best Love Inspired of 2002; 2002
Book of the Year Award for short inspirational American Christian Romance
Writers Conference
- HER SECRET LONGING - Second place, 2002 National Booksellers
Best Award for traditional romance
- UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR - 2001 Holt Medallion Award for short
inspirational; 2001 Finalist National Readers™ Choice Award
- "The Mahogany Rocking Chair" - First place American Christian
Writers, 1997
- DREAMING OF CASTLES - Fifth place - "Touched By Love
Contest" 1997; Third place, A Dark and Stormy Knight Contest 1997
- 1996 Writer of the Year - Detroit Conference of The American Christian
Writers
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CATHERINE MC CLAIN
- The Finndian, Honorable mention in the Romantic Suspense category,
Wisconsin Fab Five contest 2006
- RWA® Pro.
- The Heart of Alys - 3rd place, 2005 Reveal Your Inner Vixen Contest,
Category length.
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JULIE LYNN MC MULLEN
- Ties That Bind placed first in MMRWA’s 2007 HEA Contest
Paranormal Category
- RWA® Pro.
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LANA MIERSEN, writing as J.L. Miersen
- MMRWA Angel Award, 2008!
- FALCON'S WAY -- 1st Place, Paranormal Division, First
Impressions 2002; 1st Place, Paranormal Division, The 2002 Suzannah Award for
Excellence; 1st Place, Paranormal Division (unpublished), Daphne du Maurier
Contest 2004.
- 2003 RWA® Pro.
- MMRWA past president.
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KATHLEEN NANCE
- Two-time Golden Heart finalist; Golden Heart winner in Romantic Suspense.
- JIGSAW– Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice nominee
for Romantic Intrigue 2006. Romantic Times Top Pick 2005
- DAY OF FIRE – finalist in the PRISM contest, futuristic
category 2005. Romantic Times Top Pick 2004
- SPELLBOUND – Winner of the Colorado Award of Excellence
2004. Winner of the PRISM, fantasy category 2004, 2004 Finalist in the National
Reader’s Choice Award, Daphne Contest, and More Than Magic Contest.
- ENCHANTMENT – Finalist in the 2003 PRISM contest,
fantasy category
- THE WARRIOR – National Reader’s Choice award winner
2002, Finalist in the Daphne contest and Windy City Choice Award for 2002
- MORE THAN MAGIC – 2000 Rita Finalist. Winner in the 2000
PRISM contest, light paranormal category. Winner, 2000 SARA Rising Star Award
– won both the paranormal category and the overall grand prize. Winner in
the 2000 Holt Medallion contest, Finalist in the 2000 Booksellers Best Award
contest and the Colorado Award of Excellence.
- WISHES COME TRUE – Finalist in the 1999 PRISM contest,
the Colorado Award of Excellence, and the SARA Rising Star contest. Finalist in
1999 Romantic Times Bookstores That Care Award.
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CINDY SPENCER PAPE
- CURSES is nominated for the CAPA in Best Erotic Paranorma
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CONNIE SMITH
- BITEMARKS - 1st place Romantic Suspense, 2004 Valley of the
Sun "Hot Prospect" Contest
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MARIS SOULE
- THE CROWS nominated for a 2008 Great Lakes Book Award.
- A PARTY TO MURDER - 2nd place Lone Star contest 2003 - Single
Title Mystery/Suspense
- CNW/FFWA Writing Competition: 3rd place SHOWTIME, 2002;
Honorable Mention THE CROWS, 2001
- Two-time RITA finalist: A WINNING COMBINATION, 1988 and
CHASE THE DREAM, 1999
- Two-time Kiss of Death (now the DAPHNE) finalist: 2nd place 1998 -
SHELTER FROM THE STORM & 3rd place 1999 - CHASE THE
DREAM
- Two-time Write Touch: Readers Awards: 1st place Short Contemporary Category
1996 - THE THRILL OF THE CHASE; 1st place Traditional Category
1997 - SUBSTITUTE MOM
- RWA® Silver Rose Award for service
- MMRWA Angel Award
- FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Giveaway book to introduce Harlequin
Temptation line in 1983
- 25 published romances - Harlequin, Silhouette & Bantam
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AMI
WEAVER:
- THE NANNY'S SECRET First Place, NTRWA's 2007 Great
Expectations Contest in the Contemporary Series category.
- THE WRONG MR. RIGHT finaled in the Short Contemporary
category of the 2007 Hot Prospect Contest.
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