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Authors and Books
RWA is pleased to announce these first sales by members:
(November 2008 RWR)
Tracy Deebs-Elkenaney, aka Tracy Wolff, announces the sale of her first book to Harlequin Enterprises. A Christmas Wedding is a November 2008 Harlequin Superromance release. Wolff has been writing for three years. A Christmas Wedding was the first full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Louisa Edwards announces the sale of her first book, as part of a four-book contract, to St. Martins Press. Can't Stand the Heat, a contemporary romance set in the New York restaurant scene, and will be a September 2009 release. Edwards has been writing for three years. Can't Stand the Heat was the third full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Nancy Famolari announces the sale of her first book to Red Rose Publishing. Summer's Story, a mainstream romance, will be a fall 2008 release. Famolari has been writing for eight years. Summer's Story was the third full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Michele A. Flagg, aka M. Flagg, announces the sale of her first book to The Wild Rose Press. Retribution!, a paranormal romance and book one of The Champion Chronicles, will be a 2009 release.
Amy Hahn announces the sale of her first book, as part of a three-book contract, to The Wild Rose Press. The first book, Courting His Royal Highness, a contemporary romance about a reality television show hostess who falls head-over-heels in love with the star of the show, Prince Max, will be a winter 2008 release.
Leanna Renee Hieber announces the sale of her first book, as part of a two-book contract, to Dorchester Publishing. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, first in a Victorian fantasy romance series featuring an albino heroine, will be a fall 2009 release. Hieber has been writing with the intent of publication for nine years.
Sandra Hyde, aka Sandra Hyatt, announces the sale of her first book to Harlequin Enterprises. In the Arms of a Stranger will be a September 2009 Silhouette Desire release. Hyatt has been writing for 10 years. In the Arms of a Stranger was the 10th full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Laurie Larsen announces her first RWA-eligible sale to The Wild Rose Press. Preacher Man, an inspirational romance involving love and faith in the big city, will be a January 2009 release. Preacher Man was the fifth full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Dianne Miley announces the sale of her first book, as part of a two-book contract, to The Wild Rose Press. Lilacs for Laura, an inspirational romance, was an October 2008 release. Miley has been writing for eight years. Lilacs for Laura was the first full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Tracey O’Hara announces the sale of her first book, as part of a three-book contract, to Harper Collins. Night's Cold Kiss, a 2008 Golden Heart finalist for Best Paranormal manuscript, will be a spring 2009 Eos release. O'Hara has been writing for four-and-a-half years. Night's Cold Kiss was the first full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Lynn Romaine announces her first RWA-eligible sale to The Wild Rose Press. Long Run Home, a romantic environmental suspense, will be a winter 2009 release. Romaine has been writing for six years. Long Run Home was the third full-length manuscript she completed before selling.
Kimberly A. Zaniewski, aka Kimberly Alan, announces the sale of her first book to The Wild Rose Press. Truths Unveiled, an inspirational romantic suspense, will be a spring 2009 White Rose release. Alan has been writing for many years.
The First Sales column is compiled by Gerri Russell. RWA members, please send information on your first sale to a non-Subsidy, non-Vanity Publisher of book-length romance fiction to Gerri at ggrussell@juno.com.
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