Archive for the 'AOTM Interviews' Category

Author of the Month, Miranda Neville

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Miranda Neville is the author of historical romances set in Regency England. She grew up in England and spent her youth devouring historical novels. After studying history at Oxford University, she spent several years writing catalogues of rare books and original letters and manuscripts for Sotheby’s auction house in London and New York. Later she [...]

Author of the Month, Tara Taylor Quinn

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

With over 50 original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author with more than six million copies sold. She is a winner of the 2008 National Reader’s Choice Award, four time finalist for the RWA Rita Award, a finalist for the Reviewer’s Choice Award, the Bookseller’s [...]

Author of the Month, Vanessa Kelly

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Vanessa Kelly was born and raised in New Jersey, but eventually migrated north to Canada.  She holds a Master’s Degree from Rutgers University, and went on to attend the Ph.D. program in English Literature at the University of Toronto.  While there, she spent many happy hours studying the works of 18th century British authors and [...]

Kris Kennedy, Author of the Month

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Kris Kennedy writes sexy, adventure-filled medieval romances for Kensington and Pocket Books.  THE IRISH WARRIOR, winner of the 2008 Golden Heart(R) Award for Best Historical Romance, released June 1st.  Read a sexy excerpt! http://kriskennedy.net Tell us a little bit about yourself. Let’s see, how long before I bore you all to tears . . . I used [...]

Carrie Lofty, Author of the Month

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Born in California, raised in the Midwest, Carrie Lofty met her husband in England–the best souvenir! Since earning her master’s degree in history, she’s been devoted to raising their two precocious daughters, wrangling the talented authors of Unusual Historicals, and writing romance. You can find her on Twitter, her Facebook fan page, and very occasionally [...]

Elizabeth Scott, Author of the Month

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

How did you begin writing? I didn’t actually want to be a writer–I didn’t start writing fiction until I was 27 and bored out of my mind during a meeting (!), and I never thought of sending anything to anyone other than friends until five years later. Thanks to my supportive friends, who urged me [...]

Rhonda Stapleton, Author of the Month

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Rhonda Stapleton started writing a few years ago to appease the voices in her head. She has a Master’s degree in English and a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. In the twelve minutes of free time she has each day, Rhonda enjoys reading, photography, writing poetry, singing in the shower (and in the car, at [...]

Maria Geraci, Author of the Month

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Maria Geraci was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised on Florida’s Space Coast. Her love of books started with the classic, Little Women (a book she read so often growing up, she could probably quote).She lives with her husband and their children in north Florida where she works part-time as a labor and delivery nurse [...]

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