Emilie Richards

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Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a master's degree in family development from Virginia Tech.

She worked as a therapist in a mental health center, before becoming a parent services coordinator for families enrolled in Head Start and then working in several pastoral counseling centers. Richards' husband is a Unitarian Universalist minister.

Writing career Richards began writing in 1983 after the birth of her fourth child. Her son would sit on her lap as she wrote, and Richards titled her first completed work, Brendan's Song, after him. The book was published in 1985 in the Silhouette Romance category line. She has subsequently written over 40 novels for Silhouette, including six, all set in Australia or New Zealand, written during a four-month sabbatical in Australia.

As a result of years working as a family counselor, her novels "feature complex characterizations and in-depth explorations of social issues." Richards won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the highest award given to romance authors, in 1994 for Dragonslayer. Richards has also been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards and is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.

Despite the occasional use of overly clichéd lines, Richards' writing "effortlessly flows from page to page." Her characters often sport unusual quirks, such as a penchant for strange sandwich ingredients, which gives the story an added charm.

In 2004, Richards began a new series of single-title novels centered around quilting. These novels were inspired by a volunteer stint with VISTA. While she was an undergraduate, Richards spent a summer living in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains, helping the residents and learning to quilt.

The following year, Richards began writing murder mysteries in addition to romance novels. The novels, in a series called Ministry is Murder, are based partially on her experience as a minister's wife and are written in first-person from the perspective of the heroine, minister's wife "Aggie" Wilcox. Characters in this series are "interesting [and] well-developed," although suspense is "minimal."

On the Web

Books

Non-Fiction

  • Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot

Series/Related Books

American Hero (multi-author series)

12. Dragonslayer

Family

  1. Runaway
  2. The Way Back Home
  3. Fugitive
  4. One Perfect Rose
  5. The Trouble With Joe

From Bud To Blossom (multi-author series)

  1. Mail-Order Matty

Goddesses Anonymous

  1. One Mountain Away
  2. Somewhere Between Luck And Trust
  3. No River Too Wide

Happiness Key

  1. Happiness Key
  2. Fortunate Harbor
  3. Sunset Bridge
3.5 Treasure Beach

Hawaii

  1. Aloha Always
  2. Island Glory

Iron Lace

  1. Iron Lace
  2. Rising Tides

Men In Blue (multi-author series)

The Men Of Midnight

  1. Duncan's Lady
  2. Iain Ross's Woman
  3. MacDougall's Darling

Ministry Is Murder

  1. Blessed Be the Busybody
  2. Let There Be Suspects
  3. Beware False Profits
  4. A Lie For A Lie
  5. A Truth For A Truth

New Orleans Nights

  1. Lady Of The Night
  2. Bayou Midnight
  3. Night Magic

Otherworldly

  1. From A Distance
  2. Somewhere Out There

Reincarnation

  1. Once More With Feeling
  2. Twice Upon A Time

Runaway

  1. Runaway
  2. The Way Back Home
  3. Fugitive

Shadows

  1. Desert Shadows
  2. Twilight Shadows

Shenandoah Album

  1. Wedding Ring
  2. Endless Chain
  3. Lover's Knot
  4. Touching Stars
  5. Sister's Choice

Sonny's Girls (multi-author series)

Sweet Five

  1. Sweet Georgia Gal
  2. Sweet Sea Spirit
  3. Sweet Mockingbird's Call
  4. Sweet Mountain Magic
  5. Sweet Homecoming

Tales Of The Pacific

  1. From Glowing Embers
  2. Smoke Screen
  3. Rainbow Fire
  4. Out Of The Ashes

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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