Elizabeth Ashtree - Revision history

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 '''Elizabeth Ashtree''' is a pseudonym, but there is a real person behind the name. That real person loves to write romance, speculative fiction, and suspense - but the other aspects of her life just don’t mingle well with that creative side of her. Hence, the pseudonym. It’s a little like having two personalities in one body - but in a good way. Read IDENTITY CRISIS for how that can go in a bad way.

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 * ''[[An Officer And A Hero|Officer And A Hero, A]]'' - 1999
 * ''[[Reconcilable Differences]]'' - 2011
 ==Awards==

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		+	'''Elizabeth Ashtree''' is a pseudonym, but there is a real person behind the name. That real person loves to write romance, speculative fiction, and suspense - but the other aspects of her life just don’t mingle well with that creative side of her. Hence, the pseudonym. It’s a little like having two personalities in one body - but in a good way. Read IDENTITY CRISIS for how that can go in a bad way.
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		+	The information below is mostly about the creative personality, with a little bit of the ordinary personality thrown in for background. Ready?
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		+	Elizabeth Ashtree’s first novel, a Harlequin SuperRomance called AN OFFICER AND A HERO, was a double 2000 RITA finalist for best long contemporary and best first novel. Getting that news made for a very good day. This Harlequin Superromance won a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. A MARRIAGE OF MAJORS was also a RITA finalist. While her early books featured military settings, her more recent stories are about lawyers in love.
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		+	Ms. Ashtree signed a contract with Musa Publishing for the electronic publication of an historical romance set in Victorian England. She also worked with that publisher on IDENTITY CRISIS.
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		+	Ms. Ashtree (or at least the ordinary person who uses this pseudonym) holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. She served as an officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps for a few years and has now retired from service as a civililan senior executive attorney in the Department of Defense. She is currently serving part-time as an attorney for the same Department of Defense office. She recently moved to a rural resort community in West Virginia with her husband and three tiny dogs.
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		+	Other writings:
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		+	Ms. Ashtree’s article for Romance Writers of America’s, Writer’s Report, on the subject of plagiarism, was well received. In writing A HARD WORD, Ms. Ashtree drew upon her legal knowledge developed over more than two decades as an attorney for the Federal Government.
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		+	Legal Times, a Washington, D.C. area newspaper for attorneys, requested a short romantic piece after reading about her in an article on who write fiction that appeared in a sister newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia. For the Valentine’s Day edition, the Legal Times published ROMANCE IN THE MUSIC ROOM, the first piece of fiction printed by this non-fiction publication.
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		+	==On the Web==
		+	* Website [http://elizabethashtree.com/index.html]
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		+	==Books==
		+	* ''[[A Captain's Honor\|Captain's Honor, A]]'' - 2002
		+	* ''[[The Child Comes First\|Child Comes First, The]]'' - 2008
		+	* ''[[The Colonel And The Kid\|Colonel And The Kid, The]]'' - 2002
		+	* ''[[Identity Crisis]]'' - 2013
		+	* ''[[Into Thin Air]]'' - 2005
		+	* ''[[Maiden's Mistake]]'' - 2012
		+	* ''[[A Marriage Of Majors\|Marriage Of Majors, A]]'' - 2004
		+	* ''[[An Officer And A Hero\|Officer And A Hero, A]]'' - 1999
		+	* ''[[Reconcilable Differences]]'' - 2011
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		+	==Awards==
		+	*1999 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - First Series Romance, ''[[An Officer And A Hero]]''
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		+	==Recognitions==
		+	*2005 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards\|RITA Award]] Finalist - First Book, ''[[A Marriage Of Majors]]''
		+	*2005 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards\|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Series Romance, ''[[A Marriage Of Majors]]''