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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Donna Young was born and raised in the suburbs of   Detroit,  Michigan. Always an avid reader, she grew up the youngest, but certainly, not the quietest of seven children In her family, books were recycled almost as often as clothes. Westerns, Espionage, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Romance--she ended up loving them all.
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[[Donna Young]] was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit,  Michigan. Always an avid reader, she grew up the youngest, but certainly, not the quietest of seven children. In her family, books were recycled almost as often as clothes. Westerns, Espionage, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance--she ended up loving them all.  
  
That, combined with an over active imagination, a strong dependence on coffee and an unwavering belief in "happily ever after" seemed to do the trick. When her son was almost a year old, she quit her job in the health insurance industry and became a full time mom. Within weeks, she drove her husband crazy with phone calls. Several a day--just to partake in an adult conversation. One day she complained about a particularly bad book (her opinion of course) and he came home with a laptop and challenged her to write a book of her own.  
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That, combined with an over active imagination, a strong dependence on coffee and an unwavering belief in "happily ever after" seemed to do the trick. She's been writing for over five years now.
  
So she did. And she hasn't looked back since.
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When Donna isn't writing, she's hanging with her kids, golfing, reading and taking in late night movies with her husband.
  
Even though she has been writing seriously for over five years now, Donna still struggles to balance her writing career with that of being a full-time mom.  
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Writing for the Harlequin [[Intrigue]] imprint, she has published six novels.
  
But she wouldn't have it any other way.
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== Books ==
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* [[A Bodyguard For Christmas|''A Bodyguard For Christmas'']] - December 2008 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 1106]])
  
Three years ago, she moved from Denver, Colorado to Northern California with her husband and their children. When she isn't writing, Donna's hanging with her kids, golfing, reading and taking in late night movies with her husband.
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* [[Secret Agent, Secret Father|''Secret Agent, Secret Father'']] - September 2008 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 1087]])
  
== Books ==
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* [[Bodyguard Confessions|''Bodyguard Confessions'']] - September 2007 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 1016]])
* [[Bodyguard Confessions|''Bodyguard Confessions'']] - September 2007 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # ]])
 
  
 
* [[The Bodyguard Contract|''The Bodyguard Contract'']] - January 2007 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 967]])
 
* [[The Bodyguard Contract|''The Bodyguard Contract'']] - January 2007 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 967]])
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* [[Bodyguard Rescue|''Bodyguard Rescue'']] - January 2005 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 824]])
 
* [[Bodyguard Rescue|''Bodyguard Rescue'']] - January 2005 ([[Harlequin Intrigue By The Numbers|Harlequin Intrigue # 824]])
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== On the Web ==
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* [http://www.donna-young.net/ Official Website]

Latest revision as of 19:19, 16 February 2015

Biography

Donna Young was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Always an avid reader, she grew up the youngest, but certainly, not the quietest of seven children. In her family, books were recycled almost as often as clothes. Westerns, Espionage, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance--she ended up loving them all.

That, combined with an over active imagination, a strong dependence on coffee and an unwavering belief in "happily ever after" seemed to do the trick. She's been writing for over five years now.

When Donna isn't writing, she's hanging with her kids, golfing, reading and taking in late night movies with her husband.

Writing for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, she has published six novels.

Books

On the Web