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[[Jan Coffey]] is a pseudonym for Jim and Nikoo McGoldrick who also write as [[May McGoldrick]] and [[Nicole Cody]].  
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'''May McGoldrick''', '''Nik James''', and '''Jan Coffey''' are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty fast-paced, conflict-filled historical, contemporary, and Western novels, and two works of nonfiction.
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Nikoo’s education and training was in engineering. She worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding. Before earning a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature, Jim pursued a hundred and one jobs, including a decade in submarine construction.
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Storytellers at heart, Nikoo and Jim were always searching for careers that gave them time for both family and writing. Then, after thirteen years of marriage, they recognized each other’s creative strengths. Nikoo is all about characters and feeling. Jim is about action and sense of place. Their first attempt in writing fiction together produced their award-winning novel, The Thistle and the Rose. Since then, their stories have touched the hearts and minds of millions of readers all over the world. Their work has been translated into over a dozen languages and counting.
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Nikoo and Jim are four-time Rita Finalists and the winners of numerous awards for their writing, including the Daphne DeMaurier Award for Excellence, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award, three NJRW Golden Leaf Awards, two Holt Medallions, and the Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction.
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The authors make their home in California.
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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* [[Nicole Cody]]
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* [[Nik James]]
 
* [[May McGoldrick]]
 
* [[May McGoldrick]]
* [[Nicole Cody]]
 
  
 
== On the Web ==
 
== On the Web ==
* [http://www.maymcgoldrick.com May McGoldrick]
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* Author's Official Website [http://www.jancoffey.com/]
* [http://www.jancoffey.com/ Jan Coffey]
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==Books==
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* ''[[Aquarian]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Blind Eye]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Cross Wired]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[The Deadliest Strain]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Five In A Row]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Fourth Victim]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Mercy: A Novella]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[The Puppet Master|Puppet Master, The]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Road Kill]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Silent Waters]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Triple Threat]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Tropical Kiss]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Trust Me Once]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Twice Burned]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[When The Mirror Cracks]]'' - 2020
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==Recognition==
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*2003  RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, [[Twice Burned]]

Revision as of 03:47, 1 December 2022


May McGoldrick, Nik James, and Jan Coffey are pen names for USA Today bestselling authors Nikoo Kafi and Jim McGoldrick. Together, they have crafted over fifty fast-paced, conflict-filled historical, contemporary, and Western novels, and two works of nonfiction.

Nikoo’s education and training was in engineering. She worked in robotics and submarine shipbuilding. Before earning a PhD in sixteenth-century Scottish and English literature, Jim pursued a hundred and one jobs, including a decade in submarine construction.

Storytellers at heart, Nikoo and Jim were always searching for careers that gave them time for both family and writing. Then, after thirteen years of marriage, they recognized each other’s creative strengths. Nikoo is all about characters and feeling. Jim is about action and sense of place. Their first attempt in writing fiction together produced their award-winning novel, The Thistle and the Rose. Since then, their stories have touched the hearts and minds of millions of readers all over the world. Their work has been translated into over a dozen languages and counting.

Nikoo and Jim are four-time Rita Finalists and the winners of numerous awards for their writing, including the Daphne DeMaurier Award for Excellence, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award, three NJRW Golden Leaf Awards, two Holt Medallions, and the Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction.

The authors make their home in California.

See Also

On the Web

  • Author's Official Website [1]

Books

Recognition

  • 2003 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Single Title, Twice Burned