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== Biography ==
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[[category:RITA Award Winners]]
Florida resident Linnea Sinclair is a former news reporter and retired private investigator who now writes science fiction and romance for Bantam-Random House.
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Linnea Sinclair won the 2006 [[RITA]] in the [[RITA®: Best Paranormal Romance]] category for her novel ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]''. She was a [[2008 RITA® Winners|2008 RITA® finalist]] in the [[RITA®: Best Paranormal Romance]] category with her novel ''[[Games Of Command]]''. She was a [[RITA]] finalist in 2006 for her novel ''[[Finders Keepers - Linnea Sinclair|Finders Keepers]]''.
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Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, science fiction romance author '''Linnea Sinclair''' is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclair’s novels “have the wow-factor in spades,” earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly.  Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.
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Her previous careers include news reporting (television and newspaper) and private investigation (she was a licensed private investigator in Florida for ten years).  She teaches seminars in both the craft of writing for all levels of writers and private investigation techniques for mystery authors via on-line writing sites and at writing conventions nationwide.
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Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats.
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== On the Web ==
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* Official Website [http://www.linneasinclair.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnea_Sinclair]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
* ''[[Shades of Dark]]'' - July 2008
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* ''[[An Accidental Goddess|Accidental Goddess, An]]'' - 2005
* ''[[The Down Home Zombie Blues]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Command Performance]]'' - 2002
* ''[[Games of Command]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Courting Trouble]]'' - 2010
* ''[[An Accidental Goddess]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[The Down Home Zombie Blues|Down Home Zombie Blues, The]]'' - 2007
* ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Finders Keepers]]'' - 2001
* ''[[Finders Keepers - Linnea Sinclair|Finders Keepers]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Games Of Command]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Hope's Folly]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Rebels and Lovers]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Shades Of Dark]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Wintertide]]'' - 2004
  
== Awards/Honors ==
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==Anthologies==
* 2008 - [[PEARL Award]] for ''[[Games Of Command]]''
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* ''[[The Mammoth Book Of Futuristic Romance|Mammoth Book Of Futuristic Romance, The]]'' - 2013
* 2007 - [[PEARL Award]] Honorable Mention for ''[[The Down Home Zombie Blues]]''
 
* 2006 - [[RITA®: Best Paranormal Romance]] for ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]''.
 
  
== On the Web ==
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==Series/Related Titles==
* [http://www.linneasinclair.com/ Linnea Sinclair]
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'''Dock Five'''
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# ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]''
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# ''[[Shades Of Dark]]''
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# ''[[Hope's Folly]]''
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# ''[[Rebels And Lovers]]''
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== Awards ==
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*2009  [[PRISM Award]] Winner - Futuristic, ''[[Shades Of Dark]]''
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*2008  [[P.E.A.R.L. Award]] Winner, ''[[Games Of Command]]''
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*2008  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Futuristic Romance, ''[[Shades Of Dark]]''
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*2007  [[All about Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best SF/F & Futuristic, ''[[Games Of Command]]''
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*2006  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Paranormal Romance, ''[[Gabriel's Ghost]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*2008  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Shades Of Dark]]''
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*2008  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Paranormal Romance, ''[[Games Of Command]]''
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*2007  [[P.E.A.R.L. Award]] Honorable Mention, ''[[The Down Home Zombie Blues]]''
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*2006  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - First Book, ''[[Finders Keepers]]''

Latest revision as of 00:57, 6 October 2024


Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclair’s novels “have the wow-factor in spades,” earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly. Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.”

Her previous careers include news reporting (television and newspaper) and private investigation (she was a licensed private investigator in Florida for ten years). She teaches seminars in both the craft of writing for all levels of writers and private investigation techniques for mystery authors via on-line writing sites and at writing conventions nationwide.

Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats.

On the Web

  • Official Website [1]
  • Wikipedia [2]

Books

Anthologies

Series/Related Titles

Dock Five

  1. Gabriel's Ghost
  2. Shades Of Dark
  3. Hope's Folly
  4. Rebels And Lovers

Awards

Recognitions