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'''Elizabeth Lowell''' is a psuedonym for '''[[Ann Maxwell]]''', who began her career in 1975 writing science fiction under her own name. When she later collaborated on mysteries with her husband, Evan Maxwell, they used the psuedonym [[A. E. Maxwell]]. The name Elizabeth Lowell (Ann's middle name plus Evan’s middle name) is the name used on most of the romance fiction that Ann writes by herself. Confused yet? The name Ann Maxwell was used again on the romantic suspense books written in collaboration with Evan.  
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Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written seventy novels and one work of non-fiction. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. These novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.
  
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Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, [[Ann Maxwell]] has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.  
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Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then-called TABA (The American Book Award).
  
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Under the name Elizabeth Lowell, she has received the numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the [[Romance Writers of America]] in 1994. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.
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In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work about Ruud’s life as a trapper and hunter in the Arctic Circle. The book was later condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, Just Another Day in Paradise, was published by Doubleday. It was the first of eight A. E. Maxwell crime novels, featuring couple Fiddler and Fiora faced with mysteries in the shade of sunny southern California. The second book, The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time Magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.
  
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== See Also ==
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Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadow and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists and are considered groundbreaking in the field of romantic suspense, which she helped innovate.
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* [[Ann Maxwell]] - writing alone and in collaboration with her husband, Evan Maxwell
 
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* [[A. E. Maxwell]] - writing alone and in collaboration with her husband, Evan Maxwell
 
  
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== On the Web ==
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In 1982, Ann began publishing romance novels as '''Elizabeth Lowell'''. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America in 1994. She has written both contemporary and historical romances as well as western romance.
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* [http://elizabethlowell.com Elizabeth Lowell's website]
 
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* [http://www.runningwithquills.com/ Running With Quills] -- where Elizabeth blogs with other romance writers
 
  
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== Books ==
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Since July of 1992, she has had more than thirty novels on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as other national and international bestseller lists. The series of novels featuring the unforgettable Donovan family—Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove and Midnight in Ruby Bayou have won acclaim as some of her best romance novels.
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===Romantic Suspense===
 
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* The Wrong Hostage (Jun 2006)
 
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* The Secret Sister (Nov 2005)
 
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* Always Time To Die (HC Jul 2005 — PB Jun 2006)
 
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* Death is Forever (rewrite of The Diamond Tiger) (Dec 2004)
 
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* The Color of Death (HC Jun 2004 — PB Jun 2005)
 
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* Die in Plain Sight (HC Jul 2003 — PB Jun 2004)
 
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* Running Scared (HC May 2002 — PB Jun 2003)
 
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* Moving Target (HC Jun 2001 — PB May 2002)
 
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* Midnight in Ruby Bayou (HC Jun 2000 — PB May 2001)
 
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* Pearl Cove (HC Jun 1999 — PB Jun 2000)
 
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* Jade Island (HC Sep 1998 — PB Apr 1999)
 
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* Amber Beach (HC Oct 1997 — PB Oct 1998)
 
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* Shadow and Silk written under Ann Maxwell (with Evan Maxwell) (1997)
 
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* The Ruby written under Ann Maxwell (with Evan Maxwell) (1995)
 
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* The Secret Sisters written under Ann Maxwell (with Evan Maxwell) (1993)
 
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* The Diamond Tiger written under Ann Maxwell (1992)
 
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* [[Tell  Me No Lies|''Tell Me No Lies'']] (PB 1986) — reissued in HC (2001)- [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best Classic Contemporary Romance and Best Classic All-Around Favorite Romance
 
  
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===Romance===
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Her most recent romantic suspense is Night Diver. Her newest romance novel, Perfect Touch, was released in 2015 by William Morrow.
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Expanded or reissued romances written under the name Elizabeth Lowell:
 
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* This Time Love (based on Sequel, SIM #128) (HC Jan 2003 — PB Nov 2003)
 
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* Eden Burning (based on Fires of Eden, SIM #141) (HC Jan 2002 — PB Oct 2002)
 
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* Beautiful Dreamer (based on Valley of the Sun, SIM #109) (HC Jan 2001 — PB Oct 2001)
 
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* Remember Summer (based on Summer Games, SIM #57) (1999)
 
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* To the Ends of the Earth (based on The Danvers Touch, SIM #18) (1998)
 
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* Where the Heart Is (based on Travelling Man, SIM #97) (1997)
 
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* Desert Rain (based on Summer Thunder, SD #77) (1996)
 
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* A Woman Without Lies (based on A Woman Without Lies, SIM #81) (1995)
 
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* Lover in the Rough (based on Lover in the Rough, SIM #34) (1994)
 
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* Forget Me Not (based on Forget Me Not, SIM #72) (1994)
 
  
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===Historical Romance===
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==On The Web==
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Written under the name Elizabeth Lowell:
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* Website [https://www.elizabethlowell.com/]
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*Winter Fire (1996)
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Maxwell]
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*Autumn Lover (1996)
 
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*[[Only Love|''Only Love'']] (1995) — reissued (2003) - [[1995 RRA Awards Winners|1995 RRA Awards Winner]] - Best Historical Single Title
 
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*Enchanted (1994)
 
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*Forbidden (1993)
 
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* [[Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell|''Untamed'']] (1993) - won the [[1994 RITA® Winners|1994 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Historical Single Title]] category.
 
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*Only You (1992) — reissued (2003)
 
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*Only Mine (1992) — reissued (2003)
 
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*Only His (1991) — reissued (2003)
 
  
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===Category Romance===
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== See Also ==
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[[Silhouette]] Desires written under Elizabeth Lowell:
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* [[Ann Maxwell]]
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* # 077 Summer Thunder (1983)
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* [[A. E. Maxwell]]
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* # 265 The Fire Of Spring (1986)
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* [[Charters Lowell]]
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* # 319 Too Hot To Handle (1986)
 
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* # 355 Love Song For A Raven (1987)
 
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* # 415 Fever (1988)
 
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* # 462 Dark Fire (1988)
 
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* # 546 Fire And Rain (1990)
 
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* # 624 [[Outlaw|''Outlaw'']] (1991) - [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best Classic Series/Category Romance
 
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* # 625 Granite Man (1991)
 
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* # 631 Warrior (1991)
 
  
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[[Silhouette]] Intimate Moments
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=== Books ===
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* # 018 The Danvers Touch (1983)
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* ''[[Always Time To Die]]'' - 2005
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* # 034 Lover In The Rough (1983)
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* ''[[Amber Beach]]'' - 1997
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* # 057 Summer Games (1984)
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* ''[[Autumn Lover]]'' - 1996
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* # 072 Forget Me Not (1984)
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* ''[[Beautiful Dreamer]]'' - 2000
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* # 081 A Woman Without Lies (1985)
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* ''[[Blue Smoke And Murder ]]'' - 2008
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* # 097 Travelling Man (1985)
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* ''[[Chain Lightning]]'' - 1988
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* # 109 Valley Of The Sun (1985)
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* ''[[The Color Of Death|Color Of Death, The]]'' - 2004
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* # 128 Sequel (1986)
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* ''[[Dangerous Refuge]]'' - 2013
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* # 141 Fires Of Eden (1986)
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* ''[[The Danvers Touch|Danvers Touch, The]]'' - 1983
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* # 178 Sweet Wind, Wild Wind (1987)
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* ''[[Dark Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Dark Fire]]'' - 1988
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* # 256 Chain Lightning (1988)
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* ''[[Death Echo]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Death Is Forever]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Desert Rain - Elizabeth Lowell|Desert Rain]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Die In Plain Sight]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Eden Burning]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Enchanted]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Fever - Elizabeth Lowell|Fever]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Fire And Rain - Elizabeth Lowell|Fire And Rain]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[The Fire Of Spring|Fire Of Spring, The]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Fires Of Eden]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Forbidden - Elizabeth Lowell|Forbidden]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Forget Me Not - Elizabeth Lowell|Forget Me Not]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Granite Man]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Innocent As Sin]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Jade Island]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Love Song For A Raven]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Lover In The Rough]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Midnight In Ruby Bayou]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Moving Target - Elizabeth Lowell|Moving Target]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Only His]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Only Love]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Only Mine]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Only You - Elizabeth Lowell|Only You]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Pearl Cove]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Perfect Touch]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Reckless Love - Elizabeth Lowell|Reckless Love]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Remember Summer]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Running Scared]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[The Secret Sisters|Secret Sisters, The]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Sequel]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Shadow And Silk]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Summer Games]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Summer Thunder]]'' - 1983
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* ''[[Sweet Wind, Wild Wind]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Tell Me No Lies - Elizabeth Lowell|Tell Me No Lies]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[This Time Love]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[To the Ends of the Earth]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Too Hot To Handle - Elizabeth Lowell|Too Hot To Handle]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Traveling Man]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell|Untamed]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Valley Of The Sun - Elizabeth Lowell|Vally Of The Sun]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Warrior]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Whirlpool]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Winter Fire]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[A Woman Without Lies|Woman Without Lies, A]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[The Wrong Hostage|Wrong Hostage, The]]'' - 2006
  
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[[Harlequin]] Historicals
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=== Non-Fiction ===
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* # 038 Reckless Love (1990)
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* contributed to ''[[Dangerous Men And Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance]]''
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* The Redwood Empire (Harlequin Historical #267) (1987) written as A. E. Maxwell
 
  
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''Angel, Hawk And Raven'''
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# ''[[A Woman Without Lies]]''
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# ''[[Love Song For A Raven]]''
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'''Donovans'''
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# ''[[Amber Beach]]''
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# ''[[Jade Island]]''
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# ''[[Pearl Cove]]''
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# ''[[Midnight In Ruby Bayou]]''
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'''MacKenzie-Blackthorn'''
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# ''[[Reckless Love]]''
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# ''[[Fire And Rain]]''
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# ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]''
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# ''[[Granite Man]]''
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# ''[[Warrior]]''
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'''Man Of The Month''' (multi-author series)
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:  13. ''[[Fire And Rain]]''
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:  26. ''[[Outlaw]]''
  
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*The Donovans
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'''Maxwells'''
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**Amber Beach (1997)
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# ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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**Jade Island (1998)
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# ''[[Winter Fire]]''
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**Pearl Cove (1999)
 
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**Midnight in Ruby Bayou (2000)
 
  
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*"Only" Series
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'''McCalls'''
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**Only His (1991)
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# ''[[Fever - Elizabeth Lowell|Fever]]''
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**Only Mine (1992)
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# ''[[Dark Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Dark Fire]]''
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**Only You (1992)
 
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**Only Love (1995)
 
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**Autumn Lover (1996) (connected to "Only" Series through secondary characters)
 
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**Winter Fire (1997)
 
  
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*Maxwells
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'''Medieval'''
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**Autumn Lover (1996)
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# ''[[Untamed]]''
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**Winter Fire (1997)
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# ''[[Forbidden]]''
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# ''[[Enchanted]]''
  
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*Rarities Unlimited
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'''Only Series'''
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**Moving Target (2001)
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# ''[[Only His]]''
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**Running Scared (2002) (connected to the Donovans by secondary characters)
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# ''[[Only Mine]]''
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**Die in Plain Sight (2003) (connected to the Donovans by secondary characters)
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# ''[[Only You - Elizabeth Lowell|Only You]]''
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# ''[[Only Love]]''
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* ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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* ''[[Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Winter Fire]]''
  
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*Risk Ltd.
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'''Rarities Unlimited'''
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**The Ruby (1995) - written with Evan Maxwell
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# ''[[Moving Target]]''
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**Silk And Shadow (1997) - written with Evan Maxwell
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# ''[[Running Scared]]''
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# ''[[Die In Plain Sight]]''
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# ''[[The Color Of Death]]''
  
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*Medieval Series
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'''St. Kilda Consulting'''
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**Untamed (1993)
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# ''[[Always Time To Die]]''
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**Forbidden (1993)
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# ''[[The Wrong Hostage]]''
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**Enchanted (1994)
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# ''[[Innocent As Sin]]''
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# ''[[Blue Smoke And Murder]]''
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# ''[[Death Echo]]''
  
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*MacKenzie-Blackthorn
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==Awards==
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**Reckless Love - HH #38 (1990)
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*1996  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Romance with Best Spicy Love Scene, ''[[Untamed]]''
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**Fire And Rain - SD #546 (1990)
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - K.I.S.S. (Knight In Shining Silver) Hero, ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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**Outlaw - SD #624 (1991)
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*1995  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Winner - Best Historical Single Title, ''[[Only Love]]''
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**Granite Man - SD #625 (1991)
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*1994  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Historical Single Title, ''[[Untamed]]''
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**Warrior - SD #631 (1991)
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*1991 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Sensual Historical Romance, ''[[Only His]]'''
  
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*McCalls
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==Recognitions==
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**Fever - SD# 415 (1988)
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*2014  [[Rt Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Night Diver]]''
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**Dark Fire - SD# 462 (1988)
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*2012  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Beautiful Sacrifice]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Enchanted]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Forbidden]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Only His]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Only Love]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#46), ''[[Only Mine]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#83), ''[[Only You]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Untamed]]''
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*1994  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Nominee - Best Classic Series/Category Romance, ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]''
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*1994  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Nominee - Best Classic Contemporary Romance & Best Classic All-Around Favorite Romance,  ''[[Tell Me No Lies - Elizabeth Lowell|Tell Me No Lies]]''
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*1990  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Reckless Love]]''
  
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== Honors ==
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== Awards (body of work) ==
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* [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Winner]] - Best All-Around Romance Author
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*1999  [[RT Career Achievement Award]]]] - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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* [[Romance Writers of America]] [[Lifetime Achievement Award]]
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*1994 [[RRA Awards]] Winner - Best All-Around Romance Author
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*1994  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
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*1993-1994  [[Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Best All Around Historical Romance
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*1989-1990  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Series Sensual Romance
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*1986-1987  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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*1986-1987  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Versatility

Latest revision as of 17:13, 7 October 2024


Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written seventy novels and one work of non-fiction. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. These novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.

Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then-called TABA (The American Book Award).

In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work about Ruud’s life as a trapper and hunter in the Arctic Circle. The book was later condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, Just Another Day in Paradise, was published by Doubleday. It was the first of eight A. E. Maxwell crime novels, featuring couple Fiddler and Fiora faced with mysteries in the shade of sunny southern California. The second book, The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time Magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.

Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadow and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists and are considered groundbreaking in the field of romantic suspense, which she helped innovate.

In 1982, Ann began publishing romance novels as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America in 1994. She has written both contemporary and historical romances as well as western romance.

Since July of 1992, she has had more than thirty novels on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as other national and international bestseller lists. The series of novels featuring the unforgettable Donovan family—Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove and Midnight in Ruby Bayou have won acclaim as some of her best romance novels.

Her most recent romantic suspense is Night Diver. Her newest romance novel, Perfect Touch, was released in 2015 by William Morrow.

On The Web

See Also

Books

Non-Fiction

Series/Related Titles

Angel, Hawk And Raven

  1. A Woman Without Lies
  2. Love Song For A Raven

Donovans

  1. Amber Beach
  2. Jade Island
  3. Pearl Cove
  4. Midnight In Ruby Bayou

MacKenzie-Blackthorn

  1. Reckless Love
  2. Fire And Rain
  3. Outlaw
  4. Granite Man
  5. Warrior

Man Of The Month (multi-author series)

13. Fire And Rain
26. Outlaw

Maxwells

  1. Autumn Lover
  2. Winter Fire

McCalls

  1. Fever
  2. Dark Fire

Medieval

  1. Untamed
  2. Forbidden
  3. Enchanted

Only Series

  1. Only His
  2. Only Mine
  3. Only You
  4. Only Love

Rarities Unlimited

  1. Moving Target
  2. Running Scared
  3. Die In Plain Sight
  4. The Color Of Death

St. Kilda Consulting

  1. Always Time To Die
  2. The Wrong Hostage
  3. Innocent As Sin
  4. Blue Smoke And Murder
  5. Death Echo

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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