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== Books ==
 
== Books ==
 
* ''[[The Alchemical Marriage|Alchemical Marriage, The]]'' - 2004
 
* ''[[The Alchemical Marriage|Alchemical Marriage, The]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Angel Rogue]]'' - 1995
 
 
* ''[[Avalon]]'' - 1998
 
* ''[[Avalon]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[The Bargain|Bargain, The]]'' - 1999
 
 
* ''[[The Bartered Bride|Bartered Bride, The]]'' - 2002
 
* ''[[The Bartered Bride|Bartered Bride, The]]'' - 2002
 
* ''[[The Best Husband Money Can Buy|Best Husband Money Can Buy, The]]'' - 1997
 
* ''[[The Best Husband Money Can Buy|Best Husband Money Can Buy, The]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[The Christmas Tart|Christmas Tart, The]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[The Christmas Tart|Christmas Tart, The]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[Christmas Candles: Two Novellas]]'' - 2015
 
* ''[[Christmas Candles: Two Novellas]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[The Controversial Countess|Controversial Countess, The]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[The Controversial Countess|Controversial Countess, The]]''/''[[Petals In The Storm]]'' - 1989/1993
 
* ''[[Dancing On The Wind]]'' - 1994
 
* ''[[Dancing On The Wind]]'' - 1994
 
* ''[[Dangerous Gifts]]'' - 1998
 
* ''[[Dangerous Gifts]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[The Demon Dancer|Demon Dancer, The]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[The Demon Dancer|Demon Dancer, The]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[The Devil's Spawn|Devil's Spawn, The]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[The Devil's Spawn|Devil's Spawn, The]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[The Diabolical Baron]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[The Diabolical Baron|Diabolical Baron, The]]'' - 1987
 
* ''[[A Distant Magic|Distant Magic, A]]'' - 2007
 
* ''[[A Distant Magic|Distant Magic, A]]'' - 2007
 
* ''[[A Dragon's Tale|Dragon's Tale, A]]'' - 2005
 
* ''[[A Dragon's Tale|Dragon's Tale, A]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[One Perfect Rose]]'' - 1997
 
* ''[[One Perfect Rose]]'' - 1997
 
* ''[[One Wicked Winter Night]]'' - 2019
 
* ''[[One Wicked Winter Night]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Petals In The Storm]]'' - 1993
 
 
* ''[[The Rake And The Reformer|Rake And The Reformer, The]]'' / ''[[The Rake|Rake, The]]'' - 1989/1998
 
* ''[[The Rake And The Reformer|Rake And The Reformer, The]]'' / ''[[The Rake|Rake, The]]'' - 1989/1998
 
* ''[[River Of Fire]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[River Of Fire]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[The Rogue And The Runaway|Rogue And The Runaway, The]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[The Rogue And The Runaway|Rogue And The Runaway, The]]'' / ''[[Angel Rogue]]'' - 1990/1995
 
* ''[[Shattered Rainbows]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[Shattered Rainbows]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[She Stoops To Wenchdom]]'' - 2012
 
* ''[[She Stoops To Wenchdom]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[White Rose Of Scotland]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[White Rose Of Scotland]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[The Wild Child|Wild Child, The]]'' - 1999
 
* ''[[The Wild Child|Wild Child, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The Would-Be Widow|Would-Be Widow, The]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[The Would-Be Widow|Would-Be Widow, The]]'' / ''[[The Bargain|Bargain, The]]'' - 1988/1999
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Bride Trilogy'''
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::  .5 ''[[Uncommon Vows]]''
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# ''[[The Wild Child]]''
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# ''[[The China Bride]]''
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# ''[[The Bartered Bride]]''
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''Circle Of Friends'''
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# ''[[The Burning Point / Stirring The Embers]]''
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# ''[[The Spiral Path / Phoenix Falling]]''
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# ''[[Twist Of Fate / An Imperfect Process]]''
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::  3.5 ''[[A Holiday Fling]]''
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'''Davenports'''
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::  .5 ''[[The Would-Be Widow / The Bargain]]''
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# ''[[The Diabolical Baron]]''
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# ''[[The Rake And The Reformer / The Rake]]''
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# ''[[Sunshine For Christmas]]''
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'''Fallen Angels'''
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# ''[[Thunder And Roses]]''
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# ''[[Petals In The Storm]]''
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# ''[[Dancing On The Wind]]''
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# ''[[Angel Rogue]]''
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# ''[[Shattered Rainbows]]''
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# ''[[River Of Fire]]''
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# ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
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'''Guardians'''
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::  .5 ''[[The Alchemical Marriage]]''
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# ''[[A Kiss Of Fate]]''
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# ''[[Stolen Magic]]''
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# ''[[The Marriage Spell]]''
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# ''[[A Distant Magic]]''
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::  4.1 ''[[White Rose Of Scotland]]''
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::  4.2 ''[[The Tuesday Enchantress]]''
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::  4.3 ''[[The Demon Dancer]]''
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'''The Lost Lords'''
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# ''[[Loving A Lost Lord]]''
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# ''[[Never Less Than A Lady]]''
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# ''[[Nowhere Near Respectable]]''
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# ''[[No Longer A Gentleman]]''
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# ''[[Sometimes A Rogue]]''
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# ''[[Not Quite A Wife]]''
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# ''[[Not Always A Saint]]''
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'''Regency Trilogy'''
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# ''[[The Would-Be Widow / The Bargain]]''
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# ''[[The Controversial Countess / Petals In The Storm]]''
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# ''[[The Rogue And The Runaway / Angel Rogue]]''
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'''Rogues Redeemed'''
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:  1. ''[[Once A Soldier]]''
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:  2. ''[[Once A Rebel]]''
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:  3. ''[[Once A Scoundrel]]''
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::  3.5 ''[[One Wicked Winter Night]]''
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:  4. ''[[Once A Spy]]''
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:  5. ''[[Once Dishonored]]''
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:  6. ''[[Once A Laird]]''
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'''The Silk Trilogy'''
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# ''[[Silk And Shadows]]''
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# ''[[Silk And Secrets]]''
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# ''[[Veils Of Silk]]''
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'''Starting Over'''
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# ''[[The Burning Point / Stirring The Embers]]''
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# ''[[The Spiral Path / Phoenix Falling]]''
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# ''[[Twist Of Fate / An Imperfect Process]]''
  
 
==Awards==
 
==Awards==
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*2000  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best All-Time Regency Romance, ''[[The Rake And The Reformer / The Rake]]''
 
*2000  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best All-Time Regency Romance, ''[[The Rake And The Reformer / The Rake]]''
 
*1999  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Historical Single Title Romance, ''[[The Wild Child]]''
 
*1999  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Historical Single Title Romance, ''[[The Wild Child]]''
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*1999  [[RT reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[The Wild Chilc]]''
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*1999  [[RT reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[The Wild Child]]''
 
*1998  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best All-Time Regency Romance, ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
 
*1998  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best All-Time Regency Romance, ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
 
*1997  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Cabin/Road Romance, ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
 
*1997  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Cabin/Road Romance, ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
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==Awards (body of work) ==
 
==Awards (body of work) ==
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*2013  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
 
*1997  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Historical Romance
 
*1997  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Historical Romance
 
*1996  [[RRA Awards]] Winner - Best Historical Romance Author
 
*1996  [[RRA Awards]] Winner - Best Historical Romance Author
 
*1989-1990  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance
 
*1989-1990  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance
 
*1987-1988  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - New Regency Romance
 
*1987-1988  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - New Regency Romance

Latest revision as of 03:25, 12 November 2024


Mary Jo Putney was born on 1946 in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. After earning degrees in English Literature and Industrial Design at Syracuse University, she did various forms of design work in California and England before inertia took over in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has lived very comfortably ever since.

While becoming a novelist was her ultimate fantasy, it never occurred to her that writing was an achievable goal until she acquired a computer for other purposes. When the realization hit that a computer was the ultimate writing tool, she charged merrily into her first book with an ignorance that illustrates the adage that fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fortune sometimes favors the foolish and her first book sold quickly, thereby changing her life forever, in most ways for the better. (“But why didn't anyone tell me that writing would change the way one reads?”) Like a lemming over a cliff, she gave up her freelance graphic design business to become a full-time writer as soon as possible.

Since 1987, Ms. Putney has published twenty-nine books and counting. Her stories are noted for psychological depth and unusual subject matter such as alcoholism, death and dying, and domestic abuse. She has made all of the national bestseller lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year’s top five romances by The Library Journal. The Spiral Path and Stolen Magic were chosen as one of Top Ten romances of their years by Booklist, published by the American Library Association.

A nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career achievement award for historical romance. Though most of her books have been historical, she has also published three contemporary romances. The Marriage Spell will be out in June 2006 in hardcover, and Stolen Magic (written as M. J. Putney) will be released in July 2006.

Ms. Putney says that not least among the blessings of a full-time writing career is that one almost never has to wear pantyhose.

She writes young adult fiction as M.J. Putney.

On the Web

See Also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Bride Trilogy

.5 Uncommon Vows
  1. The Wild Child
  2. The China Bride
  3. The Bartered Bride

Circle Of Friends'

  1. The Burning Point / Stirring The Embers
  2. The Spiral Path / Phoenix Falling
  3. Twist Of Fate / An Imperfect Process
3.5 A Holiday Fling

Davenports

.5 The Would-Be Widow / The Bargain
  1. The Diabolical Baron
  2. The Rake And The Reformer / The Rake
  3. Sunshine For Christmas

Fallen Angels

  1. Thunder And Roses
  2. Petals In The Storm
  3. Dancing On The Wind
  4. Angel Rogue
  5. Shattered Rainbows
  6. River Of Fire
  7. One Perfect Rose

Guardians

.5 The Alchemical Marriage
  1. A Kiss Of Fate
  2. Stolen Magic
  3. The Marriage Spell
  4. A Distant Magic
4.1 White Rose Of Scotland
4.2 The Tuesday Enchantress
4.3 The Demon Dancer

The Lost Lords

  1. Loving A Lost Lord
  2. Never Less Than A Lady
  3. Nowhere Near Respectable
  4. No Longer A Gentleman
  5. Sometimes A Rogue
  6. Not Quite A Wife
  7. Not Always A Saint

Regency Trilogy

  1. The Would-Be Widow / The Bargain
  2. The Controversial Countess / Petals In The Storm
  3. The Rogue And The Runaway / Angel Rogue

Rogues Redeemed

1. Once A Soldier
2. Once A Rebel
3. Once A Scoundrel
3.5 One Wicked Winter Night
4. Once A Spy
5. Once Dishonored
6. Once A Laird

The Silk Trilogy

  1. Silk And Shadows
  2. Silk And Secrets
  3. Veils Of Silk

Starting Over

  1. The Burning Point / Stirring The Embers
  2. The Spiral Path / Phoenix Falling
  3. Twist Of Fate / An Imperfect Process

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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