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== Biography ==
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Kathleen Korbel won two [[1990 RITA® Winners|RITA®]] awards in 1990, marking a strong debut in the genre. Going on to win 5 Ritas all told, she is only the fourth member of the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame, and has several Lifetime Acheivement and Reviewer's Choice Awards from Romantic Times Bookclub. Her Silhouette Intimate Moments, A ROSE FOR MAGGIE, about a woman who has a baby with Down's Syndrome, was listed among ten different Top All-Time Romance lists.
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[[Category:RITA Award Winners]]
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[[Category:RITA Award Finalists]]
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[[category:Silhouette Intimate Moments Authors]]
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[[Category:Silhouette Desire Authors]]
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[[Category:Silhouette Nocturne Authors]]
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[[Category:Contemporary Romance Authors]]
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[[Category:Pseudonym]]
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[[Category:Missouri Authors]]
  
She also publishes under the name [[Eileen Dreyer]].
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New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Eileen Dreyer, known as '''Kathleen Korbel''' to her Silhouette readers, has published 31 romance novels in most of the sub-genres, 8 medical-forensic suspenses, and 7 short stories.
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2015 sees Eileen enjoying critical acclaim for her foray into historical romance, the Drake’s Rakes series, which follow the lives of a group of Regency aristocrats who are willing to sacrifice everything to keep their country safe. Eileen calls them Regency Romantic Adventure. Eileen spent time not only in England and Italy, but India to research the series (it’s a filthy job, but somebody has to do it).
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A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.
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Dreyer won her first publishing award in 1987, being named the best new Contemporary Romance Author by RT Bookclub. Since that time she has also garnered not only five other writing awards from RT, but five RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, which secures her only the fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. Since extending her reach to suspense, she has also garnered a coveted Anthony Award nomination.
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A frequent speaker at conferences, Eileen is also an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world, and admits she sees research as a handy way to salve her insatiable curiosity. She counts film producers, police detectives and Olympic athletes as some of her sources and friends. She’s also trained in forensic nursing and death investigation, which she figures could come in handy if this writing thing doesn’t pan out.
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==On The Web==
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* Website [https://eileendreyer.com/about/]
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[Eileen Dreyer]]
 
* [[Eileen Dreyer]]
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== Books ==
 
== Books ==
* [[Dark Seduction - Kathleen Korbel|''Dark Seduction'']]  - [[Silhouette Nocturne]], February 2008
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* ''[[Dangerous Temptation]]'' - 2006
* [[Dangerous Temptation - Kathleen Korbel|''Dangerous Temptation'']] - [[Silhouette Nocturne]], October 2007
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* ''[[Dark Seduction]]'' - 2008
* [[Dark Seduction - Kathleen Korbel|''Dark Seduction'']] - [[Silhouette Nocturne]], February 2008
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* ''[[Deadly Redemption]]'' - 2008
* [[Don't Fence Me In - Kathleen Korbel|''Don't Fence Me In'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #1015, August 1996
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* ''[[Don't Fence Me In]]'' - 1997
* [[Edge Of The World|''Edge of the World'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #222, February 1988  
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* ''[[Edge Of The World]]'' - 1988
* [[A Fine Madness - Kathleen Korbel|''Fine Madness, A'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] Man of the World #668 , October 1991
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* ''[[A Fine Madness|Fine Madness, A]]'' - 1992
* [[Hotshot|''Hotshot'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] Man of the Month #582, July 1990
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* ''[[Hotshot]]'' - 1990
* [[The Ice Cream Man|''The Ice Cream Man'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #309, November 1989 - This title won the [[1990 RITA® Winners|RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary Category]].
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* ''[[The Ice Cream Man|Ice Cream Man, The]]'' - 1989
* [[Isn't It Romantic?|''Isn't It Romantic?'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #703, April 1992
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* ''[[Isn't It Romantic?]]'' - 1992
* [[Jake's Way|''Jake's Way'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #413, January 1992
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* ''[[Jake's Way]]'' - 1992
* [[Lightning Strikes|''Lightning Strikes'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #351, September 1990
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* ''[[Lightning Strikes]]'' - 1990
* [[Perchance To Dream|''Perchance to Dream'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #276, June 1989 - This title won the [[1990 RITA® Winners|RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Romantic Suspense|Romantic Suspense]] category.
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* ''[[Outlaws And Lovers]]'' - 1996
* [[Playing The Game|''Playing The Game'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #286, June 1986
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* ''[[Perchance To Dream]]'' - 1989
* [[A Prince Of A Guy|''Prince of a Guy, A'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #389,  November 1987
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* ''[[Playing The Game]]'' - 1986
* [[The Princess And The Pea|''Princess and the Pea, The'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #455, October 1988
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* ''[[A Prince Of A Guy|Prince Of A Guy, A]]'' - 1988
* [[The Road To Mandalay|''Road To Mandalay, The'']] - [[Silhouette Summer Sizzlers]], 1989  
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* ''[[The Princess And The Pea|Princess And The Pea, The]]'' - 1989
* [[A Rose For Maggie|''Rose for Maggie, A'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #396, August  1991 - This title won the [[1992 RITA® Winners|1992 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category.
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* ''[[The Road To Mandalay|Road To Mandalay, The]]'' - 1989
* [[Sail Away|''Sail Away'']] - [[Silhouette Desire]] #1254, November 1998
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* ''[[A Rose For Maggie|Rose For Maggie, A]]'' - 1991
* [[Simple Gifts - Kathleen Korbel|''Simple Gifts'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #571, June 1994
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* ''[[Sail Away]]'' - 2000
* [[A Soldier's Heart|''Soldier's Heart, A'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #602, November 1995 - This title won the [[1995 RITA® Winners|1995 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category.
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* ''[[Simple Gifts]]'' - 1994
* [[Some Men's Dreams|''Some Men's Dreams'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]], July 2003
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* ''[[A Soldier's Heart|Soldier's Heart, A]]'' - 1994
* [[A Stranger's Smile|''Stranger's Smile, A'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #162, October 1986
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* ''[[Some Men's Dreams]]'' - 2003
* [[Timeless|''Timeless'']] - [[Silhouette Shadows]] Anthology, October 1993
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* ''[[A Stranger's Smile|Stranger's Smile, A]]'' - 1986
* [[Walk On The Wild Side|''Walk on the Wild Side]] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #457, November 1992
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* ''[[A Walk On The Wild Side|Walk On The Wild Side, A]]'' - 1992
* [[Worth Any Risk|''Worth Any Risk'']] - [[Silhouette Intimate Moments]] #191, May 1987
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* ''[[Worth Any Risk]]'' - 1987
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''American Hero''' (multi-author series)
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:  3. ''[[A Walk On The Wild Side]]''
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:  22.. ''[[Simple Gifts]]''
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'''Campbells'''
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# ''[[Don't Fence Me In]]''
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# ''[[Sail Away]]''
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'''Daughters Of Myth'''
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# ''[[Dangerous Temptation]]''
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# ''[[Dark Seduction]]''
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# ''[[Deadly Redemption]]''
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'''Kendall'''
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# ''[[Worth Any Risk]]''
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# ''[[Jake's Way]]''
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# ''[[Simple Gifts]]''
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# ''[[Some Men's Dreams]]''
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'''Man Of The Month''' (multi-author series)
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:  19. ''[[Hotshot]]''
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:  92. ''[[Don't Fence Me In]]''
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'''Man Of The World''' (multi-author series)
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# ''[[A Fine Madness]]''
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'''Phillips'''
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# ''[[A Prince Of A Guy]]''
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# ''[[The Princess And The Pea]]''
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'''Thorne Siblings'''
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# ''[[Perchance To Dream]]''
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# ''[[Lightning Strikes]]''
  
 
== Awards ==
 
== Awards ==
* 1986 [[Romantic Times]] Achievement Award - Best New Category Romance Writer
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*2003 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Series Romance, ''[[Some Men's Dreams]]''
* 1989 [[RWA RITA Award]] - '''The Ice Cream Man''' - Best Long Category Romance
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*2003 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Silhouette Intimate Moments, ''[[Some Men's Dreams]]''
* 1989  [[RWA RITA Award]] - '''Perchance to Dream'''- Best Romantic Suspense
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*1995 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[A Soldier's Heart]]''
* 1991 [[RWA RITA Award]] - '''A Rose for Maggie''' - Best Long Category Romance
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*1994 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Long Series Romance, ''[[A Soldier's Heart]]''
* 1991 [[RT Bookclub Lifetime Achievement]]   Series Romance
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*1994 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series Romance Book Of The Year, ''[[A Walk On The Wild Side]]''
* 1993  [[RT Bookclub Reviewer's Choice Award]] '''A Walk on the Wild Side'''
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*1993  [[RT Bookclub Reviewer's Choice Award]], ''[[A Walk on the Wild Side]]''
* [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best Series/Category Author
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*1992  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[A Rose For Maggie]]''
* 1995 [[RWA RITA Award]] - '''A Soldier's Heart''' - Best Long Category Romance
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*1990  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[The Ice Cream Man]]''
* 1996 [[RWA Hall of Fame]]
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*1990 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Perchance To Dream]]''
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*1990  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Silhouette Desire, ''[[Hotshot]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[A Rose For Maggie]]''
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Jake's Way]]''
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*1991 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, ''[[Hotshot]]''
  
== On the Web ==
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==Awards (body of work)==
* [http://www.eileendreyer.com/index.shtml Eileen Dreyer]
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*1996  [[Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame]]
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*1994  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Nominee - Best Series/Category Author
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*1991  [[RT Bookclub Lifetime Achievement]] - Series Romance
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*1986  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Best New Category Romance Writer

Latest revision as of 22:58, 21 November 2024


New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Eileen Dreyer, known as Kathleen Korbel to her Silhouette readers, has published 31 romance novels in most of the sub-genres, 8 medical-forensic suspenses, and 7 short stories.

2015 sees Eileen enjoying critical acclaim for her foray into historical romance, the Drake’s Rakes series, which follow the lives of a group of Regency aristocrats who are willing to sacrifice everything to keep their country safe. Eileen calls them Regency Romantic Adventure. Eileen spent time not only in England and Italy, but India to research the series (it’s a filthy job, but somebody has to do it).

A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.

Dreyer won her first publishing award in 1987, being named the best new Contemporary Romance Author by RT Bookclub. Since that time she has also garnered not only five other writing awards from RT, but five RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, which secures her only the fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. Since extending her reach to suspense, she has also garnered a coveted Anthony Award nomination.

A frequent speaker at conferences, Eileen is also an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world, and admits she sees research as a handy way to salve her insatiable curiosity. She counts film producers, police detectives and Olympic athletes as some of her sources and friends. She’s also trained in forensic nursing and death investigation, which she figures could come in handy if this writing thing doesn’t pan out.

On The Web

See Also

Books

Series/Related Titles

American Hero (multi-author series)

3. A Walk On The Wild Side
22.. Simple Gifts

Campbells

  1. Don't Fence Me In
  2. Sail Away

Daughters Of Myth

  1. Dangerous Temptation
  2. Dark Seduction
  3. Deadly Redemption

Kendall

  1. Worth Any Risk
  2. Jake's Way
  3. Simple Gifts
  4. Some Men's Dreams

Man Of The Month (multi-author series)

19. Hotshot
92. Don't Fence Me In

Man Of The World (multi-author series)

  1. A Fine Madness

Phillips

  1. A Prince Of A Guy
  2. The Princess And The Pea

Thorne Siblings

  1. Perchance To Dream
  2. Lightning Strikes

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)