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== Biography ==
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A member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, '''Barbara Dawson Smith''' sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Her books have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE. Barbara also writes romance as Olivia Drake.
A member of [[Romance Writers of America]] since 1981, Barbara Dawson Smith sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Her books have won the [[Golden Heart]] Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur Magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious [[RITA]] Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE.
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Barbara lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs. When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, she enjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.
  
 
==On The Web==
 
==On The Web==
* [http://www.barbaradawsonsmith.com/ Barbara Dawson Smith, Romance Author]
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* Website [http://www.barbaradawsonsmith.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Dawson_Smith]
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==See Also==
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* [[Olivia Drake]]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
*[[No Regrets|''No Regrets'']] - June 1985, ([[Silhouette Special Edition]][[Silhouette Special Edition By The Numbers| #246]])
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* ''[[Beauty And The Brute]]'' - 1998
*[[Stolen Heart|''Stolen Heart'']] - November 1988, ([[Avon]])
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* ''[[Candle In The Snow]]'' - 1990
*[[Silver Splendor|''Silver Splendor'']] - August 1989, ([[Avon]])
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* ''[[Countess Confidential]]'' - 2006
*[[Dreamspinner|''Dreamspinner'']] - May 1990, ([[Avon]])
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* ''[[Defiant Embrace]]'' - 1957
*[[A Glimpse Of Heaven|''A Glimpse Of Heaven'']] - December 1995, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Defiant Surrender]]'' - 1987
*[[Never A Lady|''Never A Lady'']] - November 1996, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Dream Spinner]]'' - 1990
*[[Once Upon A Scandal|''Once Upon A Scandal'']] - September 1997, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[The Duchess Diaries|Duchess Diaries, The]]'' - 2005
*[[Her Secret Affair|''Her Secret Affair'']] - May 1998, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Fire At Midnight]]'' - 1992
*[[Seduced By A Scoundrel|''Seduced By A Scoundrel'']] - January 2000, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Fire On The Wind]]'' - 1992
*[[Too Wicked To Love|''Too Wicked To Love'']] - April 1999, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[A Glimpse Of Heaven|Glimpse Of Heaven, A]]'' - 1995
*[[The Duchess Diaries|''The Duchess Diaries'']] - November 2005, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Her Secret Affair]]'' - 1998
*[[Countess Confidential|''Countess Confidential'']] - February 2006, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Never A Lady]]'' - 1996
*[[The Rogue Report|''The Rogue Report'']] - June 2006, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[No Regrets]]'' - 1985
 
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* ''[[Once Upon A Scandal]]'' - 1997
 
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* ''[[One Wild Night]]'' - 2003
== Author Series ==
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* ''[[The Rogue Report|Rogue Report, The]]'' - 2006
==='''Defiant Fletcher'''===
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* ''[[Romancing The Rogue]]'' - 2000
#[[Defiant Embrace|''Defiant Embrace'']] - July 1985, ([[Zebra]])
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* ''[[Seduced By A Scoundrel]]'' - 2000
#[[Defiant Surrender|''Defiant Surrender'']] - January 1987, ([[Zebra]])
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* ''[[Silver Splendor]]'' - 1989
 
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* ''[[Stolen Heart]]'' - 1988
 
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* ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]'' - 2001
==='''Fire Coleridge'''===
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* ''[[Too Wicked To Love]]'' - 1999
#[[Fire On The Wind|''Fire On The Wind'']] - March 1992, ([[Avon]])
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* ''[[The Wedding Night|Wedding Night, The]]'' - 2004
#[[Fire At Midnight|''Fire At Midnight'']] - September 1992, ([[Avon]])
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* ''[[With All My Heart]]'' - 2002
  
==='''Rosebuds'''===
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==Anthologies==
#[[Romancing The Rogue|''Romancing The Rogue'']] - September 2000, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Christmas Romance: Love Stories]]'' - 1990
#[[Tempt Me Twice|''Tempt Me Twice'']] - September 2001, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
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* ''[[Scandalous Weddings]]'' - 1998
#[[With All My Heart|''With All My Heart'']] - September 2002, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
 
#[[One Wild Night|''One Wild Night'']] - September 2003, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
 
#[[The Wedding Night|''The Wedding Night'']] - April 2004, ([[St. Martin's Press]])
 
  
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''Defiant Fletcher'''
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# ''[[Defiant Embrace]]''
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# ''[[Defiant Surrender]]''
  
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'''Fire Coleridge'''
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# ''[[Fire On The Wind]]''
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# ''[[Fire At Midnight]]''
  
===Novellas===
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''' The Rosebuds'''
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# ''[[Romancing The Rogue]]''
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# ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]''
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# ''[[With All My Heart]]''
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# ''[[One Wild Night]]''
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# ''[[The Wedding Night]]''
  
* "Candle in the Snow" in [[Christmas Romance: Love Stories]], [[1990]], [[Avon]]
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'''Related Books'''
* "Beauty and the Brute" in [[Scandalous Weddings]], [[1998]], [[St. Martin's Press]]
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# ''[[Her Secret Affair]]''
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# ''[[Beauty And The Brute]]''
  
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== Awards ==
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*2002  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[A Glimipse Of Heaven]]
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*1990  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Historical Romantic Suspense, ''[[Dreamspinner]]
  
== Awards/Honors ==
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==Recognitions==
* [[Tempt Me Twice|''Tempt Me Twice'']] - [[Barbara Dawson Smith]] won the [[2002 RITA® Winners|2002 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Short Historical Romance|Short Historical Romance]] category.
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Too Wicked To Love]]''
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*1998  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Once Upon A Scandal]]''
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Single Title Historical Romance, ''[[Fire On The Wind]]''
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*1991  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Series Romance, ''[[Dreamspinner]]''

Latest revision as of 03:53, 22 November 2024


A member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, Barbara Dawson Smith sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Her books have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE. Barbara also writes romance as Olivia Drake.

Barbara lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs. When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, she enjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.

On The Web

See Also

Books

Anthologies

Series/Related Titles

Defiant Fletcher

  1. Defiant Embrace
  2. Defiant Surrender

Fire Coleridge

  1. Fire On The Wind
  2. Fire At Midnight

The Rosebuds

  1. Romancing The Rogue
  2. Tempt Me Twice
  3. With All My Heart
  4. One Wild Night
  5. The Wedding Night

Related Books

  1. Her Secret Affair
  2. Beauty And The Brute

Awards

Recognitions