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== Biography ==
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[[Category:Authors - V]]
As an author for [[Silhouette Romance]], Linda Varner published 21 novels. She is also known as Linda Palmer, Jessica St. James and Scotney St. James.
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[[Category:Silhouette Romance Authors]]
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[[Category:RITA Award Finalists]]
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[[Category:1989 Debut]]
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[[Category:Traditional Romance Authors]]
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[[Category:Arkansas Authors]]
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'''Linda Varner''' began writing forpleasure in the third grade, mostly poetry, and has letters from her grade schoolteachers predicting she’d be an author. Her poems eventually became shortstories; her short stories became books. And even though a writing career wasnever actually a dream, it was something she pursued with intent after winning somewriting contests and joining local and national writers’ groups. Silhouette Books published Linda’s first romance novel in l989 and the next twenty over a ten-year period (writing as Linda Varner, her maiden name). Linda was a Romance Writers of America Rita finalist twice. Linda has been married to her junior high school sweetheart over fifty years and lives in Arkansas,USA with her family.  
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==See Also==
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* [[Linda Palmer]]
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* [[Jessica St. James]]
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* [[Scotney St. James]]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
* ''[[As Sweet As Candy]]'' - March  1992 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #851]])
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* ''[[As Sweet As Candy]]'' - 1992
* ''[[Believing In Miracles]]'' - December  1994 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1051]])
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* ''[[Believing In Miracles]]'' - 1994
* ''[[Better To Have Loved]]'' - July  1990 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #734]])
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* ''[[Better To Have Loved]]'' - 1990
* ''[[Corporate Groom]]'' - February  1998 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1280]])
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* ''[[Corporate Groom]]'' - 1998
* ''[[Dad On The Job]]'' - October  1994 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1036]])
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* ''[[Dad On The Job]]'' - 1994
* ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' - June  1992 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #868]])
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* ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' - 1992
* ''[[Firelight And Forever]]'' - October  1993 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #966]])
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* ''[[Firelight And Forever]]'' - 1993
* ''[[A Good Catch|Good Catch, A]]'' - December  1992 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #906]])
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* ''[[A Good Catch|Good Catch, A]]'' - 1992
* ''[[Heart Of The Matter]]'' - January  1989 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #625]])
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* ''[[Heart Of The Matter]]'' - 1989
* ''[[Heart Rustler]]'' - April 1989 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #644]])
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* ''[[Heart Rustler]]'' -  1989
* ''[[Honeymoon Hideaway]]'' - January 1990 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #698]])
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* ''[[Honeymoon Hideaway]]'' -  1990
* ''[[A House Becomes A Home|House Becomes A Home, A]]'' - March  1991 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #780]])
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* ''[[A House Becomes A Home|House Becomes A Home, A]]'' - 1991  
* ''[[Lone Star Bride]]'' - November  1998 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1335]])
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* ''[[Lone Star Bride]]'' - 1998
* ''[[The Luck Of The Irish|Luck Of The Irish, The]]'' - August  1989 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #665]])
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* ''[[The Luck Of The Irish|Luck Of The Irish, The]]'' - 1989
* ''[[Make Believe Husband]]'' - July  1998 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1310]])
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* ''[[Make Believe Husband]]'' - 1998
* ''[[Mistletoe And Miracles - Linda Varner|Mistletoe And Miracles]]'' - December  1991 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #835]])
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* ''[[Mistletoe And Miracles - Linda Varner|Mistletoe And Miracles]]'' - 1991
* ''[[Mistletoe Bride]]'' - December  1996 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1193]])
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* ''[[Mistletoe Bride]]'' - 1996
* ''[[New Year's Wife]]'' - January 1997 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1200]])
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* ''[[New Year's Wife]]'' - 1997
* ''[[Something Borrowed - Linda Varner|Something Borrowed]]'' - June  1993 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #943]])
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* ''[[Something Borrowed - Linda Varner|Something Borrowed]]'' - 1993  
* ''[[Wife Most Unlikely]]'' - March  1995 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1068]])
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* ''[[Wife Most Unlikely]]'' - 1995
* ''[[Won't You Be My Husband?]]'' -  November 1996 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #1188]])
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* ''[[Won't You Be My Husband?]]'' - 1996
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Fabulous Fathers''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Dad On The Job
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'''Home for the Holidays'''
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#''[[Won't You Be My Husband?]]''
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#''[[Mistletoe Bride]]''
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#''[[New Year's Wife]]''
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'''Mr. Right, Inc.'''
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#''[[Dad On The Job]]''
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#''[[Believing In Miracles]]''
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#''[[Wife Most Unlikely]]''
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'''Three Weddings and a Family'''
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#''[[Corporate Groom]]''
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#''[[Make-Believe Husband]]''
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#''[[Lone Star Bride]]''
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'''Under the Mistletoe''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Believing In Miracles]]''
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'''Written in the Stars''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]''
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'''You're Invited''' (multi-author series)
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*  ''[[Something Borrowed]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Traditional Romance, ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]''

Latest revision as of 14:12, 26 November 2024


Linda Varner began writing forpleasure in the third grade, mostly poetry, and has letters from her grade schoolteachers predicting she’d be an author. Her poems eventually became shortstories; her short stories became books. And even though a writing career wasnever actually a dream, it was something she pursued with intent after winning somewriting contests and joining local and national writers’ groups. Silhouette Books published Linda’s first romance novel in l989 and the next twenty over a ten-year period (writing as Linda Varner, her maiden name). Linda was a Romance Writers of America Rita finalist twice. Linda has been married to her junior high school sweetheart over fifty years and lives in Arkansas,USA with her family.

See Also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Fabulous Fathers (multi-author series)

  • [[Dad On The Job

Home for the Holidays

  1. Won't You Be My Husband?
  2. Mistletoe Bride
  3. New Year's Wife

Mr. Right, Inc.

  1. Dad On The Job
  2. Believing In Miracles
  3. Wife Most Unlikely

Three Weddings and a Family

  1. Corporate Groom
  2. Make-Believe Husband
  3. Lone Star Bride

Under the Mistletoe (multi-author series)

Written in the Stars (multi-author series)

You're Invited (multi-author series)

Recognitions