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'''Sandra Brown''' started her career in 1981 writing [[Category Romance|category romance]] under her real name and various [[Pseudonym|pseudonyms]] before moving into [[Historical Romance|historical romances]], [[Contemporary|contemporary romance]] and romantic and straight [[Suspense|suspense]]. Her early [[Category Romance|category romances]] are considered classics and highly collectible. Her first novel as '''Sandra Brown''', [[Relentless Desire]] was published in 1983 in the [[Second Chance At Love]] imprint. Her [[Tomorrow's Promise]] was the first book released under the [[Harlequin American Romance]] imprint and she was also the first author published by the [[Loveswept]] imprint with her novel [[Heaven's Price]].  
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'''Sandra Brown''' is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers, including Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak.
  
Her [[Contemporary|contemporary ]] novel [[French Silk]] was made into a television movie for ABC. She has been honored with many awards including the [[Romance Writers of America]] [[Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award]]. She also contributed to the [[Dangerous Men And Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance]] collection.
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Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.
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Her episode on truTV’s “Murder by the Book” premiered the series in 2008. She appeared in 2010 on Investigation Discovery’s series, “Hardcover Mysteries.” Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, and White Hot.
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Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she instituted the Excellence in Literary Fiction, or ELF, a scholarship awarded annually to a creative writing student.
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She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has gone on two USO tours, to Afghanistan and Cuba.
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==On the Web==
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* Website [https://sandrabrown.net/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Brown]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Erin St. Claire]]
 
* [[Erin St. Claire]]
  
== On the Web ==
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=== Books ===
* [http://www.sandrabrown.net/ Sandra Brown] - Official website
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=== Books ===
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==Series/Related Titles==
* ''[[Above And Beyond]]'' - August 1992 ([[Silhouette]]) = previously published as [[Erin St. Claire]]
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* ''[[Adam's Fall]]'' - May 1988 ([[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #252]])
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* ''[[The Alibi|Alibi, The]]'' - August 1999 ([[Warner]]) [[Hardcover]]
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==Recognitions==
* ''[[Another Dawn - Sandra Brown|Another Dawn]]'' - September 1985 ([[Bantam]])
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*2021  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Blind Tiger]]
* ''[[Best Kept Secrets]]'' - April 1989 ([[Warner]])
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*2021  [[Booklist]] Editors Choice - Adult: Genre Fiction, ''[[Blind Tiger]]''
* ''[[Bittersweet Rain]]'' - January 2000 ([[Warner]]) = previously published as [[Erin St. Claire]]
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*2021  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Blind Tiger]]''
* ''[[Breakfast In Bed - Sandra Brown|Breakfast In Bed]]'' - November 1983 ([[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #22]])
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Seeing Red]]''
* ''[[Breath Of Scandal]]'' - July 1991 ([[Warner]])
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*2016  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Sting]]''
* ''[[Charade - Sandra Brown|Charade]]'' - May 1994 ([[Warner]]) [[Hardcover]]
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*2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Sting]]''
* ''[[Chill Factor]]'' - August 2005 ([[Simon and Schuster|Simon & Schuster]]) [[Hardcover]]
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*2014  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Mean Streak]]''
* [[Demon Rumm|''Demon Rumm '']] - June 1987,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #197]]
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*2013  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Deadline]]''
* [[Fanta C|''Fanta C '']] - November 1987, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #217]]
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] - Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Mirror Image]]''
* [[Hawk O'Toole's Hostage|''Hawk O'Toole's Hostage '']] - June 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #263]]  
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*1995 [[Publishers Weekly]]'' - Starred Reviews, ''[[The Witness]]''
* [[Heaven's Price|''Heaven's Price '']] - May 1983,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #1]]
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Single Title Contemporary Romance, ''[[French Silk]]''
* [[In A Class By Itself|''In A Class By Itself '']] - October 1984, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #66]]
 
* [[Long Time Coming|''Long Time Coming '']] - January 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #300]]  
 
* [[The Rana Look|''Rana Look, The'']] - April 1986,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #136]]
 
* [[Riley In The Morning|''Riley In The Morning '']] - October 1985, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #115]]
 
* [[Send No Flowers|''Send No Flowers '']] - July 1984,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #51]]  
 
* [[Sunny Chandler's Return|''Sunny Chandler's Return '']] - March 1987,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #185]]
 
* [[Temperature's Rising|''Temperature's Rising '']] - July 1989, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #336]]  
 
* [[Texas Trilogy|''Texas Trilogy'']]
 
* [[Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown|''Thursday's Child '']] - February 1985,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #79]]  
 
* [[Tidings Of Great Joy |''Tidings Of Great Joy '']] - January 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #229]]
 
* [[Tomorrow's Promise - Sandra Brown|''Tomorrow's Promise'']] - [[Harlequin American Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin American Romance #1]] - April 1983
 
* [[22 Indigo Place|''22 Indigo Place '']] - August 1986,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #154]]  
 
* [[A Whole New Light |''Whole New Light, A'']] - December 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #366]]
 
  
== Honors ==
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==Awards (body of work)==
* [[1989-1990 Career Achievement Award Winners|1989-1990 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
 
 
*1998  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
 
*1998  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
* [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best All-Around Classic Romance Author
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*1989-90  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner- Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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==Recognitions (body of work)==
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*1994 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Nominee - Best All-Around Classic Romance Author

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Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers, including Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak.

Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.

Her episode on truTV’s “Murder by the Book” premiered the series in 2008. She appeared in 2010 on Investigation Discovery’s series, “Hardcover Mysteries.” Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, and White Hot.

Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she instituted the Excellence in Literary Fiction, or ELF, a scholarship awarded annually to a creative writing student.

She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has gone on two USO tours, to Afghanistan and Cuba.

On the Web

See also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

Recognitions (body of work)