Christine Rimmer

A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Christine Rimmer has written more than one hundred contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. She consistently writes emotional, humorous, sensual stories that keep her readers coming back for more. Christine has won Romantic Times BOOKreview’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated six times for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award and also five times for Romantic TimesSeries Storyteller of the Year.

A California native who first longed to be an actress, Christine earned her theater degree from California State, Sacramento and then went to New York to study acting. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. Her plays were produced at The Back Alley and Group Theaters in Southern California and have been published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays.

Christine lives in Oregon with her family.

On the Web

• Website [1]
• Wikipedia [2]

Awards

• 2013 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Silhouette Special Edition, A Hero For Sophie Jones

Recognitions

• 2016 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Romance: Short, Carter Bravo's Christmas Bride
• 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, James Bravo's Shotgun Bride
• 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Good Girl's Second Chance
• 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, A Bravo Christmas Wedding
• 2013 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Series Romance, The Last Single Maverick
• 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Holiday Royale
• 2012 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Series Romance, A Bravo Homecoming
• 2012 RITA Award Finalist - Contemporary Series Romance, Donovan's Child
• 2007 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, Married In Haste
• 1993 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, Midsummer Madness