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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
[[Suzanne Brockmann]] has had books published by [[Ballantine]], [[Mira]], [[Silhouette]], [[Harlequin]], [[Bantam/Dell]], and [[Kensington]]. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for [[Loveswept]], she published eight novels. Writing for the Harlequin [[Intrigue]] imprint, she published one novel. | [[Suzanne Brockmann]] has had books published by [[Ballantine]], [[Mira]], [[Silhouette]], [[Harlequin]], [[Bantam/Dell]], and [[Kensington]]. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for [[Loveswept]], she published eight novels. Writing for the Harlequin [[Intrigue]] imprint, she published one novel. | ||
Revision as of 02:14, 14 June 2007
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Biography
Suzanne Brockmann has had books published by Ballantine, Mira, Silhouette, Harlequin, Bantam/Dell, and Kensington. Her first book was published in August, 1993 and she has over forty published books. As an author for Loveswept, she published eight novels. Writing for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, she published one novel.
Suzanne lives west of Boston with her husband. She has two grown children, both of whom are actors. She was director, vocal arranger and one of the lead singers in the Boston-area a cappella group SERIOUS FUN which placed third in the Boston Regional Harmony Sweepstakes in 1998.
Themes/Subjects/Plot Devices
Suzanne was one of the first authors to successfully concentrate on the Navy SEAL as a hero, particularly the Tall, Dark & Dangerous series for Silhouette and her stand alone titles in the Troubleshooters series published by Ballantine. The TDD series focuses on SEAL Team Ten and each book looks at the romance of a different team member. The Troubleshooters series primarily focuses on the contemporary romance of current and former members of SEAL Team 16 and the agents who have become part of the Troubleshooters team, for example, FBI hostage negotiators, former police officers employed by the former head of SEAL Team 16 who has started his own security company.
The books in the Troubleshooter series also have strong secondary stories. Each book has at least one other romance plot; sometimes the secondary plot is not resolved in one book but is carried over to other books in the series (Sam and Alyssa's story started in the first book of the series and was resolved in Gone Too Far). Also most of the books in the series have a World War II era story interwoven. These stories have been told as flashbacks by the characters who are involved in both the contemporary and 1940s story (The Unsung Hero), as chapters from a biography read by characters in the contemporary story (Out Of Control), or as the plot of a movie being made by the contemporary characters (Hot Target). The books have also dealt with such complex issues as gay men in military settings (Jules Cassidy is a gay FBI agent who appears in many of the series books) and prejudice against people of Middle-Eastern races (Into The Night), as well as the more "traditional' thriller stories of terrorists taking airplanes hostage (Over The Edge, written before 9/11), drug lords (Out Of Control), serial killers (Into the Storm), blackmail, etc. All of this told with a twist of humor that keeps the stories moving along at a fast pace.
Books
- Admiral's Bride, The - 1999 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Bodyguard - This title won the 2000 RITA® in the Contemporary Single Title category. 1999 (Fawcett)
- Body Language - June 1998, Loveswept #889
- Breaking Point - 2005 (Ballantine)
- Defiant Hero, The - 2001 (Ivy)
- Embraced By Love - 1995 (Pinnacle)
- Everday, Average Jones - 1998 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Flashpoint - 2004 (Ballantine)
- Forbidden - April 1997, Loveswept #832
- Forever Blue - 1996 (Silhouette Intimate Moments), Re-Issued 2003 (Mira)
- Freedom's Price - February 1998, Loveswept #873
- Frisco's Kid - 1997 (Silhouette Intimate Moments), Re-Issued 2003 (Mira)
- Future Perfect - 1993 (Meteor Kismet)
- Get Lucky - 2000 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Gone Too Far - 2003 (Ballantine)
- Harvard's Education - 1998 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Heart Throb - 1999 (Fawcett)
- Hero Under Cover - 1994 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Hot Target - 2004 (Ballantine)
- Identity:Unknown - 2000 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Into The Night - 2002 (Ballantine)
- Into The Storm - 2006 (August) (Ballantine)
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - 1998 (Silhouette Intimate Moments - reissued in 2005 as Hawken's Heart
- Kiss And Tell - May 1996, Loveswept #787
- Kissing Game, The - December 1996, Loveswept #817
- Ladies' Man - 1997 (Bantam Loveswept) (Available to subscribers only)
- Letters To Kelly - 2003 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Love With The Proper Stranger - 1998 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Man To Die For, A - 1995 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Night Watch - 2003 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- No Ordinary Man - 1996 (Harlequin Intrigue # 365)
- Not Without Risk - 1995 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Otherwise Engaged - February 1997, Loveswept #824
- Out Of Control -- 2002 (Ballantine)
- Over The Edge - 2001 (Ivy)
- Prince Joe - 1996 (Silhouette Intimate Moments), Re-Issued 2002 (Mira)
- Scenes Of Passion - 2003 (Silhouette Desire)
- Stand-In Groom - June 1997, Loveswept #840
- Taylor's Temptation - 2001 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Time Enough For Love - November 1997, Loveswept #858
- Undercover Princess - This title won the 2000 RITA® in the Long Contemporary category. 1999 (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
- Unsung Hero, The - 2000 (Ivy)
Series/Related Titles
Bartlett Brothers
- Forbidden - 1997
- Freedom's Price - 1998
Royally Wed
- Undercover Princess - 1999
St. Simone
- Man To Die For, A - 1995
- Not Without Risk - 1995
Sunrise Key
- Kiss And Tell - 1996
- Kissing Game, The - 1996
- Otherwise Engaged - 1997
Troubleshooter
- Into the Storm - 2006
- Breaking Point - 2005
- Hot Target - 2004
- Flashpoint - 2004
- Gone Too Far - 2003
- Into The Night - 2002
- Out Of Control - 2002
- Over The Edge - 2001
- Defiant Hero, The - 2001, Re-Issued 2003
- Unsung Hero, The - 2000, Re-Issued 2003
Tall, Dark & Dangerous
- Night Watch - 2003, Originally released as Wild, Wild Wes
- Taylor's Temptation - 2001
- Get Lucky - 2000
- Identity:Unknown - 2000
- Admiral's Bride, The - 1999
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - 1998, Reissued in 2005 as Hawken's Heart
- Harvard's Education - 1998
- Everday, Average Jones - 1998
- Frisco's Kid - 1997
- Forever Blue - 1996
- Prince Joe - 1996, Re-Issued 2002
Awards
- Won the 2000 RITA® in the Contemporary Single Title category AND won the 2000 RITA® in the Long Contemporary category.
- She has won over a dozen WISH Awards from Romantic Times Magazine and has had five Gold Medal Reviews. She has won the HOLT Medallion, the Rising Star Award, the Golden Leaf, and RT Magazine's Award for Best Series Romance of the Year in both 1996 and 1998.
- In 2000 she wond the Romantic Times Magazine Career Achievement award for series adventure romance.
- In 2002 she won the Romantic Times Magazine Career Achievement award for contemporary romantic suspense
