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| − | '''Amanda Scott''' is the pen name of [[Lynne Scott-Drennan]]. | + | |
| + | '''Amanda Scott''' is the pen name of [[Lynne Scott-Drennan]]. | ||
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| + | Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California. | ||
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| + | As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980. | ||
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| + | Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area. | ||
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| + | The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do. | ||
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| + | Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== Books == | == Books == | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Abducted Heiress]]'' - 2001 |
| − | * ''[[An Affair Of Honor | + | * ''[[An Affair Of Honor|Affair Of Honor, An]]'' - 1984 |
| − | * ''[[Bath Charade]]'' - | + | * ''[[Bath Charade]]'' - 1991 |
| − | * ''[[The Bath Eccentric's Son|Bath Eccentric's Son, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Bath Eccentric's Son|Bath Eccentric's Son, The]]'' - 1992 |
| − | * ''[[The Bath Quadrille|Bath Quadrille, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Bath Quadrille|Bath Quadrille, The]]'' - 1991 |
| − | * ''[[The Battling Bluestocking|Battling Bluestocking, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Battling Bluestocking|Battling Bluestocking, The]]'' - 1985 |
| − | * ''[[The Bawdy Bride|Bawdy Bride, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Bawdy Bride|Bawdy Bride, The]]'' - 1995 |
| − | * ''[[Border Bride]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Bride]]'' - 1990 |
| − | * ''[[Border Fire]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Fire]]'' - 2000 |
| − | * ''[[Border Lass]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Lass]]'' - 2008 |
| − | * ''[[Border Moonlight]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Moonlight]]'' - 2009 |
| − | * ''[[Border Storm]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Storm]]'' - 2001 |
| − | * ''[[Border Wedding]]'' - | + | * ''[[Border Wedding]]'' - 2008 |
| − | * ''[[Dangerous Angels]]'' - | + | * ''[[Dangerous Angels]]'' - 1997 |
| − | * ''[[Dangerous Games]]'' - | + | * ''[[Dangerous Games]]'' - 1996 |
| − | * ''[[Dangerous Illusions]]'' | + | * ''[[Dangerous Illusions]]'' - 1994 |
| − | * ''[[Dangerous Lady]]'' - | + | * ''[[Dangerous Lady]]'' - 1999 |
| − | * ''[[The Dauntless Miss Wingrave| | + | * ''[[The Dauntless Miss Wingrave|Duantless Miss Wingrave, The]]'' - 1989 |
| − | * ''[[The Fickle Fortune Hunter|Fickle Fortune Hunter, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[Devil's Moon]]'' - 2015 |
| − | * ''[[The Forthright Lady Gillian|Forthright Lady Gillian, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Fickle Fortune Hunter|Fickle Fortune Hunter, The]]'' - 1993 |
| − | * ''[[The Fugitive Heiress|Fugitive Heiress, The]]'' | + | * ''[[The Forthright Lady Gillian|Forthright Lady Gillian, The]]'' - 1992 |
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[The Fugitive Heiress|Fugitive Heiress, The]]'' - 1981 |
| − | * ''[[Highland | + | * ''[[Hidden Heiress]]'' - 2002 |
| − | * ''[[Highland | + | * ''[[Highland Bride]]'' - 2003 |
| − | * ''[[Highland Princess]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Fling]]'' - 1995 |
| − | * ''[[Highland Secrets]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Hero]]'' - 2011 |
| − | * ''[[Highland Spirits ]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Lover]]'' - 2012 |
| − | * ''[[Highland Treasure]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Master]]'' - 2011 |
| − | * ''[[The Indomitable Miss Harris|Indomitable Miss Harris, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Princess]]'' - 2004 |
| − | * ''[[The Kidnapped Bride|Kidnapped Bride, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Secrets]]'' - 1997 |
| − | * ''[[King Of Storms]]'' - | + | * ''[[Highland Spirits]]'' - 1999 |
| − | * ''[[Knight's | + | * ''[[Highland Treasure]]'' - 1998 |
| − | * ''[[Lady Brittany's Choice]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Indomitable Miss Harris|Indomitable Miss Harris, The]]'' - 1983 |
| − | * ''[[Lady Escapade]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Kidnapped Bride|Kidnapped Bride, The]]'' - 1983 |
| − | * ''[[Lady Hawk's Folly]]'' - | + | * ''[[King Of Storms]]'' - 2007 |
| − | * ''[[Lady Meriel's Duty]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Kissing Stone|Kissing Stone, The]]'' - 2018 |
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[The Knight's Temptress|Knight's Temptress, The]]'' - 2013 |
| − | * ''[[Lord Abberley's Nemesis]]'' - | + | * ''[[Knight's Treasure]]'' - 2007 |
| − | * ''[[Lord | + | * ''[[Lady Brittany's Choice]]'' - 1988 |
| − | * ''[[Lord | + | * ''[[Lady Escapade]]'' - 1986 |
| − | * ''[[Lord Of The Isles]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lady Hawk's Folly]]'' - 1985 |
| − | * ''[[The Madcap Marchioness|Madcap Marchioness, The]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lady Meriel's Duty]]'' - 1987 |
| − | * ''[[Mistress Of The Hunt]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lady's Choice]]'' - 2006 |
| − | * ''[[Prince Of Danger]]'' - | + | * ''[[The Laird's Choice|Laird's Choice, The]]'' - 2012 |
| − | * ''[[Ravenwood's Lady]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lord Abberley's Nemesis]]'' - 1986 |
| − | * ''[[Reiver's Bride]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lord Greyfalcon's Reward]]'' - 1988 |
| − | * ''[[The Rose At Twilight]]'' - | + | * ''[[Lord Lyford's Secret]]'' - 1990 |
| + | * ''[[Lord Of The Isles]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Madcap Marchioness|Madcap Marchioness, The]]'' - 1989 | ||
| + | * ''[[Mistress Of The Hunt]]'' - 1987 | ||
| + | * ''[[Moonlight Raider]]'' - 2014 | ||
| + | * ''[[Prince Of Danger]]'' - 2005 | ||
| + | * ''[[Ravenwood's Lady]]'' - 1984 | ||
| + | * ''[[Reiver's Bride]]'' - 2003 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Reluctant Highlander|Reluctant Highlander, The]]'' - 2017 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Rose At Twilight|Rose At Twilight, The]]'' - 1993 | ||
| + | * ''[[Seduced By A Rogue]]'' - 2010 | ||
| + | * ''[[Tamed By A Laird]]'' - 2009 | ||
| + | * ''[[Tempted By A Warrior]]'' - 2010 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Warrior's Bride|Warrior's Bride, The]]'' - 2014 | ||
== Series/Related Titles == | == Series/Related Titles == | ||
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| − | + | '''Bath''' | |
| − | # [[Highland Fling - Amanda Scott|Highland Fling]] | + | # ''[[The Bath Quadrille]]'' |
| − | # [[Highland Secrets]] | + | # ''[[Bath Charade]]'' |
| − | # [[Highland Treasure]] | + | # ''[[The Bath Eccentric's Son]]'' |
| − | # [[Highland Spirits ]] | + | |
| − | # [[Highland Princess]] | + | '''Border Fire/Storm''' |
| + | # ''[[Border Fire]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Border Storm]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Border Nights''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Moonlight Raider]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Devil's Moon]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Border Trilogy''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Border Wedding]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Border Lass]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Border Moonlight]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Dangerous''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Dangerous Illusions]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Dangerous Games]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Dangerous Angels]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Dangerous Lady]]'' | ||
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| + | '''The Duke's Daughters''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Ravenwood's Lady]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Lady Brittany's Choice]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Galloway Trilogy''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Tamed By A Laird]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Seduced By A Rogue]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Tempted By A Warrior]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Gillian And Felicia''' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Forthright Lady Gillian]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Fickle Fortune Hunter]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Highland''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Fling - Amanda Scott|Highland Fling]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Secrets]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Treasure]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Spirits ]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Princess]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Highland Nights''' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Reluctant Highlander]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Kissing Stone]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Isles/Templars''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Princess]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Lord Of The Isles]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Prince Of Danger]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Lady's Choice]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Knight's Treasure]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[King Of Storms]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Lairds Of The Loch''' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Laird's Choice]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Knight's Temptress]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Warrior's Bride]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Scottish Knights''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Master]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Hero]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Lover]]'' | ||
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| + | '''The Secret Clan''' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Abducted Heiress - Amanda Scott|The Abducted Heiress]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[The Hidden Heiress]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Highland Bride]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Reiver's Bride]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''Sisters Traherne''' | ||
| + | # ''[[Lady Meriel's Duty]]'' | ||
| + | # ''[[Lord Lyford's Secret]]'' | ||
| − | == | + | == Awards == |
| − | + | *2008 [[RT Reviews Choice Award]] Winner - Scottish Historical Romance, ''[[Border Wedding]]'' | |
| − | + | *1987 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|Golden Medallion]] Winner - Regency Romance, ''[[Lord Abberley's Nemesis]]'' | |
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| − | == | + | ==Recognitions== |
| − | * [[ | + | *2014 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Warrior's Bride]]'' |
| − | * [[ | + | *2013 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Knight's Temptress]]'' |
| − | [ | + | *2012 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Highland Lover]]'' |
| + | *2012 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Laird's Choice]]'' | ||
| − | [ | + | ==Awards (body of work)== |
| + | *2004 [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - British Isle Historical Romance | ||
Latest revision as of 23:11, 7 October 2024
Amanda Scott is the pen name of Lynne Scott-Drennan.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Contents
See also
On the Web
Books
- Abducted Heiress - 2001
- Affair Of Honor, An - 1984
- Bath Charade - 1991
- Bath Eccentric's Son, The - 1992
- Bath Quadrille, The - 1991
- Battling Bluestocking, The - 1985
- Bawdy Bride, The - 1995
- Border Bride - 1990
- Border Fire - 2000
- Border Lass - 2008
- Border Moonlight - 2009
- Border Storm - 2001
- Border Wedding - 2008
- Dangerous Angels - 1997
- Dangerous Games - 1996
- Dangerous Illusions - 1994
- Dangerous Lady - 1999
- Duantless Miss Wingrave, The - 1989
- Devil's Moon - 2015
- Fickle Fortune Hunter, The - 1993
- Forthright Lady Gillian, The - 1992
- Fugitive Heiress, The - 1981
- Hidden Heiress - 2002
- Highland Bride - 2003
- Highland Fling - 1995
- Highland Hero - 2011
- Highland Lover - 2012
- Highland Master - 2011
- Highland Princess - 2004
- Highland Secrets - 1997
- Highland Spirits - 1999
- Highland Treasure - 1998
- Indomitable Miss Harris, The - 1983
- Kidnapped Bride, The - 1983
- King Of Storms - 2007
- Kissing Stone, The - 2018
- Knight's Temptress, The - 2013
- Knight's Treasure - 2007
- Lady Brittany's Choice - 1988
- Lady Escapade - 1986
- Lady Hawk's Folly - 1985
- Lady Meriel's Duty - 1987
- Lady's Choice - 2006
- Laird's Choice, The - 2012
- Lord Abberley's Nemesis - 1986
- Lord Greyfalcon's Reward - 1988
- Lord Lyford's Secret - 1990
- Lord Of The Isles - 2005
- Madcap Marchioness, The - 1989
- Mistress Of The Hunt - 1987
- Moonlight Raider - 2014
- Prince Of Danger - 2005
- Ravenwood's Lady - 1984
- Reiver's Bride - 2003
- Reluctant Highlander, The - 2017
- Rose At Twilight, The - 1993
- Seduced By A Rogue - 2010
- Tamed By A Laird - 2009
- Tempted By A Warrior - 2010
- Warrior's Bride, The - 2014
Series/Related Titles
Bath
Border Fire/Storm
Border Nights
Border Trilogy
Dangerous
The Duke's Daughters
Galloway Trilogy
Gillian And Felicia
Highland
Highland Nights
Isles/Templars
Lairds Of The Loch
Scottish Knights
The Secret Clan
Sisters Traherne
Awards
- 2008 RT Reviews Choice Award Winner - Scottish Historical Romance, Border Wedding
- 1987 Golden Medallion Winner - Regency Romance, Lord Abberley's Nemesis
Recognitions
- 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Warrior's Bride
- 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Knight's Temptress
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Highland Lover
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Laird's Choice
Awards (body of work)
- 2004 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - British Isle Historical Romance
