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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | As | + | Rebecca Brown was born on February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Dr. John Zimmerman Brown, Jr. and Kathryn Ormsby Hyde. When she was 17, she went to boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she learned to speak French and met girls from all over the world. Upon returning to the U.S., Rebecca developed her love of languages when she earned her B.A. in secondary education, history, French, and Spanish from the University of Utah and did postgraduate work in Arabic. |
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| + | Because of her studies overseas, Rebecca decided to become a teacher and studied French and history at her alma mater in Utah. For the past 15 years, she's taught junior-high and high-school French and history, and says she got into serious writing almost by accident. | ||
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| + | "I went through a back door to begin my writing career," she says. "In the first place, I never liked to write anything -- I only wrote mandatory papers for school. If anyone had told me I would become a writer, let alone love it, I would have laughed and dismissed the notion as absolutely absurd and preposterous. Having said that, I did write letters to my parents while I was away at boarding school when I was 17. My mother kept them and one day, after I had become a mother for the second time, she sent me all my old letters and asked me to write my memories from them for posterity. At the time I thought she was insane, but because I adore my mother I did as she asked. By the time I'd finished sorting through all those teenage thoughts, observations and opinions, the seeds of a story had begun to form in my mind. The seed eventually became a novel and was published in 1979. It was called The Loving Season, published under the name Rebecca Burton. Naturally, it takes place in Switzerland and France. As soon as I finished that novel, I found myself wanting to start another novel entitled By Love Divided, a World War II romance. A few years later, Harlequin bought a novel, Blind to Love, a story that takes place in Kenya. It's been a love affair ever since. I guess the moral of the story is, never underestimate a mother's intuition!" | ||
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| + | Europe is her favourite locale for her novels. She lived in France and Switzerland, and has travelled extensively all over Europe, particularly Spain, Italy, the Pyrenees and Sweden. She said "There are so many gorgeous places, fascinating people, beautiful languages, culture and history, it's like trying to choose from a fabulous smorgasboard every time I start to write a new story. The tastes, smells, sights, music--all of it speaks to me. Every time!" | ||
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| + | As Rebecca has kept writing, her talents have not gone unrecognized. She has won the National Readers' Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. Right now, Rebecca is working her way toward her 50th novel for Harlequin. | ||
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| + | Rebecca, is a mother of four, Wilford, John, Dominique Jessop and Maxim. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died in 2023. | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* [[Bride Of My Heart|''Bride Of My Heart'']] - August, 1994 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3325]] | * [[Bride Of My Heart|''Bride Of My Heart'']] - August, 1994 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3325]] | ||
* [[The Bridegroom's Vow|''Bridegroom's Vow, The'']] - March, 2002 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3693]] | * [[The Bridegroom's Vow|''Bridegroom's Vow, The'']] - March, 2002 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3693]] | ||
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| + | * [[The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal - Rebecca Winters|''Brooding Frenchman's Proposal, The'']] - July 2009, ([[Harlequin Romance]] - [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#4106]]) | ||
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* [[Claiming His Baby|''Claiming His Baby'']] - October, 2001 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3673]] | * [[Claiming His Baby|''Claiming His Baby'']] - October, 2001 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3673]] | ||
* [[The Duke's Baby|''Duke's Baby, The'']] - October, 2007 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3979]] | * [[The Duke's Baby|''Duke's Baby, The'']] - October, 2007 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3979]] | ||
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* [[Rush To The Altar|''Rush To The Altar'']] - April, 2003 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3743]] | * [[Rush To The Altar|''Rush To The Altar'']] - April, 2003 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3743]] | ||
* [[Second-Best Wife|''Second-Best Wife'']] - June, 1997 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3460]] | * [[Second-Best Wife|''Second-Best Wife'']] - June, 1997 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3460]] | ||
| + | * [[Snowbound With Her Hero|''Snowbound With Her Hero'']] - November, 2011 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #4273]] | ||
* ''[[Somebody's Daughter]]'' - February, 2005 [[Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance #1259]] | * ''[[Somebody's Daughter]]'' - February, 2005 [[Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance #1259]] | ||
* [[The Story Princess|''Story Princess, The'']] - November, 1990 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3090]] | * [[The Story Princess|''Story Princess, The'']] - November, 1990 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3090]] | ||
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* [[The Vow - Rebecca Winters|''Vow, The'']] - January, 2008 [[Harlequin Everlasting Love]] [[Everlasting Love By The Numbers|#24]] | * [[The Vow - Rebecca Winters|''Vow, The'']] - January, 2008 [[Harlequin Everlasting Love]] [[Everlasting Love By The Numbers|#24]] | ||
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=== Interviews === | === Interviews === | ||
* [http://www.writerspace.com/interviews/winters0203.html Writerspace Interview] | * [http://www.writerspace.com/interviews/winters0203.html Writerspace Interview] | ||
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|| ''[[Blind To Love|Blind To Love]]'' | || ''[[Blind To Love|Blind To Love]]'' | ||
| align="center" | 1989, January | | align="center" | 1989, January | ||
| − | || [[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#2953]] | + | | align="center" |[[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#2953]] |
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| + | || ''[[Fully Involved|Fully Involved]]'' | ||
| + | | align="center" | 1990, April | ||
| + | | align="center" |[[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#3047]] | ||
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| + | || ''[[The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal - Rebecca Winters|The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal]]'' | ||
| + | | align="center" |2009, July | ||
| + | | align="center" |[[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#4106]] | ||
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| + | == Covers (By Release Date)== | ||
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| + | | [[Image:Book-Cover-HR4106-The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal-2009.07-Rebecca Winters.jpg|285x285px|thumb|left|[[Harlequin Romance]]<br>[[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers 2009|Harlequin Romance 2009]]<br>[[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #4106]]<br\>[[The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal - Rebecca Winters|The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal]]]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | == On the Web == | ||
| + | * [http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=320 Profile at eHarlequin] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:21, 20 February 2023
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Contents
Biography
Rebecca Brown was born on February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Dr. John Zimmerman Brown, Jr. and Kathryn Ormsby Hyde. When she was 17, she went to boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she learned to speak French and met girls from all over the world. Upon returning to the U.S., Rebecca developed her love of languages when she earned her B.A. in secondary education, history, French, and Spanish from the University of Utah and did postgraduate work in Arabic.
Because of her studies overseas, Rebecca decided to become a teacher and studied French and history at her alma mater in Utah. For the past 15 years, she's taught junior-high and high-school French and history, and says she got into serious writing almost by accident.
"I went through a back door to begin my writing career," she says. "In the first place, I never liked to write anything -- I only wrote mandatory papers for school. If anyone had told me I would become a writer, let alone love it, I would have laughed and dismissed the notion as absolutely absurd and preposterous. Having said that, I did write letters to my parents while I was away at boarding school when I was 17. My mother kept them and one day, after I had become a mother for the second time, she sent me all my old letters and asked me to write my memories from them for posterity. At the time I thought she was insane, but because I adore my mother I did as she asked. By the time I'd finished sorting through all those teenage thoughts, observations and opinions, the seeds of a story had begun to form in my mind. The seed eventually became a novel and was published in 1979. It was called The Loving Season, published under the name Rebecca Burton. Naturally, it takes place in Switzerland and France. As soon as I finished that novel, I found myself wanting to start another novel entitled By Love Divided, a World War II romance. A few years later, Harlequin bought a novel, Blind to Love, a story that takes place in Kenya. It's been a love affair ever since. I guess the moral of the story is, never underestimate a mother's intuition!"
Europe is her favourite locale for her novels. She lived in France and Switzerland, and has travelled extensively all over Europe, particularly Spain, Italy, the Pyrenees and Sweden. She said "There are so many gorgeous places, fascinating people, beautiful languages, culture and history, it's like trying to choose from a fabulous smorgasboard every time I start to write a new story. The tastes, smells, sights, music--all of it speaks to me. Every time!"
As Rebecca has kept writing, her talents have not gone unrecognized. She has won the National Readers' Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. Right now, Rebecca is working her way toward her 50th novel for Harlequin.
Rebecca, is a mother of four, Wilford, John, Dominique Jessop and Maxim. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died in 2023.
Bibliography
- Another Man's Wife - February, 2003 Harlequin Superromance #1112
- Baby Business, The - May, 1995 Harlequin Romance #3362
- Baby Dilemma, The - July, 2002 Harlequin Romance #3710
- Baby Discovery, The - February, 2001 Harlequin Romance #3639
- Baby In A Million - May, 1998 Harlequin Romance #3503
- Baby Proposal, The - August, 2004 Harlequin Romance #3808
- Badlands Bride, The - May, 1996 Harlequin Romance #3409
- Billionaire And The Baby - December, 2000 Harlequin Romance #3632
- Blackie's Woman - August, 1991 Harlequin Romance #3144
- Blind To Love - January, 1989 Harlequin Romance #2953
- Both Of Them - July, 1992 Harlequin Romance #3210
- Bride By Day - September, 1998 Harlequin Romance #3519
- Bride Fit For A Prince - March, 2003 Harlequin Romance #3739
- Bride Of Montefalco, The - December, 2006 Harlequin Romance #3919
- Bride Of My Heart - August, 1994 Harlequin Romance #3325
- Bridegroom's Vow, The - March, 2002 Harlequin Romance #3693
- Brooding Frenchman's Proposal, The - July 2009, (Harlequin Romance - #4106)
- Claiming His Baby - October, 2001 Harlequin Romance #3673
- Duke's Baby, The - October, 2007 Harlequin Romance #3979
- Faithful Bride, The - August, 2000 Harlequin Romance #3617
- Father By Choice - February, 2006 Harlequin Romance #3880
- Forbidden Marriage, the - October, 2003 Harlequin Romance #3768
- Frenchman's Bride, The - January, 2004 Harlequin Romance #3779
- Fully Involved - April, 1990 Harlequin Romance #3047
- Having The Frenchman's Baby - August, 2006 Harlequin Romance #3904
- Her Italian Soldier - October, 2011 Harlequin Romance #4271
- Here Comes The Bride: The Bridesmaid's Proposal - May, 2005 Harlequin Romance #3844
- Hero On The Loose - May, 1993 Harlequin Romance #3265
- His Majesty's Marriage: The Prince's Choice - June, 2002 Harlequin Romance #3703
- His Very Own Baby - January, 2001 Harlequin Romance #3635
- Home To Copper Mountain - May, 2003 Harlequin Superromance #1133
- Husband By Request - July, 2005 Harlequin Romance #3852
- Husband For A Year - August, 2001 Harlequin Romance #3665
- Husband Potential - January, 2000 Harlequin Romance #3587
- Italian Playboy's Secret Son, The - May, 2008 Harlequin Romance #4022
- Italian Tycoon And The Nanny, The - March, 2008 Harlequin Romance #4010
- Kit And The Cowboy - August, 1996 Harlequin Romance #3419
- Manhattan Merger - July, 2003 Harlequin Romance #3755
- Marriage Bracelet, The - April, 1992 Harlequin Romance #3192
- Matrimony With His Majesty - April, 2007 Harlequin Romance #3944
- Meant For Each Other - October, 1992 Harlequin Romance #3228
- Meant-To-Be Marriage - May, 2006 Harlequin Romance #3892
- Mermaid Wife, The - May, 1994 Harlequin Romance #3312
- No Wife Required! - October, 1997 Harlequin Romance #3477
- Nutcracker Prince, The - December, 1994 Harlequin Romance #3340
- Rafael's Convenient Proposal - May, 2004 Harlequin Romance #3795
- Rancher And The Redhead, The - September, 1993 Harlequin Romance #3280
- Rescued Heart - November, 1991 Harlequin Romance #3162
- Return To Sender - December, 1995 Harlequin Romance #3390
- Rites Of Love - April, 1991 Harlequin Romance #3120
- Rush To The Altar - April, 2003 Harlequin Romance #3743
- Second-Best Wife - June, 1997 Harlequin Romance #3460
- Snowbound With Her Hero - November, 2011 Harlequin Romance #4273
- Somebody's Daughter - February, 2005 Harlequin Superromance #1259
- Story Princess, The - November, 1990 Harlequin Romance #3090
- Their New-Found Family - November, 2005 Harlequin Romance #3867
- Three Little Miracles - February, 1997 Harlequin Romance #3443
- To Catch A Groom - November, 2004 Harlequin Romance #3819
- To Marry For Duty - March, 2005 Harlequin Romance #3835
- To Win His Heart - January, 2005 Harlequin Romance #3827
- Tycoon's Proposition, The - December, 2002 Harlequin Romance #3729
- Undercover Baby - May, 1999 Harlequin Romance #3553
- Undercover Bachelor - April, 1999 Harlequin Romance #3549
- Undercover Fiancee - March, 1999 Harlequin Romance #3545
- Undercover Husband - January, 1998 Harlequin Romance #3489
- Unknown Sister: Twins, The - May, 2000 Harlequin Superromance #916
- Vow, The - January, 2008 Harlequin Everlasting Love #24
Interviews
Books (By Release Date)
| Order of Release | Novella/Book Title | Release Date | Publisher | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind To Love | 1989, January | HR #2953 | |
| 2 | Fully Involved | 1990, April | HR #3047 | |
| 3 | The Brooding Frenchman's Proposal | 2009, July | HR #4106 |
