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'''Emilie Richards''' is the author of more than fifty novels. She began writing in 1983 after the birth of her fourth child and a move to New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first book, ''[[Brendan's Song]]'', named in honor of the baby who was often on her lap as she wrote it, was published by [[Silhouette]] Romance in 1985. Richards won the [[1994 RITA® Winners|1994 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category for her novel ''[[Dragonslayer]]''.
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'''Emilie Richards''' was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a master's degree in family development from Virginia Tech.
  
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Emilie and family have lived in Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, California, Arkansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A four month family sabbatical in Australia turned into six books for Silhouette with Australian or New Zealand settings. Ten years later she returned for three months with her husband, Michael, and Brendan to research ''[[Beautiful Lies]]'', her third book for [[Mira]].
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She worked as a therapist in a mental health center, before becoming a parent services coordinator for families enrolled in Head Start and then working in several pastoral counseling centers. Richards' husband is a Unitarian Universalist minister.
  
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Emilie currently lives in Northern Virginia and not surprisingly Virginia is a "character" in many of her recent novels. Despite the family's frequent moves Emilie is delighted that her children (along with a terrific son and daughter-in-law) are still within reach, and not in Australia as they so often threatened.
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Writing career
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Richards began writing in 1983 after the birth of her fourth child. Her son would sit on her lap as she wrote, and Richards titled her first completed work, Brendan's Song, after him. The book was published in 1985 in the Silhouette Romance category line. She has subsequently written over 40 novels for Silhouette, including six, all set in Australia or New Zealand, written during a four-month sabbatical in Australia.
  
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In addition to traveling, Emilie is an enthusiastic gardener who is quickly turning her suburban yard into a cottage garden and a quilter who can't quite sew a straight seam. She has recently released a non-fiction book on quilting and quilting is a motif in her recent novels.
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As a result of years working as a family counselor, her novels "feature complex characterizations and in-depth explorations of social issues."  Richards won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the highest award given to romance authors, in 1994 for Dragonslayer. Richards has also been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards and is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.
  
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She published twelve novels for the [[Silhouette Romance]] imprint.
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Despite the occasional use of overly clichéd lines, Richards' writing "effortlessly flows from page to page." Her characters often sport unusual quirks, such as a penchant for strange sandwich ingredients, which gives the story an added charm.
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In 2004, Richards began a new series of single-title novels centered around quilting. These novels were inspired by a volunteer stint with VISTA. While she was an undergraduate, Richards spent a summer living in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains, helping the residents and learning to quilt.
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The following year, Richards began writing murder mysteries in addition to romance novels. The novels, in a series called Ministry is Murder, are based partially on her experience as a minister's wife and are written in first-person from the perspective of the heroine, minister's wife "Aggie" Wilcox. Characters in this series are "interesting [and] well-developed," although suspense is "minimal."
  
 
==On the Web==
 
==On the Web==
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* Official Website [https://emilierichards.com/]
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* Website [https://emilierichards.com/]
 
* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Richards]
 
* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Richards]
  
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* ''[[Bayou Midnight]]'' - 1987
 
* ''[[Bayou Midnight]]'' - 1987
 
* ''[[Beautiful Lies]]'' - 1999
 
* ''[[Beautiful Lies]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Beware False Profits]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Billy Ray Wainwright]]'' - 1998
 
* ''[[Blessed Be The Busybody]]'' - 2005
 
* ''[[Blessed Be The Busybody]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Classic Encounter]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Brendan's Song]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[A Classic Encounter|Classic Encounter, A]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[The Color Of Light|Color Of Light, The]]'' - 2015
 
* ''[[Desert Shadows]]'' - 1991
 
* ''[[Desert Shadows]]'' - 1991
 
* ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' - 1993
 
* ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' - 1993
 
* ''[[Duncan's Lady]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[Duncan's Lady]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[Endless Chain]]'' - 2005
 
* ''[[Endless Chain]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[A Family Of Strangers|Family Of Strangers, A]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Fortunate Harbor]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[Fox River]]'' - 2001
 
* ''[[Fox River]]'' - 2001
 
* ''[[From a Distance]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[From a Distance]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Gilding The Lily]]'' - 1985
 
* ''[[Gilding The Lily]]'' - 1985
 
* ''[[Good Time Man]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Good Time Man]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Hanging By A Thread]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Happiness Key]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Hold Back The Night]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[A Home For The Holidays|Home For The Holidays, A]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[The House Guests|House Guests, The]]'' - 2021
 
* ''[[Iain Ross's Woman]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[Iain Ross's Woman]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[Iron Lace - Emilie Richards|Iron Lace]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[Iron Lace - Emilie Richards|Iron Lace]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[Island Glory]]'' - 1989
 
* ''[[Island Glory]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Labor Dispute]]'' - 1990
 
* ''[[Lady Of The Night - Emilie Richards|Lady Of The Night]]''  - 1986
 
* ''[[Lady Of The Night - Emilie Richards|Lady Of The Night]]''  - 1986
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* ''[[Let It Snow]]'' - 2013
 
* ''[[Let There Be Suspects]]'' - 2006
 
* ''[[Let There Be Suspects]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[A Lie For A Lie|Lie For A Lie, A]]'' - 2009
 
* ''[[Lover's Knot]]'' - 2006
 
* ''[[Lover's Knot]]'' - 2006
 
* ''[[MacDougall's Darling]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[MacDougall's Darling]]'' - 1995
 
* ''[[Mail-Order Matty]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[Mail-Order Matty]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Once More With Feeling - Emilie Richards |Once More With Feeling]] - 1996
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* ''[[A Mother's Day|Mother's Day, A]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Naughty Or Nice]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Night Magic]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[No River Too Wide]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Once More With Feeling - Emilie Richards |Once More With Feeling]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[One Moment Past Midnight]]'' - 1999
 
* ''[[One Moment Past Midnight]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[One Perfect Rose]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[One Mountain Away]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[One Perfect Rose - Emilie Richards|One Perfect Rose]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[Out Of The Ashes]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[Out Of The Ashes]]'' - 1992
 
* ''[[Outback Nights]]'' - 1987
 
* ''[[Outback Nights]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Runaway - Emilie Richards|Runaway]]'' - 1990
 
* ''[[Runaway - Emilie Richards|Runaway]]'' - 1990
 
* ''[[Season Of Miracles]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Season Of Miracles]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Sister's Choice]]'' - 2008
 
* ''[[Smoke Screen]]'' - 1988
 
* ''[[Smoke Screen]]'' - 1988
 
* ''[[Something So Right]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Something So Right]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Somewhere Between Luck And Trust]]'' - 2013
 
* ''[[Somewhere Out There]]'' - 1993
 
* ''[[Somewhere Out There]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[A Stranger's Son|Stranger's Son, A]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Sunset Bridge]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[The Surprise Of A Lifetime|Surprise Of A Lifetime, The]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[The Swallow's Nest|Swallow's Nest, The]]'' - 2017
 
* ''[[Sweet Georgia Gal]]'' - 1985
 
* ''[[Sweet Georgia Gal]]'' - 1985
 
* ''[[Sweet Homecoming]]'' - 1987
 
* ''[[Sweet Homecoming]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Sweet Mountain Magic]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Sweet Mountain Magic]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Sweet Sea Spirit]]'' - 1986
 
* ''[[Sweet Sea Spirit]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[That Old Familiar Feeling]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[To The One I Love]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[Touching Stars]]'' - 2007
 
* ''[[Touching Stars]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Treasure Beach]]'' - 2012
 
* ''[[The Trouble With Joe|Trouble With Joe, The]]'' - 1994
 
* ''[[The Trouble With Joe|Trouble With Joe, The]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[A Truth For A Truth|Truth For A Truth, A]]'' - 2010
 
* ''[[Twice Upon A Time]]'' - 1997
 
* ''[[Twice Upon A Time]]'' - 1997
 
* ''[[Twilight Shadows]]'' - 1991
 
* ''[[Twilight Shadows]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[The Unmasking|Unmasking, The]]'' - 1985
 
* ''[[The Way Back Home|Way Back Home, The]]'' - 1990
 
* ''[[The Way Back Home|Way Back Home, The]]'' - 1990
 
* ''[[Wedding Ring]]'' - 2004
 
* ''[[Wedding Ring]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[When We Were Sisters]]'' - 2016
 
* ''[[Whiskey Island]]'' - 2000
 
* ''[[Whiskey Island]]'' - 2000
 
* ''[[Woman Without A Name]]'' - 1996
 
* ''[[Woman Without A Name]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[The Unmasking|Unmasking, The]]'' - 1985
 
  
 
===Non-Fiction===
 
===Non-Fiction===
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* ''Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot'' ISBN: 1574866273, 64 pages, Softcover
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* ''Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot''
  
 
==Series/Related Books==
 
==Series/Related Books==
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===Shenandoah Album Series===
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'''American Hero''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Wedding Ring]]''
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:  12. ''[[Dragonslayer]]''
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* ''[[Endless Chain]]''
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* ''[[Lover's Knot]]''
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'''Family'''
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# ''[[Runaway]]''
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# ''[[The Way Back Home]]''
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# ''[[Fugitive]]''
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# ''[[One Perfect Rose]]''
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# ''[[The Trouble With Joe]]''
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'''From Bud To Blossom''' (multi-author series)
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# ''[[Mail-Order Matty]]''
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'''Goddesses Anonymous'''
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# ''[[One Mountain Away]]''
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# ''[[Somewhere Between Luck And Trust]]''
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# ''[[No River Too Wide]]''
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'''Happiness Key'''
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# ''[[Happiness Key]]''
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# ''[[Fortunate Harbor]]''
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# ''[[Sunset Bridge]]''
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::  3.5 ''[[Treasure Beach]]''
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'''Hawaii'''
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# ''[[Aloha Always]]''
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# ''[[Island Glory]]''
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'''Iron Lace'''
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# ''[[Iron Lace]]''
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# ''[[Rising Tides]]''
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'''Men In Blue''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[One Moment Past]]''
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* ''[[Midnight]]''
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'''The Men Of Midnight'''
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# ''[[Duncan's Lady]]''
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# ''[[Iain Ross's Woman]]''
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# ''[[MacDougall's Darling]]''
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'''Ministry Is Murder'''
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# ''[[Blessed Be the Busybody]]''
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# ''[[Let There Be Suspects]]''
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# ''[[Beware False Profits]]''
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# ''[[A Lie For A Lie]]''
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# ''[[A Truth For A Truth]]''
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'''New Orleans Nights'''
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# ''[[Lady Of The Night]]''
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# ''[[Bayou Midnight]]''
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# ''[[Night Magic]]''
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'''Otherworldly'''
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# ''[[From A Distance]]''
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# ''[[Somewhere Out There]]''
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'''Reincarnation'''
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# ''[[Once More With Feeling]]''
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# ''[[Twice Upon A Time]]''
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'''Runaway'''
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# ''[[Runaway]]''
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# ''[[The Way Back Home]]''
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# ''[[Fugitive]]''
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'''Shadows'''
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# ''[[Desert Shadows]]''
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# ''[[Twilight Shadows]]''
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'''Shenandoah Album'''
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# ''[[Wedding Ring]]''
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# ''[[Endless Chain]]''
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# ''[[Lover's Knot]]''
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# ''[[Touching Stars]]''
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# ''[[Sister's Choice]]''
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'''Sonny's Girls''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[All Those Years Ago]]''
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'''Sweet Five'''
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# ''[[Sweet Georgia Gal]]''
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# ''[[Sweet Sea Spirit]]''
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# ''[[Sweet Mockingbird's Call]]''
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# ''[[Sweet Mountain Magic]]''
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# ''[[Sweet Homecoming]]''
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'''Tales Of The Pacific'''
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# ''[[From Glowing Embers]]''
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# ''[[Smoke Screen]]''
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# ''[[Rainbow Fire]]''
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# ''[[Out Of The Ashes]]''
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==Awards==
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*1994  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Dragonslayer]]''
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*1994  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series W.I.S.H. Hero, ''[[Somewhere Out There]]''
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*1993  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series Romance Book Of The Year, ''[[From A Distance]]''
  
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===Ministry Is Murder===
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==Recognitions==
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* ''[[Blessed Be the Busybody]]''
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*2021  [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[The House Guests]]
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* ''[[Let There Be Suspects]]''
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*2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[When We Were Sisters]]''
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*2015  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[The Color Of Light]]''
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*2014  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[No River Too Wide]]''
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*2013  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Somewhere Between Luck And Trust]]''
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*1998  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance, ''[[Twice Upon A Time]]''
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*1997  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Woman Without A Name]]''
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*1996  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense/Gothic Romance, ''[[Iain Ross's Woman]]''
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*1996  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Paranormal Romance, ''[[Duncan's Lady]]''
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*1995  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[The Trouble With Joe]]''
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*1994  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance, ''[[Somewhere Out There]]''
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*1992  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Desert Shadows]]''
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*1991  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Runaway]]''
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*1990  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Rainbow Fire]]''
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*1990  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Traditional Romance, ''[[Island Glory]]''
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*1989  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[From Glowing Embers]]''
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*1988  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Bayou Midnight]]''
  
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== Awards/Honors ==
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== Awards (body of work) ==
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* [[1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winners|1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Best All Around Series Romance
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*1996  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Nominee - Best Series/Category Romance Author
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* [[1994 RITA® Winners|1994 RITA®]] - [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category for ''[[Dragonslayer]]''
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*1992-1993  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Best All Around Series Romance
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* [[1996 RRA Awards Winners|1996 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best Series/Category Romance Author
 

Latest revision as of 16:04, 7 October 2024


Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a master's degree in family development from Virginia Tech.

She worked as a therapist in a mental health center, before becoming a parent services coordinator for families enrolled in Head Start and then working in several pastoral counseling centers. Richards' husband is a Unitarian Universalist minister.

Writing career Richards began writing in 1983 after the birth of her fourth child. Her son would sit on her lap as she wrote, and Richards titled her first completed work, Brendan's Song, after him. The book was published in 1985 in the Silhouette Romance category line. She has subsequently written over 40 novels for Silhouette, including six, all set in Australia or New Zealand, written during a four-month sabbatical in Australia.

As a result of years working as a family counselor, her novels "feature complex characterizations and in-depth explorations of social issues." Richards won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the highest award given to romance authors, in 1994 for Dragonslayer. Richards has also been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards and is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.

Despite the occasional use of overly clichéd lines, Richards' writing "effortlessly flows from page to page." Her characters often sport unusual quirks, such as a penchant for strange sandwich ingredients, which gives the story an added charm.

In 2004, Richards began a new series of single-title novels centered around quilting. These novels were inspired by a volunteer stint with VISTA. While she was an undergraduate, Richards spent a summer living in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains, helping the residents and learning to quilt.

The following year, Richards began writing murder mysteries in addition to romance novels. The novels, in a series called Ministry is Murder, are based partially on her experience as a minister's wife and are written in first-person from the perspective of the heroine, minister's wife "Aggie" Wilcox. Characters in this series are "interesting [and] well-developed," although suspense is "minimal."

On the Web

Books

Non-Fiction

  • Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot

Series/Related Books

American Hero (multi-author series)

12. Dragonslayer

Family

  1. Runaway
  2. The Way Back Home
  3. Fugitive
  4. One Perfect Rose
  5. The Trouble With Joe

From Bud To Blossom (multi-author series)

  1. Mail-Order Matty

Goddesses Anonymous

  1. One Mountain Away
  2. Somewhere Between Luck And Trust
  3. No River Too Wide

Happiness Key

  1. Happiness Key
  2. Fortunate Harbor
  3. Sunset Bridge
3.5 Treasure Beach

Hawaii

  1. Aloha Always
  2. Island Glory

Iron Lace

  1. Iron Lace
  2. Rising Tides

Men In Blue (multi-author series)

The Men Of Midnight

  1. Duncan's Lady
  2. Iain Ross's Woman
  3. MacDougall's Darling

Ministry Is Murder

  1. Blessed Be the Busybody
  2. Let There Be Suspects
  3. Beware False Profits
  4. A Lie For A Lie
  5. A Truth For A Truth

New Orleans Nights

  1. Lady Of The Night
  2. Bayou Midnight
  3. Night Magic

Otherworldly

  1. From A Distance
  2. Somewhere Out There

Reincarnation

  1. Once More With Feeling
  2. Twice Upon A Time

Runaway

  1. Runaway
  2. The Way Back Home
  3. Fugitive

Shadows

  1. Desert Shadows
  2. Twilight Shadows

Shenandoah Album

  1. Wedding Ring
  2. Endless Chain
  3. Lover's Knot
  4. Touching Stars
  5. Sister's Choice

Sonny's Girls (multi-author series)

Sweet Five

  1. Sweet Georgia Gal
  2. Sweet Sea Spirit
  3. Sweet Mockingbird's Call
  4. Sweet Mountain Magic
  5. Sweet Homecoming

Tales Of The Pacific

  1. From Glowing Embers
  2. Smoke Screen
  3. Rainbow Fire
  4. Out Of The Ashes

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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