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| − | Parris Afton Bonds [[Romance Writers of America Charter Members|co-founded]] both the [[Romance Writers of America]] and the Southwest Writers Workshop. She is a native of Florida, born July 21. Bonds has also authored over 35 novels, which span a wide range of romance sub-genres. In 1981, '''Time''' magazine called Bonds one of the many women who supplement their family income by writing romance novels, quoting Bonds as saying that she begins her work "after the diapers are rinsed," and in 1983 "Nightline" cited Bonds as "one of the three bestselling authors of romantic fiction."[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954734-2,00.html]. | + | New York Times best seller '''Parris Afton Bonds''' is the mother of five sons and author of more than fifty published novels. Declared by ABC’s NIGHTLINE as one of three best-selling authors of romantic fiction, the New York Times best seller Parris Afton Bonds has been featured on national television talk shows and in major newspapers and magazines, as well as, published in more than a dozen languages. |
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| − | As an author for [[Silhouette Romance]], Parris Afton Bonds published more than thirty-five novels.
| + | She is cofounder and first vice president of Romance Writers of America. The Parris Award was established in her name by the Southwest Writers Workshop to honor a published writer who has given outstandingly of time and talent to other writers. Prestigious recipients of the Parris Award include Tony Hillerman and the Pulitzer nominee Norman Zollinger. |
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| | + | She donates spare time teaching creative writing to both grade school children and female inmates, whom she considers her captive audiences. |
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| | + | ==On the Web== |
| | + | * Website [https://www.parrisaftonbonds.com/] |
| | + | * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parris_Afton_Bonds] |
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| | == Books == | | == Books == |
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| − | * ''[[Blue Bayou]]'' - 1986 ([[Fawcett]])
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| − | * ''[[Blue Moon - Parris Afton Bonds|Blue Moon]]'' - 1985 ([[Ballantine]])
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| − | * ''[[The Captive|Captive, The]]'' - 1993 ([[Book Margins]])
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| − | * ''[[Deep Purple]]'' - 1984 ([[Fawcett]])
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| − | * ''[[Dream Keeper]]'' - 1994 ([[HarperPaperbacks]])
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| − | * ''[[Dream Time]]'' - 1993 ([[HarperPaperbacks]])
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| − | * ''[[Dust Devil]]'' - 1981
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| − | * ''[[The Flash Of The Firefly|Flash Of The Firefly, The]]'' - 1979 ([[Warner]])
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| − | * ''[[For All Time - Parris Afton Bonds|For All Time]]'' - 1992 ([[HarperPaperbacks]])
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| − | * ''[[Lavender Blue]]'' - 1983 ([[Fawcett]])
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| − | * ''[[Love Tide]]'' - 1980
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| − | * ''[[Made For Each Other - Parris Afton Bonds|Made For Each Other]]'' - April 1981 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #70]])
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| − | * ''[[Man For Hire]]'' - August 1986 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #153]])
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| − | * ''[[Midsummer Midnight]]'' - October 1985 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #113]])
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| − | * ''[[Mood Indigo]]'' - 1988 ([[Fawcett]])
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| − | * ''[[Renegade Man]]'' - December 1987 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #218]])
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| − | * ''[[Run To Me]]'' - September 1987 ([[Silhouette Romance By The Numbers|Silhouette Romance #526]])
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| − | * ''[[Savage Enchantment]]'' - 1979
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| − | * ''[[The Savage - Parris Afton Bonds|Savage, The]]'' - 1995 ([[Dorchester]])
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| − | * ''[[Snow And Ice]]'' - 1987 ([[Ballantine]])
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| − | * ''[[Spinster's Song]]'' - 1992 ([[Leisure Books]]) - originally published as [[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|SIM #77]]
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| − | * ''[[Stardust]]'' - 1983 ([[Ballantine]])
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| − | * ''[[Sweet Enchantress]]'' - 1991 ([[Leisure]])
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| − | * ''[[Sweet Golden Sun]]'' - 1978
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| − | * ''[[Tame The Wildest Heart]]'' - 1994 ([[HarperCollins]])
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| − | * ''[[That Malcolm Girl]]'' - September 1988 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #253]])
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| − | * ''[[That McKenna Woman]]'' - June 1988 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #241]])
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| − | * ''[[Wanted Woman - Parris Afton Bonds|Wanted Woman]]'' - May 1987 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #189]])
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| − | * ''[[Widow Woman]]'' - 1992 ([[Leisure Books]]) - originally published as [[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|SIM #41]]
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| − | * ''[[Wind Song]]'' - July 1983 ([[Silhouette Intimate Moments By The Numbers|Silhouette Intimate Moments #5]])
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| − | === Novellas/Anthologies ===
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| − | * "Written in the Stars" in ''[[Valentine Sampler - Anthology|Valentine Sampler]]'' - 1992 ([[Leisure Books]])
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| − | * "Ravished!" in ''[[Silhouette Summer Sizzlers - Anthology|Silhouette Summer Sizzlers]]'' - 1989 ([[Silhouette]])
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| − | == On the Web == | + | ==Recognitions== |
| − | * [http://www.parrisaftonbonds.com/ Parris Afton Bonds Official Website] | + | *1983 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|Golden Medallion]] Finalist - Mainstream Historical Romance, ''[[Deep Purple]]'' |
New York Times best seller Parris Afton Bonds is the mother of five sons and author of more than fifty published novels. Declared by ABC’s NIGHTLINE as one of three best-selling authors of romantic fiction, the New York Times best seller Parris Afton Bonds has been featured on national television talk shows and in major newspapers and magazines, as well as, published in more than a dozen languages.
She is cofounder and first vice president of Romance Writers of America. The Parris Award was established in her name by the Southwest Writers Workshop to honor a published writer who has given outstandingly of time and talent to other writers. Prestigious recipients of the Parris Award include Tony Hillerman and the Pulitzer nominee Norman Zollinger.
She donates spare time teaching creative writing to both grade school children and female inmates, whom she considers her captive audiences.
On the Web
Books
Recognitions
