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A member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, '''Barbara Dawson Smith''' sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Her books have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE. Barbara also writes romance as Olivia Drake.
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Barbara lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs. When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, she enjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.
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==On The Web==
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* Website [http://www.barbaradawsonsmith.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Dawson_Smith]
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==See Also==
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* [[Olivia Drake]]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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* [[Tempt Me Twice|''Tempt Me Twice'']] - [[Barbara Dawson Smith]] won the [[2002 RITA® Winners|2002 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Short Historical Romance|Short Historical Romance]] category.
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* ''[[Beauty And The Brute]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Candle In The Snow]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Countess Confidential]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Defiant Embrace]]'' - 1957
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* ''[[Defiant Surrender]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Dream Spinner]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[The Duchess Diaries|Duchess Diaries, The]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Fire At Midnight]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Fire On The Wind]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[A Glimpse Of Heaven|Glimpse Of Heaven, A]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Her Secret Affair]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Never A Lady]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[No Regrets]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Once Upon A Scandal]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[One Wild Night]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[The Rogue Report|Rogue Report, The]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Romancing The Rogue]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Seduced By A Scoundrel]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Silver Splendor]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Stolen Heart]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Too Wicked To Love]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The Wedding Night|Wedding Night, The]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[With All My Heart]]'' - 2002
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==Anthologies==
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* ''[[Christmas Romance: Love Stories]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Scandalous Weddings]]'' - 1998
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''Defiant Fletcher'''
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# ''[[Defiant Embrace]]''
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# ''[[Defiant Surrender]]''
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'''Fire Coleridge'''
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# ''[[Fire On The Wind]]''
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# ''[[Fire At Midnight]]''
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''' The Rosebuds'''
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# ''[[Romancing The Rogue]]''
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# ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]''
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# ''[[With All My Heart]]''
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# ''[[One Wild Night]]''
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# ''[[The Wedding Night]]''
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'''Related Books'''
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# ''[[Her Secret Affair]]''
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# ''[[Beauty And The Brute]]''
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== Awards ==
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*2002 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Tempt Me Twice]]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Regency Historical Romance, ''[[A Glimipse Of Heaven]]
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*1990  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Historical Romantic Suspense, ''[[Dreamspinner]]
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==Recognitions==
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Too Wicked To Love]]''
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*1998  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Once Upon A Scandal]]''
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Single Title Historical Romance, ''[[Fire On The Wind]]''
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*1991  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Series Romance, ''[[Dreamspinner]]''

Latest revision as of 03:53, 22 November 2024


A member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, Barbara Dawson Smith sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Her books have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE. Barbara also writes romance as Olivia Drake.

Barbara lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs. When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, she enjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.

On The Web

See Also

Books

Anthologies

Series/Related Titles

Defiant Fletcher

  1. Defiant Embrace
  2. Defiant Surrender

Fire Coleridge

  1. Fire On The Wind
  2. Fire At Midnight

The Rosebuds

  1. Romancing The Rogue
  2. Tempt Me Twice
  3. With All My Heart
  4. One Wild Night
  5. The Wedding Night

Related Books

  1. Her Secret Affair
  2. Beauty And The Brute

Awards

Recognitions

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