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== Biography ==
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[[Sandra Brown]] started her career writing [[category]] romance before moving into romantic and straight suspense. Her early categories are considered classics and highly collectible. Her novel [[Tomorrow's Promise|''Tomorrow's Promise'']] was the first book released under the Harlequin [[American]] Romance imprint. She was also the first author published by the [[Loveswept]] imprint with her novel [[Heaven's Price|''Heaven's Price'']].
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[[Category:1983 Debut]]
  
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Her first novel was published in 1981, and her book [[French Silk|''French Silk'']] was made into a television movie for ABC. She has been honored with many awards including the Romance Writers of America [[Lifetime Achievement Award]]. She has also written under the names [[Laura Jordan]], [[Rachel Ryan]], and [[Erin St. Claire]].
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'''Sandra Brown''' is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers, including Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak.
  
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As an author for Harlequin [[American]] Romance, she published one title. While writing for [[Loveswept]], [[Sandra Brown]] published seventeen romances.
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Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.
  
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She also contributed to the [[Dangerous Men And Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance|''Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance'']] collection.
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Her episode on truTV’s “Murder by the Book” premiered the series in 2008. She appeared in 2010 on Investigation Discovery’s series, “Hardcover Mysteries.” Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, and White Hot.
  
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== Books ==
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Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she instituted the Excellence in Literary Fiction, or ELF, a scholarship awarded annually to a creative writing student.
  
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* [[22 Indigo Place|''22 Indigo Place '']] - August 1986, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #154]]
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She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has gone on two USO tours, to Afghanistan and Cuba.
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* [[Adam's Fall|''Adam's Fall '']] - May 1988, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #252]]
 
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* [[Breakfast In Bed|''Breakfast In Bed '']] - November 1983,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #22]]
 
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* [[Demon Rumm|''Demon Rumm '']] - June 1987,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #197]]
 
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* [[Fanta C|''Fanta C '']] - November 1987,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #217]]
 
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* [[Hawk O'Toole's Hostage|''Hawk O'Toole's Hostage '']] - June 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #263]]
 
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* [[Heaven's Price|''Heaven's Price '']] - May 1983,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #1]]
 
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* [[In A Class By Itself|''In A Class By Itself '']] - October 1984,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #66]]
 
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* [[Long Time Coming|''Long Time Coming '']] - January 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #300]]
 
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* [[The Rana Look|''Rana Look, The'']] - April 1986,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #136]]
 
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* [[Riley In The Morning|''Riley In The Morning '']] - October 1985,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #115]]
 
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* [[Send No Flowers|''Send No Flowers '']] - July 1984,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #51]]
 
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* [[Sunny Chandler's Return|''Sunny Chandler's Return '']] - March 1987,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #185]]
 
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* [[Temperature's Rising|''Temperature's Rising '']] - July 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #336]]
 
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* [[Texas Trilogy|''Texas Trilogy'']]
 
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* [[Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown|''Thursday's Child '']] - February 1985,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #79]]
 
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* [[Tidings Of Great Joy |''Tidings Of Great Joy '']] - January 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #229]]
 
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* [[Tomorrow's Promise - Sandra Brown|''Tomorrow's Promise'']] - [[Harlequin American By The Numbers|#1]] - April 1983
 
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* [[A Whole New Light |''Whole New Light, A'']] - December 1989, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #366]]
 
  
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== Honors ==
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==On the Web==
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* [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Nominee]] - Best All-Around Classic Romance Author
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* Website [https://sandrabrown.net/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Brown]
  
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== On the Web ==
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== See also ==
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* [http://www.sandrabrown.net/ Sandra Brown] - Official website
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* [[Laura Jordan]]
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* [[Rachel Ryan]]
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* [[Erin St. Claire]]
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=== Books ===
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==Series/Related Titles==
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==Recognitions==
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*2021  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Blind Tiger]]
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*2021  [[Booklist]] Editors Choice - Adult: Genre Fiction, ''[[Blind Tiger]]''
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*2021  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Blind Tiger]]''
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*2017  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Seeing Red]]''
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*2016  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Sting]]''
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*2016  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Sting]]''
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*2014  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Mean Streak]]''
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*2013  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Deadline]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] - Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Mirror Image]]''
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*1995  [[Publishers Weekly]]'' - Starred Reviews, ''[[The Witness]]''
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*1993  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Single Title Contemporary Romance, ''[[French Silk]]''
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==Awards (body of work)==
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*1998  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
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*1989-90  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner- Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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==Recognitions (body of work)==
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*1994  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Nominee - Best All-Around Classic Romance Author

Latest revision as of 14:46, 26 November 2024


Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers, including Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak.

Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.

Her episode on truTV’s “Murder by the Book” premiered the series in 2008. She appeared in 2010 on Investigation Discovery’s series, “Hardcover Mysteries.” Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, and White Hot.

Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she instituted the Excellence in Literary Fiction, or ELF, a scholarship awarded annually to a creative writing student.

She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She has gone on two USO tours, to Afghanistan and Cuba.

On the Web

See also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

Recognitions (body of work)

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