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== Books ==
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Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written seventy novels and one work of non-fiction. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. These novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.
* [[Outlaw|''Outlaw'']]
 
* [[Tell  Me No Lies|''Tell Me No Lies'']]
 
* [[Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell|''Untamed'']] - [[Elizabeth Lowell]] won the [[1994 RITA® Winners|1994 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Historical Single Title]] category.
 
  
== Honors ==
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Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then-called TABA (The American Book Award).
* [[1994 RRA Awards Winners|1994 RRA Awards Winner]] - Best All-Around Romance Author
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In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work about Ruud’s life as a trapper and hunter in the Arctic Circle. The book was later condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, Just Another Day in Paradise, was published by Doubleday. It was the first of eight A. E. Maxwell crime novels, featuring couple Fiddler and Fiora faced with mysteries in the shade of sunny southern California. The second book, The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time Magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.
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Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadow and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists and are considered groundbreaking in the field of romantic suspense, which she helped innovate.
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In 1982, Ann began publishing romance novels as '''Elizabeth Lowell'''. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America in 1994. She has written both contemporary and historical romances as well as western romance.
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Since July of 1992, she has had more than thirty novels on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as other national and international bestseller lists. The series of novels featuring the unforgettable Donovan family—Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove and Midnight in Ruby Bayou have won acclaim as some of her best romance novels.
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Her most recent romantic suspense is Night Diver. Her newest romance novel, Perfect Touch, was released in 2015 by William Morrow.
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==On The Web==
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* Website [https://www.elizabethlowell.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Maxwell]
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== See Also ==
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* [[Ann Maxwell]]
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* [[A. E. Maxwell]]
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* [[Charters Lowell]]
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=== Books ===
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* ''[[Always Time To Die]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Amber Beach]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Autumn Lover]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Beautiful Dreamer]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Blue Smoke And Murder ]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Chain Lightning]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[The Color Of Death|Color Of Death, The]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Dangerous Refuge]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[The Danvers Touch|Danvers Touch, The]]'' - 1983
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* ''[[Dark Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Dark Fire]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Death Echo]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Death Is Forever]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Desert Rain - Elizabeth Lowell|Desert Rain]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Die In Plain Sight]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Eden Burning]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Enchanted]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Fever - Elizabeth Lowell|Fever]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Fire And Rain - Elizabeth Lowell|Fire And Rain]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[The Fire Of Spring|Fire Of Spring, The]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Fires Of Eden]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Forbidden - Elizabeth Lowell|Forbidden]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Forget Me Not - Elizabeth Lowell|Forget Me Not]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Granite Man]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Innocent As Sin]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Jade Island]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Love Song For A Raven]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Lover In The Rough]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Midnight In Ruby Bayou]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Moving Target - Elizabeth Lowell|Moving Target]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Only His]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Only Love]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Only Mine]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Only You - Elizabeth Lowell|Only You]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Pearl Cove]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Perfect Touch]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Reckless Love - Elizabeth Lowell|Reckless Love]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Remember Summer]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Running Scared]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[The Secret Sisters|Secret Sisters, The]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Sequel]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Shadow And Silk]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Summer Games]]'' - 1984
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* ''[[Summer Thunder]]'' - 1983
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* ''[[Sweet Wind, Wild Wind]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Tell Me No Lies - Elizabeth Lowell|Tell Me No Lies]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[This Time Love]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[To the Ends of the Earth]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Too Hot To Handle - Elizabeth Lowell|Too Hot To Handle]]'' - 1986
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* ''[[Traveling Man]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell|Untamed]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Valley Of The Sun - Elizabeth Lowell|Vally Of The Sun]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[Warrior]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Whirlpool]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Winter Fire]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[A Woman Without Lies|Woman Without Lies, A]]'' - 1985
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* ''[[The Wrong Hostage|Wrong Hostage, The]]'' - 2006
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=== Non-Fiction ===
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* contributed to ''[[Dangerous Men And Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance]]''
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== Series/Related Titles ==
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'''Angel, Hawk And Raven'''
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# ''[[A Woman Without Lies]]''
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# ''[[Love Song For A Raven]]''
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'''Donovans'''
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# ''[[Amber Beach]]''
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# ''[[Jade Island]]''
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# ''[[Pearl Cove]]''
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# ''[[Midnight In Ruby Bayou]]''
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'''MacKenzie-Blackthorn'''
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# ''[[Reckless Love]]''
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# ''[[Fire And Rain]]''
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# ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]''
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# ''[[Granite Man]]''
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# ''[[Warrior]]''
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'''Man Of The Month''' (multi-author series)
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:  13. ''[[Fire And Rain]]''
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:  26. ''[[Outlaw]]''
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'''Maxwells'''
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# ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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# ''[[Winter Fire]]''
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'''McCalls'''
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# ''[[Fever - Elizabeth Lowell|Fever]]''
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# ''[[Dark Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Dark Fire]]''
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'''Medieval'''
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# ''[[Untamed]]''
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# ''[[Forbidden]]''
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# ''[[Enchanted]]''
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'''Only Series'''
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# ''[[Only His]]''
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# ''[[Only Mine]]''
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# ''[[Only You - Elizabeth Lowell|Only You]]''
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# ''[[Only Love]]''
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* ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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* ''[[Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell|Winter Fire]]''
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'''Rarities Unlimited'''
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# ''[[Moving Target]]''
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# ''[[Running Scared]]''
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# ''[[Die In Plain Sight]]''
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# ''[[The Color Of Death]]''
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'''St. Kilda Consulting'''
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# ''[[Always Time To Die]]''
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# ''[[The Wrong Hostage]]''
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# ''[[Innocent As Sin]]''
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# ''[[Blue Smoke And Murder]]''
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# ''[[Death Echo]]''
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==Awards==
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*1996  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Romance with Best Spicy Love Scene, ''[[Untamed]]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - K.I.S.S. (Knight In Shining Silver) Hero, ''[[Autumn Lover]]''
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*1995  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Winner - Best Historical Single Title, ''[[Only Love]]''
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*1994  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Historical Single Title, ''[[Untamed]]''
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*1991  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Sensual Historical Romance, ''[[Only His]]'''
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==Recognitions==
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*2014  [[Rt Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Night Diver]]''
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*2012  [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Beautiful Sacrifice]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Enchanted]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Forbidden]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Only His]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#56), ''[[Only Love]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#46), ''[[Only Mine]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#83), ''[[Only You]]''
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*1998  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#35), ''[[Untamed]]''
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*1994 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Nominee - Best Classic Series/Category Romance, ''[[Outlaw - Elizabeth Lowell|Outlaw]]''
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*1994 [[Romance Readers Anonymous Awards]] Nominee - Best Classic Contemporary Romance & Best Classic All-Around Favorite Romance,  ''[[Tell Me No Lies - Elizabeth Lowell|Tell Me No Lies]]''
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*1990  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Reckless Love]]''
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== Awards (body of work) ==
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*1999  [[RT Career Achievement Award]]]] - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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*1994  [[RRA Awards]] Winner - Best All-Around Romance Author
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*1994  [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America
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*1993-1994  [[Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Best All Around Historical Romance
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*1989-1990  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Series Sensual Romance
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*1986-1987  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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*1986-1987  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Versatility

Latest revision as of 17:13, 7 October 2024


Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written seventy novels and one work of non-fiction. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. These novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.

Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then-called TABA (The American Book Award).

In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work about Ruud’s life as a trapper and hunter in the Arctic Circle. The book was later condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, Just Another Day in Paradise, was published by Doubleday. It was the first of eight A. E. Maxwell crime novels, featuring couple Fiddler and Fiora faced with mysteries in the shade of sunny southern California. The second book, The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time Magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.

Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadow and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists and are considered groundbreaking in the field of romantic suspense, which she helped innovate.

In 1982, Ann began publishing romance novels as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America in 1994. She has written both contemporary and historical romances as well as western romance.

Since July of 1992, she has had more than thirty novels on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as other national and international bestseller lists. The series of novels featuring the unforgettable Donovan family—Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove and Midnight in Ruby Bayou have won acclaim as some of her best romance novels.

Her most recent romantic suspense is Night Diver. Her newest romance novel, Perfect Touch, was released in 2015 by William Morrow.

On The Web

See Also

Books

Non-Fiction

Series/Related Titles

Angel, Hawk And Raven

  1. A Woman Without Lies
  2. Love Song For A Raven

Donovans

  1. Amber Beach
  2. Jade Island
  3. Pearl Cove
  4. Midnight In Ruby Bayou

MacKenzie-Blackthorn

  1. Reckless Love
  2. Fire And Rain
  3. Outlaw
  4. Granite Man
  5. Warrior

Man Of The Month (multi-author series)

13. Fire And Rain
26. Outlaw

Maxwells

  1. Autumn Lover
  2. Winter Fire

McCalls

  1. Fever
  2. Dark Fire

Medieval

  1. Untamed
  2. Forbidden
  3. Enchanted

Only Series

  1. Only His
  2. Only Mine
  3. Only You
  4. Only Love

Rarities Unlimited

  1. Moving Target
  2. Running Scared
  3. Die In Plain Sight
  4. The Color Of Death

St. Kilda Consulting

  1. Always Time To Die
  2. The Wrong Hostage
  3. Innocent As Sin
  4. Blue Smoke And Murder
  5. Death Echo

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)