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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.[1]
  
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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.[2] The book was published in 1985 in the Silhouette Romance category line.[3] 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.[2]
  
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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."[4] Richards won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the highest award given to romance authors, in 1994 for Dragonslayer.[4] Richards has also been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards and is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.[5]
  
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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."[6] Her characters often sport unusual quirks, such as a penchant for strange sandwich ingredients, which gives the story an added charm.[6]
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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.[1]
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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==

Revision as of 00:50, 6 December 2022


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.[1]

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.[2] The book was published in 1985 in the Silhouette Romance category line.[3] 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.[2]

As a result of years working as a family counselor, her novels "feature complex characterizations and in-depth explorations of social issues."[4] Richards won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, the highest award given to romance authors, in 1994 for Dragonslayer.[4] Richards has also been nominated three times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards and is a recipient of their Career Achievement Award.[5]

Despite the occasional use of overly clichéd lines, Richards' writing "effortlessly flows from page to page."[6] Her characters often sport unusual quirks, such as a penchant for strange sandwich ingredients, which gives the story an added charm.[6]

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.[1]

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

  • Official Website [1]
  • Wikipedia [2]

Books

Non-Fiction

  • Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot ISBN: 1574866273, 64 pages, Softcover

Series/Related Books

Shenandoah Album Series

Ministry Is Murder

Awards/Honors

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