Difference between revisions of "Lisa Kleypas"
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
+ | *2015 [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - British Isles Historical Romance, ''[[Cold-Hearted Rake]]'' | ||
+ | *2008 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Contemporary Romance, ''[[Blue-Eyed Devil]]'' | ||
+ | *2008 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Biggest Tearjerker, ''[[Blue-Eyed Devil]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best European Historical, ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Hero, ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
+ | *2006 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Best Heroine, ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
+ | *2004 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Most Annoying Lead Character, ''[[Again The Magic]]'' | ||
*2004 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Worth Any Price]]'' | *2004 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Worth Any Price]]'' | ||
*2002 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romance Novella, "I Will" in ''[[Wish List]]'' | *2002 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Romance Novella, "I Will" in ''[[Wish List]]'' | ||
==Recognitions== | ==Recognitions== | ||
+ | *2021 [[Amazon Editors' Picks]] - Romance, ''[[Devil In Disguise]]'' | ||
+ | *2021 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Devil In Disguise]]'' | ||
+ | *2021 [[LibraryReads]] Starred Review, ''[[Devil In Disguise]]'' | ||
+ | *2020 [[Library Journal]] Best Books - Romance, ''[[Chasing Cassandra]]'' | ||
+ | *2020 [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Chasing Cassandra]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances, ''[[Blue-Eyed Devil]]'' | ||
+ | *2018 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#1), ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Brown-Eyed Girl]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Cold-Hearted Rake]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Cold-Hearted Rake]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[Library Journal]] Starred Review, ''[[Cold-Hearted Rake]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Cold-Hearted Rake]]'' | ||
+ | *2015 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Brown-Eyed Girl]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#31), ''[[Blue-Eyed Devil]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#3), ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
+ | *2013 [[RT Book Reviews]] Top Pick, ''[[Crystal Cove]]'' | ||
+ | *2010 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#25), ''[[Blue-Eyed Devil]]'' | ||
+ | *2010 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#3), ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
*2009 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[Seduce Me At Sunrise]]'' | *2009 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[Seduce Me At Sunrise]]'' | ||
*2008 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[Mine Till Midnight]]'' | *2008 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Historical Romance, ''[[Mine Till Midnight]]'' | ||
*2008 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Novel With Strong Romantic Elements, ''[[Sugar Daddy]]'' | *2008 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Novel With Strong Romantic Elements, ''[[Sugar Daddy]]'' | ||
+ | *2007 [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Top 100 Romances (#7), ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
*2007 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | *2007 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Devil In Winter]]'' | ||
*2007 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Scandal In Spring]]'' | *2007 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Historical Romance, ''[[Scandal In Spring]]'' |
Revision as of 03:25, 27 January 2023
After graduating from Wellesley College with a political science degree, Lisa Kleypas published her first novel at age twenty-one. Her books are published in more than 20 languages and are bestsellers all over the world.
Lisa writes for Avon and is represented by her agent Mel Berger of the William Morris agency.
Lisa was named Miss Massachusetts in the 1985 Miss America competition. Among the challenges she faced: wearing a banner with such a long state name, when she is only 5'2". Because of the rule that contestants had to tuck the excess length of banner into their swimsuits, she became known as "Miss Massachu."
At the competition in Atlantic City, Lisa's talent was singing an original composition, which won her a "talented nonfinalist" award. And to her delight, she got to keep the big sparkly crown, which sits on her bookshelf and now attracts keen interest from her daughter.
By 1998 Lisa had started a family- getting married and receiving the award of having the most wonderful little boy in the world.
That same year, Lisa's novel "Stranger In My Arms" was given the Waldenbooks Award for greatest sales growth. The following year, Lisa's "Someone To Watch Over Me" was a Rita finalist at the Romance Writers of America convention.
In 2002 Lisa's novel "Suddenly You" was a Rita finalist and Lisa won the Rita award for her Christmas anthology novella featured in the Dorchester publication "Wish List." A banner year, Lisa's novel "Lady Sophia's Lover" was awarded Best Sensuous Historical Romance from Romantic Times magazine, and "Lady Sophia's Lover" was given a starred review in Publishers Weekly, as was "When Strangers Marry."
Over the following years, Lisa continued to garner critical and popular success. Lisa's novel "Worth Any Price" was awarded a starred review from Publishers Weekly. "Worth Any Price" and "Where's My Hero" were listed in the Amazon Editor's Top Ten Picks for Best Romance of 2003!
"Worth Any Price" won the RITA award for best Short Historical and a few months later, "Secrets of a Summer Night" (Nov 2004) received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly!
"It Happened One Autumn" (Oct 05) was a finalist in the Short Historical Category of the 2006 RITA Awards, and in 2007, Lisa had two finalists for RITA Awards: "The Devil in Winter" and "Scandal in Spring" Lisa was a keynote speaker at the Romance Writers of America July conference. Listen to her speech.
Lisa's first contemporary novel "Sugar Daddy" was a finalist for the RITA Award "Best Novel With Strong Romantic Elements" while "Mine Till Midnight" was a New York Times Bestseller and a finalist in the RITA Awards "Best Historical Romance" category.
Lisa followed up that success with her second contemporary novel, "Smooth Talking Stranger", which hit the New York Times Bestseller List, as did "Tempt Me At Twilight" and "Married By Morning" which was #3 on New York Times Bestseller list.
In 2011, re-releases of two of Lisa's early books made the New York Times Bestseller list, as did her contemporary novel, Rainshadow Road, released in 2012, which was been nominated for the Romantic Times Book Reviews "Best Contemporary Romance" Award. Dream Lake, the 3rd of the Friday Harbor Series was also a NY Times Bestseller. It was followed by Crystal Cove in 2013.
In December 2012, Lisa's book, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor was the basis for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, Christmas With Holly.
In July 2015, Lisa was honored to emcee the Romance Writers of America Awards Show.
Lisa returned to Historicals in 2016 with a new series The Ravenels, and all the books debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers list and, much to her fans' delight, characters from previous books made cameos. Each of the five Ravenels books has been a NY Times Bestseller. The newest (the 6th, due out Feb 18, 2020) has been given a starred review by Publisher's Weekly.
Contents
On the Web
Books
- Again The Magic - 2004
- Against The Odds - 2003
- Because You're Mine - 1997
- Blue-Eyed Devil - 2008
- Brown-Eyed Girl - 2015
- Chasing Cassandra - 2020
- Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor / Christmas With Holly - 2010
- Cold-Hearted Rake - 2015
- Crystal Cove - 2013
- Devil In Winter - 2006
- Devil In Disguise - 2021
- Devil In Spring - 2017
- Devil's Daughter - 2019
- Dream Lake - 2012
- Dreaming Of You - 1994
- Forever My Love - 1988
- Give Me Tonight - 1989
- Hathaway Wedding, A - 2022
- Hello Stranger - 2018
- I Will - 2001
- It Happened One Autumn - 2005
- Lady Sophia's Lover - 2002
- Love In The Afternoon - 2010
- Love, Come To Me - 1988
- Married By Morning - 2010
- Marrying Winterborne - 2016
- Midnight Angel - 1995
- Mine Till Midnight - 2007
- Only In Your Arms - 1995
- Only With Your Love - 1992
- Prince Of Dreams - 1995
- Promises - 1995
- Rainshadow Road - 2012
- Scandal In Spring - 2006
- Secrets Of A Summer Night - 2004
- Seduce Me At Sunrise - 2008
- Smooth Talking Stranger - 2009
- Someone To Watch Over Me - 1999
- Somewhere I'll Find You - 1996
- Stranger In My Arms - 1998
- Suddenly You - 2001
- Sugar Daddy - 2007
- Surrender - 1991
- Tempt Me At Twilight - 2009
- Then Came You - 1993
- Wallflower Christmas, A - 2008
- When Strangers Marry - 2002
- Where Dreams Begin - 2000
- Where Passion Leads - 1987
- Worth Any Price - 2003
Anthologies
- Where's My Hero? - 2004
- Wish List - 2001
Series/Related Titles
Awards
- 2015 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - British Isles Historical Romance, Cold-Hearted Rake
- 2008 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Best Contemporary Romance, Blue-Eyed Devil
- 2008 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Biggest Tearjerker, Blue-Eyed Devil
- 2006 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Best European Historical, Devil In Winter
- 2006 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Best Hero, Devil In Winter
- 2006 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Best Heroine, Devil In Winter
- 2004 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Most Annoying Lead Character, Again The Magic
- 2004 RITA Award Winner - Short Historical Romance, Worth Any Price
- 2002 RITA Award Winner - Romance Novella, "I Will" in Wish List
Recognitions
- 2021 Amazon Editors' Picks - Romance, Devil In Disguise
- 2021 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Devil In Disguise
- 2021 LibraryReads Starred Review, Devil In Disguise
- 2020 Library Journal Best Books - Romance, Chasing Cassandra
- 2020 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Chasing Cassandra
- 2018 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances, Blue-Eyed Devil
- 2018 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#1), Devil In Winter
- 2015 Booklist Starred Review, Brown-Eyed Girl
- 2015 Booklist Starred Review, Cold-Hearted Rake
- 2015 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Cold-Hearted Rake
- 2015 Library Journal Starred Review, Cold-Hearted Rake
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Cold-Hearted Rake
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Brown-Eyed Girl
- 2013 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#31), Blue-Eyed Devil
- 2013 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#3), Devil In Winter
- 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Crystal Cove
- 2010 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#25), Blue-Eyed Devil
- 2010 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#3), Devil In Winter
- 2009 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, Seduce Me At Sunrise
- 2008 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, Mine Till Midnight
- 2008 RITA Award Finalist - Novel With Strong Romantic Elements, Sugar Daddy
- 2007 All About Romance Reader Award Top 100 Romances (#7), Devil In Winter
- 2007 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, Devil In Winter
- 2007 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, Scandal In Spring
- 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, It Happened One Autumn
- 2004 RITA Award Finalist - Romance Novella, "Against The Odds" in Where's My Hero?
- 2002 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, Suddenly You
- 2000 RITA Award Finalist - Short Historical Romance, Someone To Watch Over Me
- 1994 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Series Romance, Then Came You
Awards (body of work)
- 1986-1987 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - New Regency Historical Romance
- 1998: Lisa's novel Stranger In My Arms was given the Waldenbooks Award for greatest sales growth.
- Lady Sophia's Lover was given the award for Best Sensuous Historical Romance from Romantic Times Magazine.
- Lady Sophia's Lover was given a starred review in Publishers Weekly, as was When Strangers Marry.