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'''Mary Jo Putney''' has written many classic romances in the [[Regency]], [[Historical]], and [[Contemporary]] ([[Suspense]]) arenas. She won the [[1990 RITA® Winners|1990 RITA®]] in the [[Regency]] Category. She also contributed to [[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'']] (1992).
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== Bibliography ==
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'''Mary Jo Putney''' was born on 1946 in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. After earning degrees in English Literature and Industrial Design at Syracuse University, she did various forms of design work in California and England before inertia took over in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has lived very comfortably ever since.
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=== Books ===
 
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* [[Dancing On The Wind|''Dancing on the Wind'']] - [[Mary Jo Putney]] won the [[1995 RITA® Winners|1995 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Long Historical]] category.
 
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* [[Petals In The Storm|''Petals In The Storm]]
 
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* [[The Rake - Mary Jo Putney|''Rake, The'']]
 
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* [[The Rake And The Reformer|''Rake and The Reformer, The'']] - This title won the [[1990 RITA® Winners|1990 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Regency Romance|Regency]] category.
 
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* [[River Of Fire|''River Of Fire'']] - 1996
 
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* [[Shattered Rainbows]]
 
  
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=== Novellas ===
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While becoming a novelist was her ultimate fantasy, it never occurred to her that writing was an achievable goal until she acquired a computer for other purposes. When the realization hit that a computer was the ultimate writing tool, she charged merrily into her first book with an ignorance that illustrates the adage that fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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* ''[[The Christmas Cuckoo|Christmas Cuckoo, The]]'' in "[[A Regency Christmas III]]", November 1991 ([[Signet]])
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* ''[[The Christmas Tart]]'' in "[[A Regency Christmas IV]]", November 1992 ([[Signet]])
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Fortune sometimes favors the foolish and her first book sold quickly, thereby changing her life forever, in most ways for the better. (“But why didn't anyone tell me that writing would change the way one reads?”) Like a lemming over a cliff, she gave up her freelance graphic design business to become a full-time writer as soon as possible.
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* ''[[Sunshine For Christmas]]'' in "[[A Regency Christmas II]]", November 1990 ([[Signet]])
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Since 1987, Ms. Putney has published twenty-nine books and counting. Her stories are noted for psychological depth and unusual subject matter such as alcoholism, death and dying, and domestic abuse. She has made all of the national bestseller lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year’s top five romances by The Library Journal. The Spiral Path and Stolen Magic were chosen as one of Top Ten romances of their years by Booklist, published by the American Library Association.
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A nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career achievement award for historical romance. Though most of her books have been historical, she has also published three contemporary romances. The Marriage Spell will be out in June 2006 in hardcover, and Stolen Magic (written as M. J. Putney) will be released in July 2006.
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Ms. Putney says that not least among the blessings of a full-time writing career is that one almost never has to wear pantyhose.
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She writes young adult fiction as M.J. Putney.
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== On the Web ==
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* [http://www.maryjoputney.com/ Mary Jo Putney]
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==See Also==
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* [[M.J. Putney]]
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== Books ==
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* ''[[The Alchemical Marriage|Alchemical Marriage, The]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Angel Rogue]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Avalon]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[The Bargain|Bargain, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The Bartered Bride|Bartered Bride, The]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[The Best Husband Money Can Buy|Best Husband Money Can Buy, The]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Black Beast Of Belleterre]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[The Burning Point|Burning Point, The]]'' / ''[[Stirring The Embers]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Carousel Of Hearts]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Chalice Of Roses]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[The China Bride|China Bride, The]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[The Christmas Cuckoo|Christmas Cuckoo, The]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[The Christmas Tart|Christmas Tart, The]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Christmas Candles: Two Novellas]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[The Controversial Countess|Controversial Countess, The]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Dancing On The Wind]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Dangerous Gifts]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Dearly Beloved]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[The Demon Dancer|Demon Dancer, The]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[The Devil's Spawn|Devil's Spawn, The]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[The Diabolical Baron]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[A Distant Magic|Distant Magic, A]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[A Dragon's Tale|Dragon's Tale, A]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[The Dragon And The Dark Knight|Dragon And The Dark, The]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[A Holiday Fling|Holiday Fling, A]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[In The Bleak Midwinter]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[A Kiss Of Fate|Kiss Of Fate, A]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Lady Of Fortune]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Love Is Strange]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Loving A Lost Lord]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Mad, Bad And Dangerous to Know]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[The Marriage Spell|Marriage Spell, The]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Never Less Than A Lady]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[No Longer A Gentleman]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Not Always A Saint]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Not Quite A Wife]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Nowhere Near Respectable]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Once A Laird]]'' - 2021
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* ''[[Once A Rebel]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Once A Scoundrel]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Once A Soldier]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Once A Spy]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Once Dishonored]]'' - 2020
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* ''[[One Perfect Rose]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[One Wicked Winter Night]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Petals In The Storm]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[The Rake And The Reformer|Rake And The Reformer, The]]'' / ''[[The Rake|Rake, The]]'' - 1989/1998
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* ''[[River Of Fire]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[The Rogue And The Runaway|Rogue And The Runaway, The]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Shattered Rainbows]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[She Stoops To Wenchdom]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Silk And Secrets]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Silk And Shadows]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Sometimes A Rogue]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[The Spiral Path|Spiral Path, The]]'' / ''[[Phoenix Falling]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[The Stargazer's Familiar|Stargazer's Familiar, The]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Stolen Magic]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Sunshine For Christmas]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Thunder And Roses]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[The Tuesday Enchantress|Tuesday Enchantress, The]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Twist Of Fate]]'' / ''[[An Imperfect Process|Imperfect Process, An]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Uncommon Vows]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Veils Of Silk]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[The Wedding of the Century|Wedding Of The Century, The]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[When Strangers Meet]]'' - 2023
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* ''[[White Rose Of Scotland]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[The Wild Child|Wild Child, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[The Would-Be Widow|Would-Be Widow, The]]'' - 1988
  
 
== Honors ==
 
== Honors ==
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* [[1996 RRA Awards Winners|1996 RRA Awards Winner]] - Best Historical Romance Author
 
* [[1996 RRA Awards Winners|1996 RRA Awards Winner]] - Best Historical Romance Author
 
* [[1997 Career Achievement Award Winners|1997 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Historical Romance
 
* [[1997 Career Achievement Award Winners|1997 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Historical Romance
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== On the Web ==
 
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* [http://www.maryjoputney.com/ Mary Jo Putney]
 

Revision as of 20:10, 28 October 2022


Mary Jo Putney was born on 1946 in Upstate New York with a reading addiction, a condition for which there is no known cure. After earning degrees in English Literature and Industrial Design at Syracuse University, she did various forms of design work in California and England before inertia took over in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has lived very comfortably ever since.

While becoming a novelist was her ultimate fantasy, it never occurred to her that writing was an achievable goal until she acquired a computer for other purposes. When the realization hit that a computer was the ultimate writing tool, she charged merrily into her first book with an ignorance that illustrates the adage that fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fortune sometimes favors the foolish and her first book sold quickly, thereby changing her life forever, in most ways for the better. (“But why didn't anyone tell me that writing would change the way one reads?”) Like a lemming over a cliff, she gave up her freelance graphic design business to become a full-time writer as soon as possible.

Since 1987, Ms. Putney has published twenty-nine books and counting. Her stories are noted for psychological depth and unusual subject matter such as alcoholism, death and dying, and domestic abuse. She has made all of the national bestseller lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year’s top five romances by The Library Journal. The Spiral Path and Stolen Magic were chosen as one of Top Ten romances of their years by Booklist, published by the American Library Association.

A nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career achievement award for historical romance. Though most of her books have been historical, she has also published three contemporary romances. The Marriage Spell will be out in June 2006 in hardcover, and Stolen Magic (written as M. J. Putney) will be released in July 2006.

Ms. Putney says that not least among the blessings of a full-time writing career is that one almost never has to wear pantyhose.

She writes young adult fiction as M.J. Putney.

On the Web

See Also

Books

Honors

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