Emilie Richards

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® in the Long Contemporary category for her novel Dragonslayer.

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.

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.

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.

She published twelve novels for the Silhouette Romance imprint.

Books

Fiction

• All The Right Reasons - 1988
• All Those Years Ago - 1991
• Aloha Always - August 1987 (Silhouette Romance #520)
• Angel And The Saint - April 1986 (Silhouette Romance #429)
• Bayou Midnight - 1987
• Beautiful Lies - 1999
• Blessed Be The Busybody - 2005
• Brendan's Song - July 1985 (Silhouette Romance #372)
• Classic Encounter - 1988
• Desert Shadows - 1991
• Dragonslayer - 1993
• Duncan's Lady - 1995
• Endless Chain - 2005
• Fox River - 2001
• From a Distance - 1992
• From Glowing Embers - 1988
• Fugitive - 1990
• Gilding The Lily - December 1985 (Silhouette Romance #401)
• Good Time Man - August 1986 (Silhouette Romance #453)
• Iain Ross's Woman - 1995
• Iron Lace - 1996
• Island Glory - September 1989 (Silhouette Romance #675)
• Lady Of The Night - 1986
• Let There Be Suspects - 2006
• Lover's Knot - 2006
• MacDougall's Darling - 1995
• Mail-Order Matty - 1996
• Once More With Feeling - 1996
• One Moment Past Midnight - 1999
• One Perfect Rose - 1992
• Out Of The Ashes - 1992
• Outback Nights - October 1987 (Silhouette Romance #536)
• Parting Glass, The - 2003
• Prospect Street - 2002
• Rainbow Fire - 1989
• Rising Tides - 1997
• Runaway - 1990
• Season Of Miracles - 1986
• Smoke Screen - 1988
• Something So Right - 1986
• Somewhere Out There - 1993
• Sweet Georgia Gal - October 1985 (Silhouette Romance #393)
• Sweet Homecoming - February 1987 (Silhouette Romance #489)
• Sweet Mockingbird's Call - June 1986 (Silhouette Romance #441)
• Sweet Mountain Magic - November 1986 (Silhouette Romance #466)
• Sweet Sea Spirit - February 1986 (Silhouette Romance #413)
• Touching Stars - 2007
• Trouble With Joe, The - 1994
• Twice Upon A Time - 1997
• Twilight Shadows - 1991
• Way Back Home, The - 1990
• Wedding Ring - 2004
• Whiskey Island - 2000
• Woman Without A Name - 1996
• Unmasking, The - 1985

Non-Fiction

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

Series/Related Books

Shenandoah Album Series

• Wedding Ring (2004)
• Endless Chain (2005)
• Lover's Knot (2006)

Ministry Is Murder

• Blessed Be the Busybody (2005)
• Let There Be Suspects (2006)

Awards/Honors

• 1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Best All Around Series Romance
• 1994 RITA® - Long Contemporary category for Dragonslayer
• 1996 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Series/Category Romance Author

On the Web

• Emilie's Village