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Revision as of 13:37, 17 September 2022
Deborah Gonzales (born 1958) is a best-selling American author of romance novels, primarily under the pen name Sabrina Jeffries. She also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.
Jeffries lived a normal childhood until she was seven, when her parents decided to become missionaries and moved the family to Thailand. Over the next eleven years, Jeffries saw many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and having to experience the entire series of rabies shots. Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.
Jeffries earned a Ph.D. in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce. While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work on her dissertation. She found herself bored with this attempt, and began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing much more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure. At this point, Jeffries quit her job to become a full-time writer. She has since sold twenty-five novels. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Jeffries has won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Maggie, and the Booksellers' Best Award and has placed on the USAToday Bestseller's list. Her novel Beware a Scot's Revenge became a New York Times Bestseller.
Jeffries prefers to do her writing at a coffeehouse. When she is stuck on a plot problem she thinks through her ideas while on the treadmill. Because her family's schedules fluctuate, however, she sometimes does not sit down to write until the middle of the night. In her limited spare time, Jeffries spends time making jewelry, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and reading.
Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic.
On the Web
- Author's Official Website [1]
See Also
Books
- After The Abduction - 2002
- Art Of Sinning, The - 2015
- Bachelor, The - -2020
- Beware A Scot's Revenge - 2007
- Closer Than They Appear - 2014
- Dance Of Seduction - 2003
- Danger Of Desire, The - 2016
- Dangerous Lord, The - 2000
- Dangerous Love, A - 2000
- Don't Bargain With The Devil - 2009
- Dorinda And The Doctor - 2014
- Duke For Diana, A - 2022
- Earl For Eliza, An - 2023
- Forbidden Lord, The - 1999
- French Maid, The - 2012
- Gone But Not Forgotten - 2014
- Heiress And The Hothead, The - 2016
- Hellion In Her Bed, A - 2010
- How To Woo A Reluctant Lady - 2011
- How The Scoundrel Seduces - 2014
- If The Viscount Falls - 2015
- In the Prince's Bed - 2004
- Lady Never Surrenders, A - 2012
- Let Sleeping Rogues Lie - 2008
- Married To The Viscount - 2004
- Never Seduce A Scoundrel - 2006
- Notorious Love, A - 2001
- One Night With A Prince - 2005
- Only A Duke Will Do - 2006
- Pirate Lord, The - 1998
- Pleasures Of Passion, The - 2017
- Project Duchess - 2019
- Risk Of Rogues, The - 2018
- Secret Of Flirting, The - 2018
- Study Of Seduction, The - 2016
- Talent For Temptation, A - 2017
- Ten Reasons To Stay - 2007
- To Pleasure A Prince - 2005
- To Wed A Wild Lord - 2011
- Truth About Lord Stoneville, The - 2010
- 'Twas The Night After Christmas - 2012
- Undercover Duke - 2021
- Wed Him Before You Bed Him - 2009
- What The Duke Desires - 2013
- When Sparks Fly - 2008
- When The Rogue Returns - 2014
- Who Wants To Marry A Duke - 2020
- Widow's Auction, The - 2002
- Windswept - 2017
Series/Related Titles
Designing Debutantes
Duke Dynasty
- 1. Project Duchess
- 1.5 A Perfect Match
- 2. The Bachelor
- 3. Who Wants To Marry A Duke
- 4. Undercover Duke
Duke's Men
- 1. What The Duke Desires
- 2. When The Rogue Returns
- 3. How The Scoundrel Seduces
- 4. If The Viscount Falls
The Hellions of Halstead Hall
- The Truth About Lord Stoneville
- A Hellion In Her Bed
- How To Woo A Reluctant Lady
- To Wed A Wild Lord
- A Lady Never Surrenders
Lord Trilogy
Mossy Creek (multi-author series) At Home In Mossy Creek
The Royal Brotherhood
School for Heiresses
- 1. Never Seduce a Scoundrel
- 2. Only a Duke Will Do
- 3. Ten Reasons To Stay
- 4. Beware a Scot's Revenge
- 5. Let Sleeping Rogues Lie
- 5.5 When Sparks Fly
- 6. Don't Bargain With The Devil
- 7. Wed Him Before You Bed Him
Sinful Suitors
- 1. The At Of Sinning
- 2. The Study Of Seduction
- 3. The Danger Of Desire
- 4. The Pleasures of Passion
- 5. The Secret Of Flirting
Swanlea Spinsters
Awards
- 2007 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Scottish Historical Romance, Beware A Scot's Revenge
- 2005 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - K.I.S.S. (Knight In Shining Silver) Hero, To Pleasure A Prince
Recognitions
- 2018 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Secret Of Flirting
- 2017 Library Journal Starred Review, The Danger Of Desire
- 2017 Library Journal Starred Review, The Pleasures Of Passion
- 2017 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance: Short, The Study Of Seduction
- 2017 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Pleasures Of Passion
- 2016 Booklist Starred Review, The Danger Of Desire
- 2016 Library Journal Starred Review, The Study Of Seduction
- 2016 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance: Long, If The Viscount Fall
- 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Danger Of Desire
- 2016 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Study Of Seduction
- 2015 Library Journal Starred Review, If The Viscount Falls
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, The Art Of Sinning
- 2015 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, If The Viscount Falls
- 2014 Booklist Starred Review, When The Rogue Returns
- 2014 Library Journal Starred Review, How The Scoundrel Seduces
- 2014 Library Journal Starred Review, When The Rogue Returns
- 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, How The Scoundrel Seduces
- 2014 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, When The Rogue Returns
- 2013 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, What The Duke Desires
- 2013 RITA Award Finalist - Historical Romance, A Lady Never Surrenders
- 2013 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, What The Duke Desires
- 2012 Library Journal Starred Review, A Lady Never Surrenders
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, A Lady Never Surrenders
- 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, 'Twas The Night After Christmas
- 2011 Library Journal Starred Review, How To Woo A Reluctant Lady
- 2011 Library Journal Starred Review, To Wed A Wild Lord
- 2011 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, How To Woo A Reluctant Lady
- 2011 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, To Wed A Wild Lord
- 2010 Booklist Starred Review, A Hellion In Her Bed
- 2010 Library Journal Starred Review, The Truth About Lord Stoneville
- 2006 RITA Award Finalist - Long Historical Romance, To Pleasure A Prince