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'''Jo Goodman''' is the pen name for Joanne Dobrzanski. Her first book was completed in 1979 and finally published in 1984. She chose that pen name because she was always called Jo and Goodman is simply a loose translation of Dobrzanski.
 
'''Jo Goodman''' is the pen name for Joanne Dobrzanski. Her first book was completed in 1979 and finally published in 1984. She chose that pen name because she was always called Jo and Goodman is simply a loose translation of Dobrzanski.
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Although she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry she found that she was not suited to marine research. Instead she became a therapist. She has been the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and reports that this work and her writing often compliment each other.  
 
Although she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry she found that she was not suited to marine research. Instead she became a therapist. She has been the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and reports that this work and her writing often compliment each other.  
  
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Jo has written 18 historical romances, 3 short stories, and 1 novella. Her first book, [[Passion's Bride]] (reprinted in 1998 as [[The Captain's Lady]]), won best pirate romance from Romantic Times. [[Forever In My Heart]] won a Reader's Choice Award for best historical romance in 1994 and [[Only In My Arms]] was a finalist the following year.  
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Jo has written 18 historical romances, 3 short stories, and 1 novella. Her first book, [[The Captain's Lady|Passion's Bride]] (reprinted in 1998 as [[The Captain's Lady]]), won best pirate romance from Romantic Times. [[Forever In My Heart]] won a Reader's Choice Award for best historical romance in 1994 and [[Only In My Arms]] was a finalist the following year.  
  
 
== On the Web ==
 
== On the Web ==
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=== Novellas/Short Stories ===
 
=== Novellas/Short Stories ===
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*''Tidewater Promise'' in the [[Christmas Rendezvous]] - 1991 (Part of the McClellan Family Series)
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*''Tidewater Promise'' in the [[Christmas Rendezvous]] - 1991 (Part of the McClellan Family Series), also packaged as part of a 1991 release of [[Tempting Torment]]
 
*''Liberty Christmas'' in [[A Christmas Caress]] - 1993
 
*''Liberty Christmas'' in [[A Christmas Caress]] - 1993
 
*''My True Love'' in [[A Gift of Joy]] - 1995
 
*''My True Love'' in [[A Gift of Joy]] - 1995

Revision as of 21:00, 22 April 2008


Jo Goodman is the pen name for Joanne Dobrzanski. Her first book was completed in 1979 and finally published in 1984. She chose that pen name because she was always called Jo and Goodman is simply a loose translation of Dobrzanski.

Although she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry she found that she was not suited to marine research. Instead she became a therapist. She has been the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and reports that this work and her writing often compliment each other.

Jo has written 18 historical romances, 3 short stories, and 1 novella. Her first book, Passion's Bride (reprinted in 1998 as The Captain's Lady), won best pirate romance from Romantic Times. Forever In My Heart won a Reader's Choice Award for best historical romance in 1994 and Only In My Arms was a finalist the following year.

On the Web

Fiction

Books

Novellas/Short Stories

Related Books

Grantham/Gardner Families:

Compass Club:

Dennehy Sisters:

  1. Wild Sweet Ecstasy
  2. Rogue's Mistress
  3. Forever In My Heart
  4. Always In My Dreams
  5. Only In My Arms

Hamilton Family:

Marshall Brothers:

McClellan Family:

Thorne Borthers

Awards/Honors

2003 - Romance Readers Anonymous Best Historical Single Title Romance for Everything I Ever Wanted by Jo Goodman

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