Lisa Kleypas

Biography

Lisa Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College with a political science degree, and published her first novel at age twenty-one. Her books are published in fourteen languages and are bestsellers all over the world. In 2007 Lisa published her first contemporary fiction with Sugar Daddy issued in hard cover from St. Martin's Press.

In 1985, Lisa was named Miss Massachusetts in the Miss America competition. Lisa is married and lives in Texas with her husband and two children.

Lisa Kleypas was a 2009 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Best Historical Romance category with her novel Seduce Me At Sunrise.

Books

• Again the Magic (2004)
• Because You're Mine (1997)
• Blue-Eyed Devil (2008)
• Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (2010)
• Crystal Cove (2013)
• Devil in Winter (2006)
• Dream Lake (2012)
• Dreaming of You (1994)
• Forever My Love (1988)
• Give Me Tonight (1989)
• It Happened One Autumn (2005)
• Lady Sophia's Lover (2002)
• Love Come to Me (1988)
• Love in the Afternoon (2010)
• Married By Morning (2010)
• Midnight Angel (1995)
• Mine Till Midnight (2007)
• Only in Your Arms (1995)
• Only with Your Love (1992)
• Prince of Dreams (1995)
• Rainshadow Road (2012)
• Scandal In Spring (2006)
• Secrets Of A Summer Night (2004)
• Seduce Me At Sunrise - 2008 (St. Martins Press)
• 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 (St. Martin's Press)
• Tempt Me At Twilight - 2009 (St. Martin's Press)
• Then Came You (1993)
• Wallflower Christmas, A (2008)
• When Strangers Marry (2002)
• Where Dreams Begin (2000)
• Where Passion Leads (1987)
• Worth Any Price (2003)

Novellas

• "I Will", Wish List

Related Books

• Lisa Kleypas Books By Series

Awards/Honors

• 1986-1987 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - New Regency Historical Romance
• 1999: Someone To Watch Over Me was a RITA® finalist
• 1998: Lisa's novel Stranger In My Arms was given the Waldenbooks Award for greatest sales growth.
• 2002 RITA® in the Romantic Novella category for "I Will" in the anthology Wish List
• 2002:
  • Suddenly You was a RITA® finalist
  • 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.
• 2004 RITA® in the Best Short Historical Romance category with Worth Any Price.
• 2006 RITA® finalist for It Happened One Autumn
• 2007 RITA® finalist with Scandal In Spring
• 2007 RITA® finalist with Devil In Winter
• 2008 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Historical Romance category for Mine Till Midnight
• 2008 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Novel With Strong Romantic Elements category for Sugar Daddy

On the Web

• Lisa Kleypas
• Squawk Radio blog with Christina Dodd, Eloisa James, Teresa Medeiros, Elizabeth Bevarly, Connie Brockway

--Frankieroyle 22:15, 22 July 2012 (PDT)