Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and she commutes to her writers' group in a 17-foot motorboat. She serves as author liaison for Field's End, a literary community on Bainbridge Island, Washington, bringing inspiration and instruction from the world's top authors to her seaside community. (See www.fieldsend.org) She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's "Talk of the Nation," and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.

According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." She is the recipient of three RITA (sm) awards and four starred reviews from Publishers Weekly for her books. The Winter Lodge and Passing Through Paradise have appeared on PW’s annual "Best Of" lists. Several of her books have been listed as top Booksense picks and optioned as feature films. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have made national bestseller lists, including the USA Today, Washington Post and New York Times lists.

The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. Readers can learn more on the web at www.susanwiggs.com and on her lively blog at www.susanwiggs.wordpress.com.

On the Web

• Official Website [1]
• The View From Here - blog
• Wikipedia

Books

• Circle In The Water - 1994
• Dockside - 2007
• Drifter, The - 1998
• Enchanted Afternoon - 2002
• Fireside - 2009 (MIRA)
• Home Before Dark - 2004
• Lakeside Cottage - 2005
• Lightkeeper, The - 1997
• Lord Of The Night - 1993
• Ocean Between Us, The - 2004
• Passing Through Paradise - 2002
• Snowfall At Willow Lake - 2008 (MIRA)
• Summer Affair, A - 2003
• Summer At Willow Lake - 2006
• Summer By The Sea - 2004
• Table For Five - 2006
• Texas Wildflower - 2002
• That Summer Place - 1998
• Winter Lodge, the - 2007
• You I Never Knew, The - 2001
• Vows Made In Wine

Calhoun Chronicles:

• The Charm School - 1999
• The Horsemaster's Daughter - 1999
• Halfway To Heaven - 2001

Chicago Fire Trilogy

• Hostage, The - 2000
• Mistress, The - 2000
• Firebrand, The - 2001

Other:

• It Happened One Christmas - anthology - "The St. James Affair"
• Husband for Hire - Harlequin "Heart of the West" series - 1999

Honors

• 1991-1992 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Historical Adventure
• 1993-1994 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Historical Novel
• 2001 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - American Historical Romance
• 1994 RITA® - Best Romance of 1993 for Lord Of The Night
• 2001 RITA® - Short Historical for The Mistress
• RITA Winner for Lakeside Cottage.
• 2007 RITA Nominee in the Best Contemporary Single Title category for Summer At Willow Lake