Jennifer Greene
Winner of over 15 national awards, including the RWA Hall of Fame and the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, Jennifer Greene weaves real issues, warm characters common-life humor, and page-turning romance and suspense into her stories.
Jennifer sold her first book in 1980, and since then has sold over 85 books in the contemporary romance genre. She won her first professional writing award from RWA, a “Silver Medallion” in 1984, followed by over 20 nominations and awards —including achieving RWA’s HALL OF FAME status, and the most coveted RWA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
Jennifer has regularly been on a variety of bestseller lists, and has written for Harlequin, Avon, Berkley and Dell. Her books have sold all over the world in over 20 languages. She also accumulated a number of pseudonyms—most recognizably JENNIFER GREENE, but also JEANNE GRANT and JESSICA MASSEY.
She was born in Michigan, started writing stories in 7th grade, and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in English and Psychology. The University honored her with their “Lantern Night Award”, a tradition developed to honor fifty outstanding women graduates each year. Exploring issues and concerns for women today is what first motivated her to write, and she has long been an enthusiastic and active supporter of women’s fiction, which she believes is an unbeatable way to reach out and support other women.
Jennifer lives in Michigan, just a short distance from Lake Michigan, with her husband Lar.
See Also
Books
- 200% Wife, The - 1997
- Arizona Heat - 1996
- Baby Bump, The - 2013
- Baby Chase, The - 1997
- Baby In His In-Box - 1998
- Bachelor Mum - 1997
- Bewildered - 1994
- Bewitched - 1994
- Billionaire's Handler, The - 2011
- Blame It On Cupid - 2007
- Blame It On Paris - 2008
- Blame It On The Blizzard - 2010
- Blame It On Chocolate - 2006
- Body And Soul - 1986
- Bonus Mom, The - 2013
- Bothered - 1994
- Broken Blossom - 1990
- Castle Keep, The - 1989
- Christmas House, The - 2001
- Dancing In The Dark - 1989
- Dear Reader - 1987
- Devil's Night - 1989
- Diana - 2000
- Falconer - 1992
- Foolish Pleasure - 1986
- Groom For Red Riding Hood, A - 1995
- Heat Wave - 1990
- Her Holiday Secret - 1999
- Honor Bound Groom, The - 1999
- Hot To The Touch - 2006
- Irresistible Stranger - 2010
- It Had To Be You - 1993
- Just Like Old Times - 1993
- Kiss Your Prince Charming - 2000
- Lady Be Good - 1988
- Lady Of The Island - 1989
- Little Matchmakers - 2012
- Love Potion - 1988
- Lucky - 2005
- Madam's Room - 1987
- Mesmerizing Stranger - 2010
- Millionaire M.D. - 2002
- Minx - 1987
- Night Light - 1991
- Night Of The Hunter - 1989
- Nobody's Princess - 1998
- Pink Topaz - 1992
- Prince Charming's Child - 2000
- Quicksand - 1993
- Riley's Baby - 1990
- Rock Solid - 2001
- Secretive Stranger - 2010
- Secrets - 1988
- Seeing Red - 2014
- Single Dad - 1995
- Slow Dance - 1991
- Soon-To-Be-Disinherited Wife, The - 2007
- Sparkle - 2006
- Summer Dreams: Kokomo - 2007
- Twelfth Night - 1995
- Unwilling Bride, The - 1996
- Where Is He Now? - 2003
- Wild In The Field - 2005
- Wild In The Moment - 2005
- Wild In The Moonlight - 2005
- Woman Most Likely To…, The - 2002
- You Belong To Me - 2000
- Yours, Mine & Ours - 2011
Anthologies
Series
- Scent Of Lavender
- Secret Lives Of Society Wives
- Body And Soul
- Stanford Sisters
- Jock's Boys
- Royal Charming Hapily Ever After
- Shepard Brothers
Awards/Honors
- 1985 - Romantic Times Magazine - Best Sensual Series Author
- 1988-1989 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Best All Around Series Romance
- 1998 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Series Storyteller Of The Year
- 1998 RWA Hall Of Fame
- RWA Silver Medallion - Silver and Spice, 1984
- RWA, Golden Medallion Finalist - Ain't Misbehaven, 1986
- Affaire De Coeur, Silver Certificate- No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1987
- Affaire De Coeur, Silver Certificate - Night Of The Hunter, 1989
- RWA Golden Medallion Finalist - Secrets, 1989
- 1990 RITA® in the Short Contemporary category for Night Of The Hunter
- RWA Golden Medallion Finalist - Devil's Night, 1990
- RWA RITA Finalist - Broken Blossom, 1991
- RWA RITA Finalist - Quicksand, 1994
- Romantic Times Magazine, Reviewers Choice in Series Romantic Suspense - Pink Topaz, 1991-1992
- 1996 RITA® in the Short Contemporary category for Single Dad
- 1998 RITA® in the Short Contemporary Series category for Nobody's Princess
- 2008 RITA® winner in the RITA®: Best Romantic Novella category with her novella "Born In My Heart".
- 2008 RITA® finalist in the RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title category for her novel Blame It On Cupid
