Emilie Richards

Emilie Richards is the author of more than fifty novels. She began writing in 1983 after the birth of her fourth child and a move to New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first book, Brendan's Song, named in honor of the baby who was often on her lap as she wrote it, was published by Silhouette Romance in 1985.

Emilie and family have lived in Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, California, Arkansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A four month family sabbatical in Australia turned into six books for Silhouette with Australian or New Zealand settings. Ten years later she returned for three months with her husband, Michael, and Brendan to research Beautiful Lies, her third book for Mira.

Emilie currently lives in Northern Virginia and not surprisingly Virginia is a "character" in many of her recent novels. Despite the family's frequent moves Emilie is delighted that her children (along with a terrific son and daughter-in-law) are still within reach, and not in Australia as they so often threatened.

In addition to traveling, Emilie is an enthusiastic gardener who is quickly turning her suburban yard into a cottage garden and a quilter who can't quite sew a straight seam. She has recently released a non-fiction book on quilting and quilting is a theme in one of her recent novels.

Books

Fiction

• Brendan's Song (1985)
• The Unmasking (1985)
• Sweet Georgia Gal (1985)
• Gilding the Lily (1985)
• Angel and the Saint (1986)
• Sweet Sea Spirit (1986)
• Something So Right (1986)
• Sweet Mockingbird's Call (1986)
• Lady of the Night (1986)
• Good Time Man (1986)
• Sweet Mountain Magic (1986)
• Season of Miracles (1986)
• Sweet Homecoming (1987)
• Bayou Midnight (1987)
• Aloha Always (1987)
• Outback Nights (1987)
• All the Right Reasons (1988)
• Classic Encounter (1988)
• From Glowing Embers (1988)
• Smoke Screen (1988)
• Rainbow Fire (1989)
• Island Glory (1989)
• Runaway - Emilie Richards (1990)
• The Way Back Home (1990)
• Fugitive (1990)
• All Those Years Ago (1991)
• Desert Shadows (1991)
• Twilight Shadows (1991)
• One Perfect Rose (1992)
• From a Distance (1992)
• Out of the Ashes (1992)
• Dragonslayer - won the 1994 RITA® in the Long Contemporary category.
• Somewhere Out There (1993)
• The Trouble with Joe (1994)
• Iain Ross's Woman (1995)
• Duncan's Lady (1995)
• MacDougall's Darling (1995)
• Woman Without a Name (1996)
• Mail-order Matty (1996)
• Once More With Feeling (1996)
• Iron Lace - 1996
• Rising Tides (1997)
• Twice upon a Time (1997)
• One Moment Past Midnight (1999)
• Beautiful Lies (1999)
• Whiskey Island (2000)
• Fox River (2001)
• Prospect Street (2002)
• The Parting Glass (2003)
• Wedding Ring (2004)
• Endless Chain (2005)
• Blessed Be the Busybody (2005) - mystery
• Let There Be Suspects (2006) - mystery
• Lover's Knot (2006)
• Touching Stars (2007)

Non-Fiction

• Quilt Along With Emilie Richards: Lover’s Knot ISBN: 1574866273, 64 pages, Softcover

Series/Related Books

Shenandoah Album Series

• Wedding Ring (2004)
• Endless Chain (2005)
• Lover's Knot (2006)

Ministry Is Murder

• Blessed Be the Busybody (2005)
• Let There Be Suspects (2006)

Honors

• 1996 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Series/Category Romance Author

On the Web

• Emilie's Village