Linda Howard
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Biography
Linda Howard is the pen name of Linda S. Howington. She was born in Alabama and has lived there all of her life. She began to write at nine years old, and wrote for twenty years for her own enjoyment. She worked at a trucking company, where she met her husband, and then decided to try and get her work published in 1980. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, joining in 1981 shortly after it was formed.
Her husband is a professional bass tournament fisherman, and she travels with him to some very unglamorous locations where she works on her laptop. Linda and her husband live in a big house on a farm in Alabama, where they raise cattle and have two dogs.
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Books
Fiction
- After the Night - 1995
- Against the Rules - 1988
- All That Glitters - 1982
- All the Queen's Men - 1999
- Almost Forever
- An Independent Wife - 1983
- Angel Creek - 1991
- Bluebird Winter
- Come Lie with Me - 1999
- Cover Of Night - 2006
- Cry No More - 2003
- The Cutting Edge - 1985
- Delivered by Christmas - 2002
- Diamond Bay - 1987
- Dream Man - 1995
- Drop Dead Gorgeous - 2006
- Duncan's Bride - 1990
- Dying To Please - 2002
- Game Of Chance, A - 2000
- Heart Of Fire - 1993
- Heartbreaker - 1987
- Kill and Tell - 1998
- Killing Time - 2005
- Kiss Me While I Sleep - 2004
- Lady of the West, A - 1990
- Loving Evangeline - 1994
- Mackenzie's Magic - 1996
- Mackenzie's Mission - 1992
- Mackenzie's Mountain - 1989
- Mackenzie's Pleasure - 1996
- Midnight Rainbow - 1986
- Mr Perfect - 2000
- Now You See Her - 1998
- Open Season - 2001
- Overload - 2004
- Raintree: Inferno - 2007
- Sarah's Child - 1985
- Shades Of Twilight - 1996
- Son of the Morning - 1997
- Strangers in the Night - 2001
- Summer Sensations - 1998
- Tears of the Renegade - 1989
- The Touch of Fire - 1992
- To Die For - 2004
- The Way Home - 1995
- What The Heart Can't Hide - 2003
- White Lies - 1988
Honors
- 1994 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Contemporary Author
- 1995 RRA Awards Winners for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for Dream Man - 1995
- Best Classic Contemporary - Sarah's Child
- Best Classic Series Romance - Mackenzie's Mountain - 1989
- 1996 RRA Awards Nominee - Best Contemporary Author
- nominee for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance Shades Of Twilight - 1996
- nominee for Best All-Time Contemporary Romance for Dream Man - 1995
- 1997 RRA Awards Winners for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for Son of the Morning - 1997
- winner for Romances with Best Spicy Love Scene for After the Night - 1995
- nominee for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Kill and Tell
- nominee for Best Alternative Realities Romance, Best Time Travel Romance for Son of the Morning - 1997
- 1998 RRA Awards Winners for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for Kill and Tell
- nomination for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for Now You See Her - 1998
- nomination for Best Contemporary Author
- nomination for Best All-Around Romance Author
- nomination for Best All-Time Contemporary Romance for Dream Man - 1995
- 1999 RRA nominee for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for All the Queen's Men - 1999
- 1999 RRA Awards Winners for Best All-Time Contemporary Romance for Dream Man - 1995
- 2000 RRA Awards Winners for Best Series Romance for A Game of Chance - 2000
- 2000 RRA Awards Winners for Mr Perfect - 2000
- Best All-Around 2000 Romance,
- Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure AND
- nominee for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
- 2000 RRA Awards Winners for Best Contemporary Author of 2000
- 2000 RRA nominee for Best All-Around Romance Author of 2000
- 2001 RRA Awards Winners for Best Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Adventure for Open Season - 2001
- 2001 RRA nominee for Best All-Around Romance of All Time
- 2001 RRA nominee for Best All Time Contemporary Romance for Dream Man - 1995
- 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 RRA Awards Winners for Best All Time Series Romance for Mackenzie's Mountain - 1989
- 2002 RRA nominee for Best All Time Paranormal Romance for Son of the Morning - 1997
- 2003 RRA nominee for Best All Time Contemporary Romance for Mr Perfect - 2000
- 2005 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2005 RRA Awards Winners tied for Best Romance Novel for To Die for
Related Titles
- Kell Sabin of Diamond Bay is part of a secret government organization. He reappears as the head of the organization in All The Queen's Men.
- Diamond Bay, Midnight Rainbow, White Lies are about agents in this organization
