Rochelle Alers

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Rochelle Alers was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. After earning degrees in sociology and psychology, she taught pre-school for a time before entering the business world.

Alers began writing her first novel in 1984, after a decade of reading romance novels. She finished her first manuscript, which became the novel, Hideway in 1985. After several rejections because her attempt did not fit the formula of a category romance novel, Alers perfected her style and was first published by Doubleday Books in 1988. She has since been published through St. Martin's Press, Ballantine Books, Odyssey, Arabesque, and Genesis Press, as well as through Silhoutte's Desire line.

Almost two million copies of her novels are now in print, and they have regularly appeared on the Waldenbooks, Borders, and Essence bestseller lists. Alers has been awarded the Gold Pen Award, the Emma Award, the Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award.

Alers writes for two hours every morning, before leaving for her full-time job as a Community Liasion Specialist for state-funded substance abuse programs on Long Island. She lives in Freeport, New York.

Bibliography

Single Novels

The Hideaway Series

Prequels

  1. Best-Kept Secrets (January 2006)

First Generation

  1. Hideaway (May 1995)
  2. Hidden Agenda (April 1997)
  3. Vows (December 1997)
  4. Heaven Sent (July 1998)

Daughters and Sisters Trilogy

  1. Harvest Moon (December 1999)
  2. Just Before Dawn (May 2000)
  3. Private Passions (January 2001)

Sons and Brothers Trilogy

  1. No Compromise (February 2002)
  2. Homecoming (November 2002)
  3. Renegade (June 2003)

The Blackstones of Virgina

  1. The Long Hot Summer (February 2004)
  2. Very Private Duty (October 2004)
  3. Beyond Business (April 2005)

Anthologies

Nonfiction

Awards/Honors