Julie Garwood
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Julie Garwood (born Kansas City, Missouri) is an author of romantic suspense novels. She writes both historical romances and contemporary fiction novels.
Her novel For the Roses was adapted for the television feature Rose Hill.
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[edit] Biography
Garwood was born the sixth of seven children in a large Irish family. After having a tonsillectomy at age six, Garwood was a sickly child for years. Because she missed so much school, she did not learn to read as the other children her age did. She was eleven before her mother realized that other children had been doing her homework, and that Garwood was simply unable to read. A math teacher, Sister Elizabeth, devoted the entire summer that year to teaching Garwood how to read, and how to enjoy the stories she was reading. This teacher had such an impact on Garwood's life that she named her daughter Elizabeth.
The quirkiness for which her heroines are known is based on herself -- an ability to get lost anywhere, clumsiness, and charming ability to obfuscate and change the direction of conversations to the consternation, frustration, but eventual acceptance of the other party," [1] Garwood's books are very historically accurate, and Garwood has been known to scour the library at the University of Kansas to find three sources confirming a fact before she includes it in one of her books.
While studying to be an R.N., she took a Russian history course and fell in love with history. A professor, impressed by the quality of her essays, convinced Garwood to take a year off of school to write. The result was a children's book, A Girl Called Summer, and her first historical novel, Gentle Warrior, published in 1985.
Garwood admits that she does not read romance novels, primarily so that she does not have to worry about unintentional plagairism. Instead, she enjoys reading general fiction and mystery novels, but looks forward to the day she retires so that she can catch up on the romance novels written by other authors. She currently lives in Leawood, Kansas. She has three children.
[edit] Books
[edit] Contemporary titles
- Shadow Dance - Not Yet Published
- Slow Burn
- Murder List
- KillJoy
- Mercy
- Heartbreaker
[edit] Historical titles
[edit] The Cainewood Series
- The Lion's Lady
- Guardian Angel
- The Gift
- Castles
[edit] Rosehill Series
- For the Roses
- The Clayborne Brides (compilation of One Pink Rose, One White Rose, and One Red Rose)
- One Pink Rose
- One White Rose
- One Red Rose
- Come the Spring
[edit] The Bride Series
- The Bride
- The Wedding
[edit] Secret Series
- The Secret
- Ransom
[edit] Other
- Prince Charming
- Saving Grace
- The Prize
- Honor's Splendour
- Rebellious Desire
- Gentle Warrior
