Diana Palmer (author)
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| Pseudonym: | Diana Palmer Diana Blayne Katy Currie and Susan Kyle |
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| Born: | 1946 USA  |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Nationality: | American |
| Writing period: | 1979 - present |
| Genres: | Romance |
| Debut works: | Now and forever |
| Website: | Official website |
Susan Spaeth Kyle (b. 1946) is an American bestselling writer of romantic novels. She has authored over 100 books under the names of Diana Palmer, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and Susan Kyle. Prior to being an author, she was a journalist for 16 years.
Palmer has been awarded the Romantic Times 1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner for series storyteller of the year.
Her novel Diamond Girl was made into a movie, released in 1998, for television.[1]
Palmer presented a session topic, Moving from Series Romance to Mainstream Romance, at the 9th annual Harriet Austin Writers Conference in 2002. [2]
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[edit] Biography
Susan Spaeth Kyle born in 1946. She has been married to James Kyle since 1972. They have one son, Blayne Edward Kyle, born in 1980, who is pursing a law enforcement career in college. She has a sister, Dannis Cole, who lives in Utah and is also back at college, finishing her degree. Dannis has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter, a high school senior planning a career as a physician, and Maggie, who is in grammar school.
Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
She began selling romance novels in 1979 and now writes as Diana Palmer for three New York publishing houses: Mira Books (mainstream romances), Silhouette Books (contemporary series romances), and Fawcett Books (historical romances). She has over 95 books in print, translated and published around the world.
Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards. In 1998, a Japanese Harlequin reader poll gave her Silhouette Desire novel, The Patient Nurse, its favorite book of the year award. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk.
Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45, inspired by her husband James, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming. He retired from his own computer business in 1998 and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. Susan graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, in 1995 with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] As Diana Palmer
[edit] Long Tall Texans series
- Calhoun (1988)
- Justin (1988)
- Tyler (1989)
- Sutton's Way (1989)
- Ethan (1990)
- Connal (1990)
- Harden (1991)
- Evan (1991)
- Donavan (1992)
- Emmet (1992)
- Regan's Pride (1994)
- That Burke Man (1995)
- Redbird (1995)
- Coltrain's Proposal (1996)
- Paper Husband (1996)
- A Long Tall Texan Summer (1997)
- Christmas Cowboy (1997)
- Beloved (1999)
- Callaghan's Bride (1999)
- Love with a Long, Tall Texan (1999)
- Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon (2000)
[edit] Silhouette Desire
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1982)
- September Morning (1982)
- Friends and Lovers (1983)
- Fire and Ice (1983)
- Snow Kisses (1983)
- Diamond Girl (1984)
- The Rawhide Man (1984)
- Lady Love (1984)
- Cattleman's Choice (1985)
- The Tender Stranger (1985)
- Love By Proxy (1985)
- Eye of the Tiger (1986)
- Loveplay (1986)
- Rawhide and Lace (1986)
- Rage of Passion (1987)
- Fit for a King (1987)
- Betrayed by Love (1987)
- Enamored (1988)
- Reluctant Father (1989)
- Hoodwinked (1989)
- His Girl Friday (1989)
- Hunter (1990)
- Nelson's Brand (1991)
- The Best Is Yet to Come (1991)
- The Case of the Mesmerizing boss (1992)
- The Case of the Confirmed Bachelor (1992)
- The Case of the Missing Secretary (1992)
- Night of Love (1993)
- Secret Agent Man (1994)
- That Burke Man (1995)
- Man of Ice (1996)
- The Patient Nurse (1997)
- Beloved (1999)
- The Wedding in White (2000)
- The Winter Soldier (2001)
- A Man of Means (2002)
- Man in Control (2003)
- Boss Man (2005)
- Heartbreaker (2006)
[edit] As Diana Blayne
- A waiting game (1982)
- A loving arrangement (1983)
- White sand, wild sea (1983)
- Color love blue (1984)
- Dark surrender (1984)
- Tangled destinies (1986)
- Denim and lace (1990)
[edit] As Katy Currie
- Blind promises (1984)
[edit] As Susan Kyle
- Diamond spur (1988)
- Fire brand (1989)
- Night fever (1990)
- True colors (1991)
- Escapade (1992)
- After midnight (1993)
- All that glitters (1995)
