Carrie Weaver

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Carrie Weaver
Born
U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1999 - present
Genres Romance

Carrie Weaver is an American author of contemporary romance novels.

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[edit] Biography

After weaver had children, she chose to quit her job as a claims adjuster to stay home with them. While the children napped, she began writing romance novels to entertain herself. in 1994, she attended her first writer's conference; the following year, she joined the Romance Writers of America. Her first novel sold in 1999, to Kensington Books.[1] The novel, Promises, Promises, was released in April 2000, and Kensington contracted her to write a novella for a July 2001 American Media MiniMag release. The MiniMag romance line was discontinued before the story was published.[2]

At the urging of Cathy McDavid, a fewllow writer, Weaver signed to write a short story for the small press Elan Press. Her short story was included in their collection Romancing the Holidays.[2] In 2003, she began writing category romances in the Harlequin Superromance line. In 2007, she was chosen to write two novels in the new series partnering Harlequin and NASCAR.[1]

Weaver was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award in 2004 for her novel The Second Sister.[3] In a review, Romantic Times gave The Second Sister their highest rating, noting the "realistic characters, strong emotion and an ending that is neither pat nor clichéd."[4]

In 2006, Weaver was a finalist in the Best Long Contemporary Romance category for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award.[5]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Promises, Promises (2000)
  • The Road to Echo Point (2003)
  • The Second Sister (2004)
  • Home for Christmas (2005)
  • The Secret Wife (2005)
  • Four Little Problems (2006)
  • Secrets in Texas (2006)
  • No Time to Lose (2007)
  • Temporary Nanny (2007)
  • A Chance Worth Taking (2007)

[edit] Omnibus

  • Second Sister / More Than A Cowboy (2004) (with Peggy Nicholson)

[edit] Collections

  • Romancing the Holidays, Vol. 1 (2001) (with Belmont Delange, Trudy Doolittle, Christine Eaton Jones, Su Kopil, Cathy McDavid, Deborah Shelley, Barbara White-Rayczek and Karen L Williams)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b About Carrie Weaver. CarrieWeaver.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  2. ^ a b Small Press Spotlight. The Romance Reader (June 22, 2001). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  3. ^ Author Profile: Carrie Weaver. RomanticTimes.Com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  4. ^ Merrill, Christine (2004). =23209 Book Review: The Second Sister. Romantic Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  5. ^ 2006 RITA AWard Finalists. Bookreporter.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.

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