Elaine Coffman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Elaine Gunter Coffman

Born June 19, 1942 (1942-06-19) (age 65)
San Diego, California U.S.
Pen name Elaine Coffman
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1988 - present
Genres Historical romance, Suspense
Official website

Barbara Elaine Gunter Coffman (b. June 19, 1942 in San Diego, California) is an American writer of both historical romance and suspense as her married name Elaine Coffman.

Contents

[edit] Biography

Elaine Coffman is a New York Times bestselling author with a large international following. She has penned novels in both the historical romance genre and suspense. A lover of history, she has penned several novels set in Scotland, Regency England, Italy and the American West. To date, she is the author of nineteen novels and five novellas.

[edit] Personal

Barbara Elaine Gunter was born in San Diego, California, to William Samuel Gunter, Jr., a naval officer and Edna Marie (née Davidson) Gunter, a homemaker. From the age of three she lived in Midland, Texas and graduated from Midland High School. After she received a degree in elementary education from North Texas State University, she taught elementary school in Midland, Texas, while working on her Master’s Degree and certification for Language and Learning Disabilities at Texas Tech in Lubbock.

Elaine currently resides in Austin, Texas, where her son, Chuck, also lives. She has two daughters, Lesley who resides in Raleigh, N.C. and Ashley, who lives in San Diego, California.

[edit] Writing

While writing her first novel, My Enemy, My Love, she found herself inspired by a letter her great-great grandmother, Susannah Jane Dowell Shacklett wrote in 1920, telling about her journey from Brandeburg, Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas, and then going with an army escort to El Paso, Texas, where her brother, Ben Dowell, a veteran of the Mexican War, was El Paso's first mayor.

Elaine continued to write best-selling, award-winning books until the publication of her eleventh novel, If You Loved Me, which was the last book of her beloved Mackinnon series and her first book to hit the New York Times bestseller list.

Her first suspense novel, Alone in the Dark, was published by Pocket books in 2006.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Single Novels

  • My Enemy, My Love, 1988, reissue 1991
  • If My Love Could Hold You, 1989, Dell; Fawcett reissue, 1998
  • For All The Right Reasons, 1991, Dell; Fawcett reissue
  • Somewhere Along The Way, 1992, Dell
  • So This Is Love, 1993, Fawcett reissue
  • Heaven Knows, 1994, Fawcett Books
  • A Time For Roses, 1995, Fawcett Books
  • When Love Comes Along, 1995, Warner Books
  • If You Love Me, 1997, Fawcett Books
  • Someone Like You, 1997, Fawcett Books
  • The Bride of Black Douglas, 2000, MIRA
  • The Fifth Daughter, 2001, MIRA
  • The Italian, 2002, MIRA
  • The Highlander, 2003, MIRA
  • Let Me Be Your Hero, 2004, MIRA
  • By Fire and By Sword, 2005, MIRA
  • Alone in the Dark, 2006, Pocket Books

[edit] MacKinnon Bothers Series

  1. Angel in Marble, 1991, 1998
  2. For All The Right Reasons, 1991
  3. Somewhere Along The Way, 1992
  4. So This Is Love, 1993, Fawcett Books
  5. Heaven Knows, 1994, Fawcett Books
  6. When Love Comes Along, 1995, Warner Books
  7. If You Love Me, 1997, Fawcett Books

[edit] The Italian Chronicles Series

  1. The Fifth Daughter, 2001
  2. The Italian, 2002

[edit] The Graham-Lenox Family Saga

  1. The Highlander, 2003
  2. Let Me Be Your Hero, 2004
  3. By Fire and By Sword, 2006

[edit] Anthologies

  • The Bride of the Black Scot, From the Anthology: To Have and to Hold, 1994, Avon Books
  • A Ribbon of Moonlight, From the Anthology, Midsummer Nights Madness, 1995, St. Martin's Press
  • The Bride of Blackness Castle, From the Anthology: 1996, Outlaw Brides, Harlequin; The Bride of Blackness Castle, Reprint Anthology, 20023, A Gentleman of Substance
  • Playing With Fire, From the Anthology: Seeing Fireworks, 1997 St. Martin's Press
  • Under The Mistletoe, From the Anthology: ‘Tis The Season, 1997, Zebra Under The Mistletoe, Reprint Anthology, Santa Baby, 2002, Zebra

[edit] References and Resources

[edit] External links


[edit] tags:

 The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia.
Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.(December 2007)
This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it.
Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (March 2007)