Lynn Kurland

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Lynn Curland

Born date of birth unknown
United States
Pen name Lynn Kurland
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1996 - present
Genres Romance, Fantasy, Time-travel
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Lynn Kurland is a best-selling American author of historical, suspense, and time travel romance novels. The characters in her books are all part of the same extended family, and her love scenes are not as explicit as many other popular romances

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[edit] Biography

Lynn Kurland is an only child.[1] Her first attempts at writing came she was five years old and living in Hawaii. Her series of short stories featured a young man who encountered all sorts of trouble. After she moved to the mainland U.S. a short time later, she put aside her interest in writing to focus on music.[2] Kurland always loved to read, though, and in college was introduced to romance novels. She soon decided to write her own novel.[2]

Stardust of Yesterday was published in 1996, winning two RITA awards. To date, she has published sixteen full-length novels, with her seventeenth and eighteenth due out in May 2008 and January 2009, respectively. She has also published eight novellas, one of which won a RITA. She is known for her characters and the way their lives intertwine through all of her novels. It is this skill that has kept any of her books from going out of print.

Kurland's novels have appeared on the USAToday Bestseller List, The New York Times Extended Bestseller List, the Amazon Top 100, and the Barnes and Noble, Waldenbooks, and B. Dalton Bestsellers lists. She has won three RITA awards and been a finalist for a fourth.[3]

Kurland is trained as a classical musician. She plays cello in a quartet, plays the piano when asked, and enjoys singing in public. She lives with her husband and their two children[4] in the Pacific Northwest.[5]

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[edit] Novels

  • Stardust of Yesterday (1996)
  • A Dance Through Time (1996)
  • This Is All I Ask (1997)
  • The Very Thought of You (1998)
  • Another Chance to Dream (1998)
  • The More I See You (1999)
  • If I Had You (2000)
  • My Heart Stood Still (2001)
  • From This Moment on (2002)
  • A Garden in the Rain (2003)
  • Dreams of Stardust (2005)
  • Much Ado in the Moonlight (2006)
  • To Kiss In the Shadows (2006)
  • Star of the Morning: A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms (2006)
  • When I Fall in Love (2007)
  • The Mage's Daughter: A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms (2008)

[edit] Omnibus

  • "The gift of Christmas past" in THE CHRISTMAS CAT (1996) (with Julie Beard, Jo Beverley, Barbara Bretton)
  • "Three wise ghosts" in CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (1997) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Casey Claybourne and Jenny Lykins)
  • "And the groon wore tulle" in VEILS OF TIME (1999) (with Angie Ray, Maggie Shayne and Ingrid Weaver)
  • "The icing on the cake" in OPPOSITES ATTRAC (2000) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Emily Carmichael and Elda Minger)
  • "The traveller" in A KNIGHT'S VOW (2001) (with Glynnis Campbell, Patricia Potter and Deborah Simmons)
  • "To kiss in the shadows" TAPESTRY (2002) (with Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Karen Marie Moning)
  • TO WEAVE A WEB OF MAGIC (2004) (with Claire Delacroix, Patricia A McKillip and Sharon Shinn)
  • "A whisper of spring" THE QUEEN IN WINTER (2006) (with Claire Delacroix, Sarah Monette and Sharon Shinn)

[edit] Collections

  • "The gift of Christmas past" & "Three wise ghosts" & "And the groon wore tulle" & "The icing on the cake" in LOVE COME JUST IN TIME (2001)

[edit] Awards

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  • Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best First Novel, Stardust of Yesterday
  • Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Paranormal, Stardust of Yesterday
  • Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Novella, To Kiss in the Shadows (from the Tapestry anthology)
  • Romance Writers of America finalist for RITA Award for Best Long Historical, Another Chance to Dream
  • 1999 PEARL award for Best Time Travel, The More I See You
  • Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Contemporary Fantasy Romance, Stardust of Yesterday
  • Romantic Times Bookstores that Care award for Best Paranormal Romance, Stardust of Yesterday
  • Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Medieval Historical Romance, Another Chance to Dream
  • Romantic Times Bookstores that Care Award for Best Time Travel, The Very Thought of You
  • Romantic Times 1999 Career Achievement Award for Historical Fantasy
  • Romantic Times 1999 Reviewers Choice Finalist for Best Historical Time Travel, The More I See You
  • Romantic Times Bookstores that Care Finalist for Best Historical, This is All I Ask
  • Romantic Times Bookstores that Care Finalist for Best Time Travel, A Dance Through Time

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ RBL Presents Lynn Kurland. RBL Romantica. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  2. ^ a b About Lynn. Lynn Kurland Official Website. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  3. ^ a b Awards. Lynn Kurland Official Website. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  4. ^ Frequently Asked Questions. Lynn Kurland Official Website. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  5. ^ Meet Lynn Kurland. Fantasy Romance Writers. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  6. ^ Lynn Kurland. Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.

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