Mary Jo Putney

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Mary Jo Putney

Born
New York United States
Pen name Mary Jo Putney,
M.J. Putney
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1987 - Present
Genres Romance, Fantasy
& http://www.MJPutney.com Official website

Mary Jo Putney (b. New York) is a best-selling American author of over twenty-five historical and contemporary romance novels. She has also been published fantasy romance novels as M.J. Putney. Her books are known for their unusual subject matter, including alcoholism, death, and domestic abuse.

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[edit] Biography

Putney was born and raised in New York. She attended Syracuse University, earning degrees in English literature and Industrial design.[1] She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California[2] before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980[2] to run her own freelance graphic design business.[1]

After purchasing her first computer for her business, Putney realized that it would make writing very easy. She began work on her first novel, a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract immediately.[2] In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published. Since then, she has published twenty-nine books (as of January 2007). Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. [1] The vast majority of her works have been historical romance, although she did write three contemporary romances. She has also begun writing fantasy romance and romantic fantasy as M.J. Putney.

Putney has won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award twice, for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and has been a RITA finalist nine times. She is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for bestselling authors, and has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and four Golden Leaf Awards. [1]

Putney lives in Baltimore with her cats. She is not married.[2]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] As Mary Jo Putney

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[edit] Davenport Series

  1. The Diabolical Baron (1987)
  2. The Rake and the Reformer (1989) = The Rake (1998)
  3. "Sunshine for the Chrismast" in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS II (1990)

[edit] Regency Series

  1. The Would-be Widow (1988) = The bargain (1999)
  2. The Controversial Countess (1989)
  3. The Rogue and the Runaway (1990)

[edit] Single Novels

  • Lady of Fortune (1988)
  • Uncommon Vows (1991)
  • Carousel of Hearts (1992)
  • Dearly Beloved (1997)
  • The Rake (1998)
  • Dangerous to Know (2007)
  • A Distant Magic (2007)

[edit] Silk Trilogy

  1. Silk and Shadows (1991)
  2. Silk and Secrets (1992)
  3. Veils of Silk (1992)

[edit] Fallen Angels Series

  1. Petals in the Storm (1993)
  2. Thunder and Roses (1993)
  3. Angel Rogue (1995)
  4. Dancing on the Wind (1995)
  5. River of Fire (1996)
  6. Shattered Rainbows (1996)
  7. One Perfect Rose (1997)

[edit] Bride Trilogy

  1. The Wild Child (1998)
  2. The China Bride (2000)
  3. The Bartered Bride (2002)

[edit] Circle of Friends Series

  1. The Burning Point (2000)
  2. The Spiral Path (2002)
  3. Twist of Fate (2003)

[edit] Guardian Series

  1. The Alchemical Marriage (2004)
  2. A Kiss of Fate (2004)
  3. Stolen Magic (2005) (as M.J. Putney)
  4. A Distant Magic (2006)

[edit] Stone Saint Series

  1. The Marriage Spell (2006)

[edit] Collections

  • CHRISTMAS REVELS (2002)

[edit] Omnibus in Collaboration

  • "The Chrismast cuckoo" in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS III (1991) (with Mary Balogh, Sandra Heath, Melinda McRae and Edith Layton)
  • "The Chrismast tart" in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS IV (1992) (with Mary Balogh, Marjorie Farrell, Sandra Heath and Emma Lange)
  • "Mad, bad and dangerous to know" in "RAKES & ROGUES" (1993) (with Mary Balogh, Melinda McRae, Anita Mills and Maura Seger) & < "CAPTURED HEARTS: Five Favorite Love Stories " (1999) (with Mary Balogh, Edith Layton, Patricia Rice and Joan Wolf)
  • "The wedding on the century" in "PROMISED BRIDES" (1994) (with Kristin James and Julie Tetel) & < "BRIDE BY ARRANGEMENT" (2000) (with Merline Lovelace and Gayle Wilson)
  • "The devil's spawn" in DASHING & DANGEROUS (1995) (with Mary Balogh, Edith Layton, Melinda McRae and Anita Mills)
  • "Goldspun Promises" / "No Brighter Dream" / "Dancing on the Wind" (1995) (with Elizabeth Gregg, Katherine Kingsley)
  • "Dangerous gifts" in FAERY MAGIC (1996) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Barbara Samuel)
  • "The best husband money can buy" in STOKING FULL OF JOY (1997) (with Jill Barnett, Justine Dare, Susan King)
  • "Avalon" in IN OUR DREAMS (1998)
  • "The stranger's familiar" in A CONTELLATION OF CATS (2002) (with Andre Norton, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Jody Lynn Nye, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mickey Zucker Reichert, and others)
  • BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEVAMPYRED (2005) (with Gena Showalter, Mary Janice Davidson, Alesia Holliday, Susan Grant, Patricia Rice and Vicki Lewis Thompson)
  • DRAGON LOVERS (2007) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Barbara Samuel)

[edit] References and Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Bio for Mary Jo Putney. MaryJoPutney.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
  2. ^ a b c d White, Claire E.. Interview: A Conversation with Mary Jo Putney. Writers Write. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
  3. ^ Mary Jo Putney. Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.

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