Michele Bardsley

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Michele Bardsley (born 1970 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) writes romantic fiction with paranormal and erotic themes for NAL/Signet Eclipse. Michele also writes short erotic fiction for several electronic publishers including Changeling Press and Ellora's Cave. Her fiction has won awards from Writer's Digest Magazine, Oklahoma Writer's Federation, Inc., and the Florida Writers Association. She is also a professional freelance editor and speaker. She's lived in California, Nevada, and Florida. Currently, she resides in her home state with her family.

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[edit] Career

Michele sold her first book, a romantic comedy called Daddy In Training to Hard Shell Word Factory in 1998. She's sold novels, novellas, short stories, poetry and nonfiction to many electronic and print publishers. Her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest Magazine, RT BOOKreviews Magazine, and Byline Magazine.

In 2003, she won the Grand Prize in the 72nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition for her dark suspense short story, "A Mother Scorned." During her grand-prize-winning trip to New York, she met and signed with Stephanie Kip Rostan with the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency. Just a few months later, Stephanie sold Michele's erotic romantic comedy, Cupid, Inc., to New American Library (NAL).

NAL has contracted six of Michele's books, two erotica novels (Cupid, Inc. and Fantasyland) and four books in the Broken Heart Vampire series: I'm The Vampire, That's Why (2006), Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire (2007), Because Your Vampire Said So (2008), and Wait Until Your Vampire Gets Home (2008). She continues to write short erotic fiction for electronic publishers Changeling Press, Ellora's Cave, and Loose Id.

[edit] Writings and Publications

[edit] Novels

[edit] Erotica

  1. Shadows Present (Ellora's Cave, 2004)
  2. Cupid, Inc. (NAL Trade, 2006)
  3. Fantasyland (NAL Trade, 2007)
  4. Diary of a Demon Hunter (Changeling Press, TBA)
  5. Shadows Past (Ellora's Cave, TBA)

[edit] Paranormal Romance

  1. I'm The Vampire, That's Why (Signet Eclipse, 2006)
  2. Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire (Signet Eclipse, 2007)
  3. Because Your Vampire Said So (Signet Eclipse, 2008)
  4. Wait Until Your Vampire Gets Home (Signet Eclipse, 2008)

[edit] Romantic Comedy

  1. Daddy In Training (HSWF, 1998)
  2. Wild Women (HSWF, 2003)

[edit] Out of Print

  1. Bride In Training
  2. Housewife For Rent
  3. Husband For Hire

[edit] Other

  1. A Mother Scorned and Other Stories (HSWF, 2005)

[edit] Novellas and Short Stories

[edit] Erotica

Changeling Press

  1. A Wolf In Santa's Clothing
  2. Tucker's Paradise
  3. Witch Magic series
  4. Diary of a Demon Hunter series
  5. Vampire Kisses series
  6. Miller's Lake series

Ellora's Cave

  1. Bride Portal
  2. Wizard's Moon
  3. A Taste of Honey
  4. Saving Sarah (Two Men and a Lady)
  5. Redial 1-800-Sex
  6. 1-800-Sex4You
  7. Redial 1-800-Sex4You

Loose Id

  1. Nefertari 9.0
  2. Wish Upon A Prince

[edit] Romance & Mystery

  1. A Mother Scorned (The Year's Best Writing, 2004)
  2. A Perfect Murder (Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings, 2004)
  3. Heart of Grace (Treasures From the Heart, 2006)
  4. Heart of Obsidian (Tales from the Treasure Trove II, 2006)

[edit] Nonfiction

Hope Tarr: The Comeback Kid
August 2006, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

History's Storyteller Kathryn Caskie
July 2006, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Cupid’s Checklist for the Lovelorn
February 2006, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

How I Lost My Writing Cherry to Erotica
Just Erotic Romance Reviews, Issue #67

Cheyenne McCray Casts Her Spell on Erotic Romance
January 2006, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Who's Sofie Metropolis?
June 2005, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Women Rule
March 2005, Writer’s Digest Magazine

Love Me, Love My Goddess
February 2005, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Michele Takes Manhattan
February 2005, Writer’s Digest Magazine

Male Call
September 2004, Writer’s Digest Magazine

The Search For Eros
February 2004, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last in Love: Betting on Beta Heroes
December 2003, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

Workshop Critiques: Four Ways to Convey Constructive Criticism
AbsoluteWrite.com

Eight Ways to Tighten Your Prose
AbsoluteWrite.com

[edit] Awards & Kudos

I'm The Vampire, That's Why
Debut #13 on Barnes & Noble Romance Bestseller List

Cupid, Inc.
Nominated for SingleTitle.com Reviewer's Choice Award
Fresh Pick for FreshFiction.com

Wild Women
Nominee, Contemporary Romance, 2004 CAPA Awards
1st Place, Best Published Romance Novel, 2004 Royal Palm Literary Awards
2004 ARIANA, Best Romance Cover
No. 1 Bestselling E-book for 2004, Hard Shell Word Factory
Best Book of Fiction of 2004, Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc.

“A Mother Scorned”
Grand Prize Winner, 72nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
Nominee, 2004 Derringer Awards
1st Place, Best Published Short Story, 2004 Royal Palm Literary Awards

The Accountant and The Virgin
June 2004 RT Top Pick, Nominee for Best Erotic Romance, 2004 Romantic Times Reviewer Choice Awards

1-800-SEX4YOU
Nominee, 2004 Psyche Award For Best Overlooked Work

Beyond the Mundane: Unravelings
Winner, Best Anthology, 2005 EPPIEs

Three Men and a Lady
Recommended Read and Five Angels, Fallen Angel Reviews

Lighthearted Lust
Finalist, 2004 Sizzler Awards

The Pleasure Seekers 1: Dake
Nominee, 2004 Sizzler Awards

Midnight Intentions
EPPIE, Best Romantic Suspense, 2002 Annual EPIC E-book Awards
2nd Place, Best Novella, AEPRA Awards

He’s A Wonderful Wife
First Place, Romance Novel, 2001 OWFI Annual Contest

Husband For Hire
Third Place, Romance Novel, 1999 OWFI Annual Contest
First Place, Romance Novel, 1997 SARA’s Sooner or Later Contest

Housewife For Rent
Top Winner, 1996 Silhouette “Yours Truly” Contest

Shadows Present
First Place, Paranormal Romance, 1996 SARA's Sooner Or Later Contest

Daddy In Training
First Place, Contemporary Romance, 1996 SARA's Sooner or Later Contest
First Place 1996 Prodigy's Passionate Promises Contest
First Place, 1995 SARA's Sooner or Later Contest
First Place, 1995 NORA's Crystal Heart Contest

  • My poetry, nonfiction, and short-short fiction have received awards and recognition from Northwoods Journal, Tulsa Community College, Byline Magazine, Scribe & Quill, Oklahoma State University, Amazing Instant Novelist, OWFI, Writer's Bloc, Writer's Digest, and WriteLink.

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