Sylvia Day
Sylvia Day |
Born |
March 11, 1973
Los Angeles, CA |
Pen name |
S. J. Day, Livia Dare |
Occupation |
Novelist |
Nationality |
Asian American |
Period |
2004 to present |
Genres |
Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Erotic Romance, Historical, Speculative fiction, Contemporary, Urban fantasy |
www.sylviaday.com |
Sylvia June Day is an American writer. She also writes under the pseudonyms S. J. Day and Livia Dare.
Publishers Marketplace[1] reports that Day's trilogy "in which angels, vampires, and lycans are all vying for power" went to auction in early 2010. New American Library was the winning bidder.
Biography
Day is a former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence. She currently writes romantic fiction novels for New American Library (speculative/paranormal) and Kensington Brava (historical) and Zebra (futuristic - under the pseudonym Livia Dare). Day has also published fiction works with Tor-Forge (urban fantasy - under the pseudonym S. J. Day), HarperCollins Avon (speculative/paranormal), Black Lace (contemporary), Ellora's Cave (contemporary/paranormal/futuristic), and non-fiction for BenBella Books and others.
She is the co-founder of Passionate Ink, a special interest chapter of Romance Writers of America,[2] and she has served on Romance Writers of America's Board of Directors since 2009.[3] She had been honored with the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, the EPPIE Award,[4] the National Readers' Choice Award, and multiple nominations for Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award.[5] She travels extensively in conjunction with various speaking engagements. In addition to presenting workshops before writing groups around the country, she is a frequent panelist at events such as the Romantic Times Convention, Romance Writers of America's National Convention, and Comic-Con.
Day is also a member of Novelists, Inc. and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Awards
- 2010 Readers’ Crown Award Winner (two awards)
- 2009 National Readers Choice Award Winner
- 2009 Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee
- 2008 National Readers' Choice Award Winner
- 2008 Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award Winner
- 2008 RITA Award nominee
- 2007 Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award nominee
- 2007 RITA Award nominee
Bibliography
Novels
- Bad Boys Ahoy! (2006)
- Ask For It (2006 & 2008 - reissue)
- The Stranger I Married (2007 & 2009 - reissue)
- Pleasures of the Night (2007)
- Passion for the Game (2007)
- A Passion for Him (2007)
- Heat of the Night (2008)
- Don't Tempt Me (2008)
- Eve of Darkness (2009)
- Eve of Destruction (2009)
- Eve of Chaos (2009)
- In the Flesh (2009)
- Pride and Pleasure (2011)
- Seven Years to Sin (2011)
- A Touch of Crimson (2011)
- A Hunger So Wild (2012)
Novellas
- "Magic Fingers" in Wicked Words: Sex on Holiday (2005) and Black Lace Quickies 7 (2007 - reissue)
- Catching Caroline (2005)
- Misled (2005)
- Kiss of the Night (2005)
- Snaring The Huntress (2005)
- Wish List (2005) in White Hot Holidays, Vol. II (2006)
- "Treasure Hunters" in Ellora's Cavemen: Dreams of the Oasis II (2006)
- "A Familiar Kind of Magic" in Alluring Tales: Awaken the Fantasy (2007)
- "Salacious Robinson" in Got a Minute? (2007)
- "Magic and Mayhem" (2007)
- "Mischief and the Marquess" in Perfect Kisses (2007)
- "That Old Black Magic" in Alluring Tales: Hot Holiday Nights (2008)
- Eve of Sin City (2010)
- "Eve of Warfare" in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2 (2010)
- All Revved Up (2011)
- "Razor's Edge" in The Promise of Love (2011)
- "Taking the Heat" in Men Out of Uniform (2011)
- A Dark Kiss of Rapture (2011)
- "Iron Hard" in Steamlust: Steampunk Erotic Romance (2011)
- "Black Magic Woman" in Alluring Tales: Night Moves (2011)
- "What Happened in Vegas" in Best Erotic Romance (2011)
- "On Fire" in Hot in Handcuffs (2012)
Series/Related Titles
Alluring Tales
- "A Familiar Kind of Magic" in Alluring Tales: Awaken the Fantasy (2007)
- "That Old Black Magic" in Alluring Tales: Hot Holiday Nights (2008)
- "Black Magic Woman" in Alluring Tales: Night Moves (2011)
Carnal Thirst
- Misled (2005)
- Kiss of the Night (2005)
- Declassified: Dark Kisses (2006)
Dream Guardians
- Pleasures of the Night (2007)
- Heat of the Night (2008)
Georgian Series
- Ask For It (2006 & 2008 - reissue)
- Passion for the Game (2007)
- A Passion for Him (2007)
- Don't Tempt Me (2008)
Marked Series (w/a S.J. Day)
- Eve of Darkness (2009)
- Eve of Destruction (2009)
- Eve of Chaos (2009)
- Eve of Sin City (2010)
- "Eve of Warfare" in The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2 (2010)
Renegade Angels
- A Dark Kiss of Rapture (2011)
- A Touch of Crimson (2011)
- A Hunger So Wild (2012)
Sapphire Series (w/a Livia Dare)
Non-Fiction
- Perfectly Plum: Unauthorized Essays on of the Life, Loves and Other Disasters of Stephanie Plum, Trenton Bounty Hunter (2007)
- The Write Ingredients: Recipes from Your Favorite Authors (2007)
- Lustfully Ever After: Fairy Tale Erotic Romance (Foreword - 2011)
References
External links
Persondata |
Name |
Day, Sylvia |
Alternative names |
Day, S. J. and Dare, Livia |
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Date of birth |
March 11, 1973 |
Place of birth |
Los Angeles, CA |
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