Nicola Cornick

Nicola Cornick
Born Yorkshire, England, UK
Pen name Nicola Cornick
Occupation Novelist and historian
Nationality British
Alma mater Gateways High School Leeds
Period 1998–Present
Genre historical romance
Website
www.nicolacornick.co.uk

Nicola Cornick (b. Yorkshire, England) is a British writer of historical romance novels since 1998 and a historian specialising in public history.

Her works are recognised for their historical research and well-observed characterisation. Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and she has won a number of awards. She also works as a consultant for TV and radio, and as a volunteer guide and historian at Ashdown House, a 17th century National Trust hunting lodge in Oxfordshire.

Nicola Cornick is the organiser of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award and a member of the committee of the Romantic Novelists' Association[1] She runs writing courses and gives talks on the history of Ashdown House and history and writing-related topics.

Biography

Nicola Cornick obtained an honours degree in Medieval History from London University. She worked for many years in university administration, becoming Assistant Academic Registrar and Operations Manager at Cranfield University. She returned to college in Oxford, to study at Ruskin College.[2] gaining a Masters degree with distinction in Public History.

She published her first novel in 1998 for Mills & Boon (reedited as Harlequin Enterprises in USA). Since then she has specialized in romances set in the British Regency. In 2006 she moved to HQN Books in the USA and published longer historical romances with settings ranging from 19th century Scotland to the Arctic. In 2014 she signed with MIRA Books UK to write multiple time period historical romance, the first of which will be published in 2015.

Recognition

Nicola Cornick's books have been shortlisted for a number of awards including the Romance Writers of America RITA Awards and have won the Reader's Choice Award, the Laurel Wreath and the LORIES. She has been Wiltshire Libraries Writer in Residence and has spoken at the Oxford Literary Festival on the history and development of the romance novel.

She lives in Oxfordshire, England.

Bibliography

The information below comes from Fantasticfiction[3] and Nicola Cornick's own website.[4]

Traditional Regencies

  1. True Colours (1998)
  2. The Virtuous Cyprian (1998)
  3. The Larkswood Legacy (1999)
  4. Lady Polly (1999)
  5. Miss Verey's Proposal (2000)
  6. Lady Allerton's Wager (2000)
  7. The Notorious Marriage (2002)
  8. The Earl's Prize (2002)
  9. The Chaperon Bride (2003)
  10. Wayward Widow (2003)

Blue Stocking Brides Series

  1. The Notorious Lord (2004)
  2. One Night of Scandal (2004)
  3. The Rake's Mistress (2004)

Regency Historicals

The Brides of Fortune Series

  1. The Secrets of a Courtesan (2009)
  2. The Confessions of a Duchess (2009)
  3. The Scandals of An Innocent (2009)
  4. The Undoing of a Lady (2009)

Scandalous Women of the Ton Series

  1. Whisper of Scandal (2010)
  2. One Wicked Sin (2010)
  3. Mistress by Midnight (2010)
  4. Notorious (2011)
  5. Desired (2011)
  6. Forbidden (2012)

The Scottish Brides

  1. The Lady and the Laird (2013)
  2. One night with the Laird (2013)
  3. Claimed by the Laird (2014)

Collaborations

Steepwood Scandal Series Multi-Author

4. A Companion of Quality (2001)
14. An Unlikely Suitor (2002)

Anthologies in collaboration

References and sources

  1. ↑ RNA Officers
  2. ↑ Meet Nicola at Official Website
  3. ↑ Nicola Cornick at fantasticfiction
  4. ↑ "Nicola Cornick's Printer-Friendly Booklist".