Carolyn Zane

Carolyn Pizzuti
Born California, U.S.
Pen name Carolyn Zane,
Suzy Pizzuti
Occupation novelist
Nationality  United States
Period 1993 - present
Genre Romance
Spouse Matt Pizzuti (1978-Present)
Children Madeline, Grace, Gabriel, Olivia, Silas
Website
www.carolynzane.net

Carolyn Pizzuti is an American author of romance novels under the pen name Carolyn Zane. She has also been published as Suzy Pizzuti.

Biography

Carolyn was born to Douglas Owen Tope and Mary Patricia (née) Willis and raised in Southern California. When she was five, her family, including younger sister, Judy, moved to Oregon. Carolyn graduated from high school in 1976 in Silverton, Oregon and enrolled at Oregon State University, where she majored in broadcast/speech communications. In 1978, she married her college sweetheart, Matt, and, in 1981, she graduated from OSU and moved to Portland. Carolyn worked as a producer/director for local television commercials.[1]

Family Life

On their sixteenth wedding anniversary, Carolyn and her husband welcomed their first daughter, Madeline Alexa. A second daughter, Olivia RoseAnne, followed four years later. Then, in 2003, they added an infant son of Guatemalan descent, Silas Matthew, through adoption. When he was 18 months, an African American sibling set, Grace Elizabeth and Gabriel Robert were added to the family, adopted through foster care. While her five children were small, Zane wanted to find a career that she could follow from home.

Writing career

In March 1993 she finished her first romance novel, The Wife Next Door,which was soon purchased by Silhouette.[1] Since then, Carolyn has had more than 30 novels published by four publishers, with several million copies in print worldwide.[1][2] Her work has been selected as Top Pick by Romantic Times, where Cheryl Hanson described her latest work Beyond the Storm by saying, "The writing is so riveting and real that you’ll feel the storm and the pain of the aftermath." Reviewer Pamela Cohen says Zane's genre books are "strong on humor, snappy repartee and passionate moments."[3]

Two of her novels have been inspirational romances, written under the pen name Suzy Pizzuti. These were released in 1998 and 1999.[2]

After what Zane refers to as the world's longest maternity leave, she went back to work as the launch author for Abingdon Press's Quilts of Love series. Her book, Beyond the Storm, inspired by the tragic Joplin/Tuscaloosa tornadoes, debuted October 2012. The book is a Romantic Times 4 1/2 star Top Pick, a CBD Recommended Read and Publisher's Weekly says,"Zane kicks off a humongous multi-author series.... Her writing is polished...her focus is close-up on people [and] the pace zips along.... Zane bravely tackles the haunting question of where is God when tragedy strikes."—PW

Works

Brubaker Brides Series

* Miss Prim's Untamable Cowboy (1997)

Novels

Quilts of Love Series

Omnibus

See also

List of romantic novelists

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carolyn Zane". eHarlequin.com. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  2. 1 2 "Author Profile: Carolyn Zane". Romantic Times. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  3. Cohen, Pamela B. (1997). "Book Review: His Brother's Intended Bride". Romantic Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-05.

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