Felicia Mason

Felicia Mason (born May 8, 1962) is an African American novelist and journalist born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel Rhapsody was adapted into a television movie in 2000.^[2]

Biography

Mason grew up in Pennsylvania, but her family moved to Virginia when she was a child.^[3] Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984^[3] and her MA from Ohio State University.^[2] Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the Daily Press in Newport News.^[3] She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.^[2]

Awards

Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in1995.^[2] She was selected by readers as one of top ten romance authors, 2002, for Body and Soul.^[2] In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style.^[2] She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by Black Issues Book Review in 2002, for Testimony.^[2]

Works

Romance Novels

For the Love of You (also see below), Bet Books (Washington, DC), 1994 ISBN 978-1583140888
Body and Soul (also see below), Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1995 ISBN 978-0786001606
Seduction (also see below), Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1996 ISBN 978-0786002979
Rhapsody, Five Star (Unity, ME), 1998 ISBN 978-0786004041
Foolish Heart, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1998 ISBN 978-0786005932
Forbidden Heart, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2000 ISBN 978-1583140505
Testimony, Dafina Books (New York, NY), 2002 ISBN 978-1617739538
Sweet Accord, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2003 ISBN 978-0373872046
Sweet Harmony, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786269075
Sweet Devotion, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786271108
Enchanted Heart, Dafina (New York, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0758205711
Gabriel's Discovery, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786281527
Seductive Hearts (omnibus; contains For the Love of You, Body and Soul, and Seduction), Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2005 ISBN 978-1583146590
Hidden Riches, Kensington/Dafina (New York, NY), 2014 ISBN 978-0758205735
The Fireman Finds a Wife, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014.

Anthologies

A Valentine Kiss, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 1996
Man of the House,Arabesque, 1998
Something to Celebrate, Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1999
Della's House of Style, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000
Island Magic, 2000; How Sweet the Sound, Thorndike Press (Farmington Hills, MI), 2005
Sing to My Heart, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
Holiday Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
Valentine's Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2013
Love Inspired, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014
This Holiday Magic, Harlequin (New York, NY), 2014.

References

↑ The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press. 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
1 2 3 Contemporary Black Biography. Detroit: Gale. 2001.

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