Lori Handeland
Lori Handeland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Romance |
| Notable works | Blue Moon, The Mommy Quest |
| Notable awards | RITA award – Paranormal Romance 2005 Blue Moon RITA award – Long Contemporary Romance 2007 The Mommy Quest |
| Website | |
| www | |
Lori Handeland (born 1961) is an American author of romance novels. She has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.
Biography
[edit]Handeland has wanted to be a writer since she was 10 years old. As an adult, she wrote her first book in a two-year span. It was chosen for publication.[1]
Handeland has written over 30 novels. For St. Martin's Press, Handeland writes single-title paranormal suspense romance novels, some of which are written in first person narrative. She has also had several contemporary romance novels published in the Harlequin Superromance category line.[1]
Handeland is married and has two sons.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]Stand-Alone Novels
[edit]- Second Chance (1994)
- Charlie and the Angel (1995)
- Shadow Lover (1995)
- D.J.'s Angel (1995)
- Full Moon Dreams (1996)
- By Any Other Name (1998)
- Dreams of an Eagle (1998)
- When You Wish (2000)
- An Outlaw for Christmas (2001)
- Red Moon Rising (2015), a novella previously published in the anthology Stroke of Midnight
Series
[edit]Precious Gems Historical Romance line
[edit]Lori Handeland is but one of multiple authors that wrote mostly non-related romance stories for this now defunct line of books
- 35 Just After Midnight (1999)
- 67 Loving a Legend (2000)
Lori Handeland is but one of many authors that write or have written mostly non-related romance stories for this line of books
- 922 Mother of the Year (2000)
- 969 Doctor, Doctor (2001)
- 1004 Leave It to Max (2001)
- 1063 A Sheriff in Tennessee (2002)
- 1099 The Farmer's Wife (2002)
Luchetti Brothers series
[edit]Part of the Harlequin Superromance line, but with connected characters
- 1151 The Daddy Quest (2003)
- 1193 The Brother Quest (2004)
- 1226 The Husband Quest (2004)
- 1293 A Soldier's Quest (2005)
- 1334 The Mommy Quest (2006)
Rock Creek Six series
[edit]Books 2, 4, and 6 of this series were written by Linda Devlin
- 1 Reese (2001)
- 3 Rico (2001)
- 5 Nate (2002)
Night Creature series
[edit]- 1 Blue Moon (2004)
- 2 Hunter's Moon (2005)
- 3 Dark Moon (2005)
- 4 Crescent Moon (2006)
- 5 Midnight Moon (2006)
- 6 Rising Moon (2007)
- 7 Hidden Moon (2007)
- 8 Thunder Moon (2008)
- 9 Marked by the Moon (2010)
- 10 Moon Cursed (2011)
- 11 Crave the Moon (2011)
The Phoenix Chronicles
[edit]- 1 Any Given Doomsday (2008)
- 2 Doomsday Can Wait (2009)
- 3 Apocalypse Happens (2009)
- 4 Chaos Bites (2010)
Shakespeare Undead
[edit]- Shakespeare Undead (2010)
- Zombie Island (2012)
Sisters of the Craft
[edit]- In The Air Tonight (June 2015)
- Heat of the Moment (June 2015)
- Smoke on the Water (August 2015)
Collections
[edit]- Trick or Treat (1997) (with Lark Eden, Stobie Piel and Lynda Trent)
- The Farmer's Wife / Dreamless (2002)
- Then He Kissed Her (2003) (with Kate Donovan and Julie Moffett)
- Stroke of Midnight (2004) (with Amanda Ashley, L A Banks and Sherrilyn Kenyon)
- Wrong Man / Daddy Quest (2004) (with Laura Abbot)
- Family of Her Own / Brother Quest (2004) (with Brenda Novak)
- Husband Quest / Operation - Texas (2004) (with Roxanne Rustand)
- Dates from Hell (2006) (with Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison and Lynsay Sands)
- My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) (with L A Banks, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, P N Elrod, Esther Friesner, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Susan Krinard)
- Moon Fever (2007) (with Caridad Piñeiro, Maggie Shayne and Susan Sizemore)
- No Rest for the Witches (2007) (with MaryJanice Davidson, Cheyenne McCray and Christine Warren)
- Hex Sympols (TBA)
Awards and reception
[edit]- 2005 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Paranormal Romance – Blue Moon[2]
- 2007 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Long Contemporary Romance – The Mommy Quest[2]
Handeland has also been nominated seven times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 2005 for A Soldier's Quest.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c West, Tracey (2004), Lori Handeland ~ Spotlight Interview with Tracey West, The Road to Romance, retrieved 2007-11-14
- ^ a b "Past RITA Winners". Romance Writers of America. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ^ Author Profile: Lori Handeland, Romantic Times, 2007, archived from the original on 2009-09-15, retrieved 2007-11-14
