Sandra Brown

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Sandra Brown

Born March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) (age 60)
Waco, Texas (United States)
Pen name Rachel Ryan,
Laura Jordan,
Erin St. Claire
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1981- present
Genres Romance, Suspense
Official website

Sandra Brown, (born March 12, 1948 in Waco, Texas) is an American bestselling author of romantic novels and thriller suspense novels. Brown has also published works under the pen names of Rachel Ryan, Laura Jordan, Erin St. Claire and her married name Sandra Brown.

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[edit] Biography

Sandra Brown was born on March 12, 1948 in Waco and raised in Ft. Worth. She majored in English at Texas Christian University [2]</ref> Brown worked for KLTV in Tyler, as a reporter on PM Magazine, as a model in Dallas, and as a weathercaster for WFAA-TV in Dallas.

In 1968, she married Michael Brown, former television anchorman and award-winning documentarian of Dust to Dust, and returned to Ft. Worth. Brown continued to work as a model until becoming pregnant with their children; Rachel and Ryan (her first pseudonym).

Brown began writing in 1981 after her husband challenged her to write a novel.[1] Since then has published 65 novels and had over 50 New York Times bestsellers.

Her novel French Silk was made into a movie, released in 1994, for television. Susan Lucci, Shari Belafonte, and Lee Horsley starred in it.[2]

In 2007 she contributed to Court TV's series "Murder By The Book" in regard to the murder of Betty Gore in Wylie, Texas, on Friday, June 13, 1980.

Her 2008 release is titled Smoke Screen and will be published in August of this year.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] As Rachel Ryan

[edit] Single Novels

  • 1981 Love's Encore
  • 1981 Love Beyond Reason
  • 1982 Eloquent Silence
  • 1982 A Treasure Worth Seeking
  • 1983 Prime Time

[edit] As Laura Jordan

[edit] Single Novels

  • 1982 Hidden Fires
  • 1982 The Silken Web

[edit] As Erin St. Claire

[edit] Single Novels

  • 1982 Not Even for Love
  • 1983 Seduction by Design
  • 1983 A Kiss Remembered
  • 1983 A Secret Splendor
  • 1984 Words of Silk
  • 1984 Bittersweet Rain
  • 1984 Tiger Prince
  • 1985 Sweet Anger
  • 1986 Above and Beyond
  • 1986 Honor Bound
  • 1987 Two Alone
  • 1989 The Thrill of Victory

[edit] Astray & Devil Series

  1. 1985 Led Astray
  2. 1987 The Devil's Own

[edit] As Sandra Brown

[edit] Single Novels

  • 1983 Tomorrow's Promise
  • 1983 Relentless Desire
  • 1983 Heaven's Price
  • 1983 Temptations Kiss
  • 1983 Tempest in Eden
  • 1984 In a Class by Itself
  • 1985 Thursday's Child
  • 1985 Riley in the Morning
  • 1986 The Rana Look
  • 1986 22 Indigo Place
  • 1987 Sunny Chandler's Return
  • 1987 Demon Rumm
  • 1988 Slow Heat in Heaven
  • 1988 Tidings of Great Joy
  • 1988 Hawk O'Toole's Hostage
  • 1989 Best Kept Secrets
  • 1989 Long Time Coming
  • 1989 Temperatures Rising
  • 1989 A Whole New Light
  • 1990 Mirror Image
  • 1991 Breath of Scandal
  • 1992 French Silk
  • 1992 Shadows of Yesterday
  • 1993 Where There's Smoke
  • 1994 Charade
  • 1995 The Witness
  • 1996 Exclusive
  • 1997 Fat Tuesday
  • 1998 Unspeakable
  • 1999 The Alibi
  • 2000 Standoff
  • 2000 The Switch
  • 2001 Envy
  • 2002 The Crush
  • 2003 Hello, Darkness
  • 2004 White Hot
  • 2005 Chill Factor
  • 2006 Ricochet
  • 2007 Play Dirty
  • 2008 Smoke Screen

[edit] Bed & Breakfast Series

  1. 1983 Breakfast in Bed
  2. 1984 Send No Flowers

[edit] Coleman Family Saga Series

  1. 1985 Sunset Embrace
  2. 1985 Another Dawn

[edit] Mason Sisters Series

  1. 1987 Fanta C
  2. 1988 Adam's Fall

[edit] Texas! Tyler Family Saga Series

  1. 1990 Texas! Lucky
  2. 1991 Texas! Chase
  3. 1991 Texas! Sage

[edit] Omnibus

  • Three Complete Novels: Mirror Image / Best Kept Secret / Slow Heatin Heaven (1992)
  • Crush / Hello Darkness (2006)

[edit] Awards

  • American Business Women's Association's Distinguished Circle of Success
  • B'nai B'rith's Distinguished Literary Achievement Award
  • A.C. Greene Award
  • Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ National Book Festival
  2. ^ See Yahoo movies [1]

[edit] References and Resources

[edit] External links

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NAME Brown, Sandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION romance novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Waco, Texas, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH