- Jackie Diamond Hyman
Jackie Diamond Hyman (born 1949) is an American
author and formerAssociated Press reporter and columnist. She has published under the names Jacqueline Diamond, Jacqueline Topaz, Jacqueline Jade, and Jackie Hyman. She has written more than eighty novels in genres including romance, horror,fantasy and mystery.Hyman was born in 1949 in
Menard, Texas . She is the daughter of the late Maurice Hyman, M.D., former chief ofpsychiatry at the Veterans Administration Medical Center inNashville, Tennessee , and ceramic sculptor Sylvia Hyman.She graduated from
Brandeis University inWaltham, Massachusetts and received aThomas J. Watson Fellowship to travel and write inEurope . After moving toOrange County, California , in 1972, Hyman worked as areporter and editor for "The Orange Coast Daily Pilot " and as a copy editor for "The Orange County Register ". She worked as a reporter and editor the Associated Press (AP) in Los Angeles from 1980-1983, and continued to writetheater -related articles for the AP until 1999. In 1993-1994, Hyman wrote a weeklytelevision column for AP that was nationally distributed.She is a two-time finalist for the
Romance Writers of America 's Rita Award and received a career achievement award fromRomantic Times Book Club magazine. Her book publishers includeHarlequin Enterprises Ltd ,William Morrow ,St. Martin's Press ,Five Star Press ,Walker and Company ,DAW Books andBerkley Books .External links
* [http://www.jacquelinediamond.com Official site]
* [http://www.theromancereadersconnection.com/aotm/authorofthemonthdiamondjacqueline.html Romance Reader's Connection interview]
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