Sandra Brown

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name = Sandra Brown
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pseudonym = Rachel Ryan,
Laura Jordan,
Erin St. Claire
birthname = Sandra Lynn Cox
birthdate = Birth date and age|1948|3|12|mf=y
birthplace = Waco, Texas (United States)
occupation = Novelist
nationality = American
period = 1981- present
genre = Romance, Suspense
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website = http://www.SandraBrown.net

Sandra Lynn Brown (nee Sandra Lynn Cox), (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.

Biography

Sandra Lynn Cox was born on March 12, 1948 in Waco to Jimmie and Martha (Norwood) Cox and was raised in Ft. Worth. She majored in English at Texas Christian University [http://www.sandrabrown.net] ] 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. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/09/04/DI2005090400843.html National Book Festival ] ] 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. [See Yahoo movies [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1800202577] ]

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.

Bibliography

As Rachel Ryan

ingle Novels

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

As Laura Jordan

ingle Novels

*1982 "Hidden Fires"
*1982 "The Silken Web"

As Erin St. Claire

ingle 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"

Astray & Devil Series

#1985 "Led Astray"
#1987 "The Devil's Own"

As Sandra Brown

ingle 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"

Bed & Breakfast Series

#1983 "Breakfast in Bed"
#1984 "Send No Flowers"

Coleman Family Saga Series

#1985 "Sunset Embrace"
#1985 "Another Dawn"

Mason Sisters Series

#1987 "Fanta C"
#1988 "Adam's Fall"

Texas! Tyler Family Saga Series

#1990 "Texas! Lucky"
#1991 "Texas! Chase"
#1991 "Texas! Sage"

Omnibus

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

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

Notes

References and Resources

* [http://www.sandrabrown.net/ Sandra Brown's Official Homepage]
* [http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=23 Sandra Brown at eHarlequin]

External links

* [http://allyourtv.com/0708season/q&asandrabrown.html Q&A With Sandra Brown] AllYourTV.com
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/erin-st.-claire Erin St. Claire] and [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sandra-brown Sandra Brown] at Fantastic Fiction
* [http://www.iblist.com/author2058.htm Sandra Brown] , [http://www.iblist.com/author6568.htm Rachel Ryan] , [http://www.iblist.com/author6568.htm Erin St. Claire] and [http://www.iblist.com/author9917.htm Laura Jordan] at the Internet Book List

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