Stephanie Laurens

Infobox Writer


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name = Stephanie Laurens
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birthdate = 19??
birthplace = Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
occupation = Novelist
nationality = Australian
period = 1992 - present
genre = historical romance
website = http://www.stephanielaurens.com/AboutStephanie.htm

Stephanie Laurens (b. Ceylon, now Sri Lanka) is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels.

Biography

Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London.

Once in London, Laurens and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. They lived in an area surrounded by history. Their own cottage was built in the 16th century, while next door were the protected ruins of an early Roman villa, and nearby was a 14th century castle.

After four years in England, Laurens and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. One evening Laurens realized that she did not have any more of her favorite romance novels to read. After years of thinking about writing her own novel, during nights and weekends for the next several months she began crafting her own story. That manuscript, "Tangled Reins", was the first of her books to be published. After achieving a level of success with her novels, Laurens "retired" from scientific research and became a full-time novelist. Her novels are primarily historical romances set in the Regency time period.

Laurens and her husband live in Melbourne with their two daughters.

Bibliography

Regency Tangled Series

# "Tangled Reins" (1992)
# "Four in Hand" (1993)
# "Impetuous Innocent" (1994)
# "Fair Juno" (1994)

ingle Novels

* "Regency Romps" (1994)
* "A Convenient Marriage" (1996)
* "Secrets of a Perfect Night" (2000)
* "A Season for Scandal" (2001)
* "Hollywood Ending" (2002)
* "A Season for Marriage" (2003)
* "A Suitable Marriage" (2004)

Lester Family Saga Series

# "The Reasons for Marriage" (1994)
# "A Lady of Expectations" (1995)
# "An Unwilling Conquest" (1996)
# "A Comfortable Wife" (1997)
* "Rogues' Reform: The Reasons for Marriage, a Lady of Expectations, an Unwilling Conquest" (Omnibus) (2000)

Bastion Club Series

# "Captain Jack's Woman" (1997)
# "The Lady Chosen" (2003)
# "A Gentleman's Honor" (2003)
# "A Lady of His Own" (2004)
# "A Fine Passion" (2005)
# "To Distraction" (2006)
* "The Lady Chosen / A Gentleman's Honor" (Omnibus) (2003)
* "Captain Jack's Woman / A Gentleman's Honor" (Omnibus) (2006)

Cynster Family Saga Series

# "The Promise in a Kiss" (2001)
# "Devil's Bride" (1998)
# "A Rake's Vow" (1998)
# "Scandal's Bride" (1999)
# "A Rogue's Proposal" (1999)
# "A Secret Love" (2000)
# "All About Love" (2001)
# "All About Passion" (2001)
# "On a Wild Night" (2002)
# "On a Wicked Dawn" (2002)
# "The Perfect Lover" (2003)
# "The Ideal Bride" (2004)
# "The Truth about Love" (2005)
# "What Price Love?" (2006)
# "The Taste of Innocence" (2007)
* "Cynster, Set" (omnibus) (2002)
* "On a Wild Night / On a Wicked Dawn" (Omnibus)(2002)
* "Devil's Bride / A Rake's Vow" (Omnibus) (2005)

The Casebook of Barnaby Adair

# "Where The Heart Leads" (2008)

Omnibus

* "Regency Revels" (2004)

Anthologies in collaboration

* "Rough Around the Edges" (1998) (with Dee Holmes, Susan Johnson and Eileen Wilks)
* "Scottish Brides" (1999) (with Christina Dodd, Julia Quinn and Karen Ranney)
* "Regency Collection Volume 5" (1999) (with Paula Marshall)
* "The Regency Collection" (1999) (with Sylvia Andrew)
* "My Scandalous Bride" (2004) (with Celeste Bradley, Christina Dodd and Leslie LaFoy)
* "Hero, Come Back" (2005) (with Elizabeth Boyle and Christina Dodd)

References and sources

* [http://www.stephanielaurens.com/AboutStephanie.htm Stephanie Laurens official website]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/stephanie-laurens Stephanie Laurens in FantasticFiction]