- Elaine Coffman
Infobox Writer
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name = Barbara Elaine Gunter Coffman
pseudonym = Elaine Coffman
birthdate = Birth date and age|1942|6|19|mf=y
birthplace =San Diego, California U.S.
nationality = American
occupation =Novelist
period = 1988 - present
genre =Historical romance ,Suspense
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website = http://www.ElaineCoffman.comBarbara Elaine Gunter Coffman (b.
June 19 ,1942 inSan Diego, California ) is an Americanwriter of bothhistorical romance and suspense as her married name Elaine Coffman.Biography
Elaine Coffman is a New York Times bestselling author with a large international following. She has penned novels in both the historical romance genre and suspense. A lover of history, she has penned several novels set in Scotland, Regency England, Italy and the American West. To date, she is the author of nineteen novels and five novellas.
Personal
Barbara Elaine Gunter was born in San Diego, California, to William Samuel Gunter, Jr., a naval officer and Edna Marie (née Davidson) Gunter, a homemaker. From the age of three she lived in Midland, Texas and graduated from Midland High School. After she received a degree in elementary education from North Texas State University, she taught elementary school in Midland, Texas, while working on her Master’s Degree and certification for Language and Learning Disabilities at Texas Tech in Lubbock. Elaine currently resides in Austin, Texas, where her son, Chuck, also lives. She has two daughters, Lesley who resides in Raleigh, N.C. and Ashley, who lives in San Diego, California.
Writing
While writing her first novel, "My Enemy, My Love", she found herself inspired by a letter her great-great grandmother, Susannah Jane Dowell Shacklett wrote in 1920, telling about her journey from Brandeburg, Kentucky to San Antonio, Texas, and then going with an army escort to El Paso, Texas, where her brother, Ben Dowell, a veteran of the Mexican War, was El Paso's first mayor.
Elaine continued to write best-selling, award-winning books until the publication of her eleventh novel, "If You Loved Me", which was the last book of her beloved Mackinnon series and her first book to hit the New York Times bestseller list.
Her first suspense novel, "Alone in the Dark", was published by Pocket books in 2006.
Bibliography
ingle Novels
*"My Enemy, My Love", 1988, reissue 1991
*"If My Love Could Hold You", 1989, Dell; Fawcett reissue, 1998
*"For All The Right Reasons", 1991, Dell; Fawcett reissue
*"Somewhere Along The Way", 1992, Dell
*"So This Is Love", 1993, Fawcett reissue
*"Heaven Knows", 1994, Fawcett Books
*"A Time For Roses", 1995, Fawcett Books
*"When Love Comes Along", 1995, Warner Books
*"If You Love Me", 1997, Fawcett Books
*"Someone Like You", 1997, Fawcett Books
*"The Bride of Black Douglas", 2000, MIRA
*"The Fifth Daughter", 2001, MIRA
*"The Italian", 2002, MIRA
*"The Highlander", 2003, MIRA
*"Let Me Be Your Hero", 2004, MIRA
*"By Fire and By Sword", 2005, MIRA
*"Alone in the Dark", 2006, Pocket BooksMacKinnon Bothers Series
#"Angel in Marble", 1991, 1998
#"For All The Right Reasons", 1991
#"Somewhere Along The Way", 1992
#"So This Is Love", 1993, Fawcett Books
#"Heaven Knows", 1994, Fawcett Books
#"When Love Comes Along", 1995, Warner Books
#"If You Love Me", 1997, Fawcett BooksThe Italian Chronicles Series
#"The Fifth Daughter", 2001
#"The Italian", 2002The Graham-Lenox Family Saga
#"The Highlander", 2003
#"Let Me Be Your Hero", 2004
#"By Fire and By Sword", 2006Anthologies
*"The Bride of the Black Scot", From the Anthology: "To Have and to Hold", 1994, Avon Books
*"A Ribbon of Moonlight", From the Anthology, "Midsummer Nights Madness", 1995, St. Martin's Press
*"The Bride of Blackness Castle", From the Anthology: 1996, "Outlaw Brides", Harlequin; "The Bride of Blackness Castle", Reprint Anthology, 20023, "A Gentleman of Substance"
*"Playing With Fire", From the Anthology: "Seeing Fireworks", 1997 St. Martin's Press
*"Under The Mistletoe", From the Anthology: "‘Tis The Season", 1997, Zebra "Under The Mistletoe", Reprint Anthology, "Santa Baby", 2002, ZebraReferences and Resources
* [http://www.ElaineCoffman.com Elaine Coffman's Official Website]
External links
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/elaine-coffman/ Elaine Coffman at Fantastic Fiction]
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