Carolyn Zane

Infobox Writer
name = Carolyn Pizzuti


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pseudonym = Carolyn Zane,
Suzy Pizzuti
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birthplace = California, U.S.
occupation = Novelist
nationality = USA
period = 1993 - present
genre = Romance
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website = http://www.carolynzane.net/

Carolyn Pizzuti is an American author of romance novels under the pen name Carolyn Zane. She has also been published as Suzy Pizzuti.

Biography

Carolyn was born and raised in Southern California. When she was five, her family moved to Oregon. Carolyn graduated from high school in 1976 in Silverton, Oregon and enrolled at Oregon State University, where she majored in broadcast/speech communications. In 1978, she married her college sweetheart, Matt, and, in 1981, she graduated from OSU and moved to Portland. Carolyn worked as a producer for local television commercials.cite web|title=Carolyn Zane|publisher=eHarlequin.com|url=http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=679|accessdate=2007-07-05]

On their sixteenth wedding anniversary, Carolyn and her husband welcomed their first daughter, Madeline Alexa. A second daughter, Olivia RoseAnne, followed four years later. While her daughters were small, Zane wanted to find a career that she could follow from home. In March 1993 she finished her first romance novel, "The Wife Next Door,"which was soon purchased by Silhouette. Since then, Carolyn has had almost 30 novels published in the Silhouette category lines, with over one million copies in print worldwide. Her work has been reviewed multiple time in "Romantic Times", which describes her work as "diverting," although sometimes "light on conflict." Her books are "strong on humor, snappy repartee and passionate moments."cite web|last=Cohen|first=Pamela B.|title= Book Review: His Brother's Intended Bride|date=1997|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=4759|accessdate=2007-07-05]

Two of her novels have been inspirational romances, written under the pen name Suzy Pizzuti. These were released in 1998 and 1999.cite web|last=|first=|title= Author Profile: Carolyn Zane|date=20077|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=5869|accessdate=2007-07-05]

Works

Brubaker Brides Series

*"Carolina's Gone a Courting" (2004)
*"Georgia Gets Her Groom!" (2004)
*"Virginia's Getting Hitched" (2004)

Novels

*"Wife in Name Only" (1994)
*"The Wife Next Door" (1994)
*"The Baby Factor" (1995)
*"Unwilling Wife" (1995)
*"Weekend Wife" (1995)
*"Bachelor Blues" (1995)
*"How to Hook a Husband" (And a Baby) (1996)
*"Marriage in a Bottle" (1996)
*"Single in Seattle" (1996)
*"It's Raining Grooms" (1997)
*"Miss Prim's Untamable Cowboy" (1997)
*"His Brother's Intended Bride" (1997)
*"Cinderella's Secret Baby" (1998)
*"The Rich Gal's Rented Groom" (1998)
*"Johnny's Pregnant Bride" (1999)
*"The Millionaire's Waitress Wife" (2000)
*"Montana's Feisty Cowgirl" (2000)
*"Tex's Exasperating Heiress" (2001)
*"Of Royal Blood" (2002)
*"Taking on Twins" (2002)
*"The Cinderella Inheritance" (2003)

Omnibus

*"The Family Factor" (2002) (with Marie Ferrarella)
*"The Bluest Eyes in Texas / Wife in Name Only" (2002) (with Joan Johnston)
*"A Colton Family Christmas" (2002) (with Judy Christenberry, Linda Turner)
*"Of Royal Blood / In Pursuit of a Princess" (2003) (with Donna Clayton)
*"The Coltons: Brides of Privilege" (2004) (with Ruth Langan, Kasey Michaels)
*"Stuck on You" (2004) (with Cait London, Wendy Rosnau)
*"Three Weddings and a Giggle" (2006) (with Karen Ball, Liz Curtis Higgs)

ee also

List of romantic novelists

References

External links

* [http://www.carolynzane.net/ Official web site]