- Lori Handeland
Lori Handeland (born 1961) is an American
author ofromance novels . She has twice won theRomance Writers of America RITA Award.Biography
Handeland has wanted to be a writer since she was 10 years old. As an adult, she wrote her first book in a two-year span. It was chosen for publication.
Handeland has written over 30 novels. For
St. Martin's Press , Handeland writes single-title paranormal suspense romance novels, some of which are written infirst person narrative . She has also had several contemporary romance novels published in the Harlequin SuperRomance category line.citation|last=West|first=Tracey|title=Lori Handeland ~ Spotlight Interview with Tracey West|publisher=The Road to Romance|url=http://www.roadtoromance.ca/spots/spothandeland.htm|accessdate=2007-11-14|date=2004]Handeland is a two-time winner of the
Romance Writers of America 's prestigious RITA Award, in 2005 for Best Paranormal Romance for "Blue Moon" and in 2007 for Best Long Contemporary Romance for "The Mommy Quest". [citation|title=RITA Award Winners|publisher=Romance Writers of America |date=2007|url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners|accessdate=2007-11-14] She has also been nominated seven times for "Romantic Times" Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 2005 for "A Soldier's Quest". [citation|title=Author Profile: Lori Handeland|publisher=Romantic Times|date=2007|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=184|accessdate=2007-11-14]
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