Barbara Hannay

Barbara Hannay

Barbara Hannay is an Australian author of contemporary romance novels.

Biography

Hannay has long been interested in writing. When she joined the Brownies as a child, she earned her first proficiency badge in writing. Throughout her school years, Hannay continued to write, especially short stories and poetry, but never attempted to publish any of her work. As an adult, she taught English on the high school level. One year she was assigned to teach English for Year 11 students, with a required focus on popular fiction.citation|title=Friday magazine interviews Barbara|publisher=Friday Magazine|url=http://www.barbarahannay.com/friday.asp|accessdate=2007-11-14] She intended to use romance novels as an example of popular fiction that focuses on stereotypical characters and plots.citation|last=Alice|first=Kris|title=RDU Interview with Barbara Hannay|date=December 2002|url=http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/barbarahannay.phtml|accessdate=2007-11-14|publisher=A Romance Review] After reading several Mills and Boon romances, however, she "recognised ... that today's romances have the same ingredients I enjoyed in the classic girls book I read when I was young. ... all these stories had spirited heroines and gorgeous guys who were perfect for them". She enjoyed the short length of the novels and the fact that they focused on women and left hope of a happy ending.

For over four years, Hannay wrote contemporary romance novels and attempted to find a publisher. She was rejected four times before her work was accepted by the Harlequin Romance line of "sweet" category romances.citation|last=Gracie|first=Anne|title=Barbara Hannay|publisher=Romance Writers of Australia|date=May 2002|url=http://www.romanceaustralia.com/interviews/hannay0502.htm|accessdate=20076-11-14] The first book she sold was set in the Australian outback, and many of her others have also used that setting. Her novels have been translated into 20 languages, including Arabic, Russian, and Japanese, and are especially popular in the United States, France, and Italy.

In 2007, Hannay won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Traditional Romance for her novel "Claiming His Family".citation|title=RWA Honors Top Romance Writers|publisher=Publishers Weekly|date=August 7, 2007|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6466131.html?q=%22Barbara+Hannay%22|accessdate=2007-11-14] She has also been twice nominated for a "Romantic Times" Reviewers' Choice Award, winning in 2001 for "Outback with the Boss". [citation|title=Author Profile: Barbara Hannay|publisher=Romantic Times|date=2007|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=8449|accessdate=2007-11-14]

Bibliography

outhern Cross Ranch series

*"The Cattleman's English Rose" (2004)
*"The Blind Date Surprise" (2005)
*"The Mirrabrook Marriage" (2005)

Novels

*"Outback Wife and Mother" (1999)
*"The Wedding Countdown" (1999)
*"Borrowed Bachelor" (1999)
*"Outback Baby" (2000)
*"Outback With the Boss" (2000)
*"The Pregnancy Discovery" (2001)
*"The Wedding Dare" (2001)
*"Their Doorstep Baby" (2002)
*"A Bride at Birralee" (2002)
*"A Wedding at Windaroo" (2003)
*"A Parisian Proposition" (2003)
*"Her Playboy Challenge" (2003)
*"Princess in the Outback" (2004)
*"Her Secret, His Son" (2004)
*"Having the Boss's Babies" (2005)
*"Christmas Gift: A Family" (2005)
*"Claiming The Cattleman's Heart" (2006)
*"Claiming His Family" (2006)
*"In the Heart of the Outback..." (2007)
*"Needed: Her Mr Right" (2007)
*"The Bridesmaid's Best Man" (2008)

Omnibus

*"Outback Weddings" (2003) (with Margaret Way)
*"Bride at Birralee / Stormbound Surgeon" (2004) (with Marion Lennox)
*"Her Playboy Challenge / The Outback Bridal Rescue" (2005) (with Emma Darcy)
*"Her Nine Month Miracle" (2005) (with Marion Lennox and Cathy Williams)
*"Outback Proposals" (2006) (with Lindsay Armstrong and Jessica Hart)
*"Wedding Vows" (2007) (with Jessica Hart and Catherine Spencer)
*"Seduced by the Playboy" (2007) (with Amanda Browning and Kim Lawrence)

References

External links

* [http://www.barbarahannay.com Official Website]


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