O Autorce
Julie Garwood (ur. w 1946 roku w Kansas City, Missouri), amerykańska autorka ponad dwudziestu siedmiu powieści, które rozeszły się w ponad trzydziestu pięciu milionach egzemplarzy. Książki jej autorstwa znalazły się na liście bestsellerów New York Times. Rozpoczęła także pisać powieści dla młodzieży pod pseudonimem Emily Chase.
Julie Garwood was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, the sixth of seven children in a large Irish family. She has five sisters: Sharon, Kathleen, Marilyn, Mary Colette "Cookie", and Joanne, and one brother: Tom. After having a tonsillectomy at age six, because she missed so much school, she did not learn to read as the other children her age did. She was eleven before her mother realized Garwood was unable to read. A math teacher, Sister Elizabeth, devoted the entire summer that year to teaching Garwood how to read, and how to enjoy the stories she was reading. This teacher had such an impact on Garwood's life that she named her daughter Elizabeth.
While studying to be an R.N., Garwood took a Russian history course and became intrigued by history, choosing to pursue a double major in history and nursing. A professor, impressed by the quality of her essays, convinced Garwood to write. The result was a children's book, A Girl Named Summer, and her first historical novel, Gentle Warrior.
She married young and had three children: Gerry, Bryan, and Elizabeth, the family resides in Leawood, Kansas. Although Garwood enjoyed her writing, she was not intending to pursue a career as an author. As a young wife and mother she took several freelance writing jobs, and wrote longer stories to amuse herself. After her youngest child started school, Garwood began attending local writers' conferences, where she soon met an agent. The agent sold both her children's book and her historical novel, and soon the publisher requested more historical romances.
Garwood's novels are particularly known for the quirkiness of her heroines, who tend to have an ability to get lost anywhere, clumsiness, and a "charming ability to obfuscate and change the direction of conversations to the consternation, frustration, but eventual acceptance of the other party." She is not afraid to tackle difficult issues, and one of her books deals with spousal abuse. Her novels are very historically accurate, and Garwood has been known to scour the library at the University of Kansas to find three sources confirming a fact before she includes it in one of her books.
Despite her success in the historical romance genre, Garwood ventured into a new genre and began writing contemporary romantic suspense novels. Like her historicals, these contemporaries still focus on family relationships, whether between blood relatives or groups of friends who have styled themselves as a family.
Twórczość
Wydane u nas:
- Angielka
Lady Johanna + Gabriel MacBain - Montana
Taylor Stapleton + Lucas Ross - Nagroda
Lady Nicholaa + Baron Royce - Niewola
Lady Madelyne + Baron Duncan Wexton - Nimfa
Elisabeth Montwright + Geoffrey Berkley - Pożądanie
Caroline Richmond + książę Jered Marcus Benton - Wielka wygrana (młodzieżowa; seria 'Nie dla mamy, nie dla taty, lecz dla każdej małolaty')
Summer Matthews + David
Cykl "Buchanan"
- Przynęta
Laurent + Nicholas Buchanan - Spotkanie
Michelle Renard + Theo Buchanan - Zemsta matki
Avery Delaney + John Paul Renard - Zabójcza lista
Regan Madison Hamilton + Alec Buchanan - Rodzinne tajemnice
Kate MacKenna + Dylan Buchanan - Cienie przeszłości
Jordan Buchanan + Noah Clayborne - Bieguny uczuć
Sophie Rose + Jack MacAlister - Ciarki
Lyra Prescott + Sam Kinkaid
Cykl "Oblubienica"
- Oblubienica
Lady Jamie + Alec Kinkaid - Rewanż
Lady Brenna + Connor MacAlister
Cykl "Róża"
- Róża
Mary Rose Clayborne + Harrison Stanford MacDonald - Różowa
Emily Finnegan + Travis Clayborne - Biała
Isabel Grant + Douglas Clayborne - Czerwona
Genevieve Perry + Adam Clayborne (John Quincy Adams) - Wiosna
Jessika Summers + Cole Clayborne
Cykl "Szmaragd"
- Lwica, wydana również pt. Sekret
Christina Bennett + Lyon, markiz Lyonwood - Szmaragd, wydana również pt. Szmaragd księżniczki
Lady Jade + Caine, markiz Cainewood - Podarunek
Sara Winchester + Nathan St. James - Księżniczka
Księżniczka Aleksandra + Colin Hallbrook
Cykl "Tajemnica"
- Tajemnica
Judith Hampton + Iain Maitland - Szkatułka
Lady Gillian + Brodick Buchanan - Intryga
Księżniczka Gabrielle St.Biel + Colm MacHugh
W oryginale:
Series
Crown's Spies
- 1. The Lion's Lady (1988)
2. Guardian Angel (1990)
3. The Gift (1991)
4. Castles (1993)
Lairds' Fiancees
- 1. The Bride (1989)
2. The Wedding (1996)
Highlands' Lairds
- 1. The Secret (1992)
2. Ransom (1999)
3. Shadow Music (2007)
Claybornes' Brides (Rose Hill)
- 1. For the Roses (1995)
2. One Pink Rose (1997)
3. One White Rose (1997)
4. One Red Rose (1997)
5. Come the Spring (1997)
Buchanan-Renard-McKenna/ FBI
- 1. Heartbreaker (2000)
2. Mercy (2001)
3. Killjoy (2002)
4. Murder List (2004)
5. Slow Burn (2005)
6. Shadow Dance (2006)
7. Fire and Ice (2008)
8. Sizzle (2009)
9. The Ideal Man (2011)
10. Sweet Talk (2012)
11. Hotshot (2013)
12. Fast Track (2014)
13. Wired (2017)
Novels
- Gentle Warrior (1985)
A Girl Named Summer (1986)
Rebellious Desire (1986)
Honor's Splendour (1987)
The Prize (1991)
Saving Grace (1993)
Prince Charming (1994)
Nagrody:
- Rita Awards Best Novel winner (1990) : The Bride
Ciekawostki:
Film
Strona www:
juliegarwood.com
Matka Chrzestna: Papaveryna