O Autorce
Mary Jo Putney to amerykańska gwiazda romansu (Lord bez przeszłości, Prawdziwa dama, Dżentelmen nie w każdym calu), jest wielokrotną laureatką prestiżowych nagród dla romansu historycznego, m.in. RITA Award, i najwyższego wyróżnienia za całokształt twórczości: Career Achievement Award for Regency Historical Romance.
Powieści Mary Jo Putney wzruszają i rozpalają wyobraźnię opowieścią o ryzykownej przygodzie.
Używa też pseudonimu M J Putney.
Putney was born and raised in New York. She attended Syracuse University, earning degrees in English literature and Industrial design. She served as the art editor of The New Internationalist magazine in London and worked as a designer in California before settling in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980 to run her own freelance graphic design business.
After purchasing her first computer for her business, Putney realized that it would make writing very easy. She began work on her first novel, a traditional Regency romance, which sold in one week. Signet liked the novel so much that it offered Putney a three-book contract immediately. In 1987 that first novel, The Diabolical Baron, was published. Since then, she has published twenty-nine books (as of January 2007). Her books have been ranked on the national bestseller lists of the New York Times, USAToday, and Publishers Weekly. The vast majority of her works have been historical romance, although she did write three contemporary romances. She has also begun writing fantasy romance and romantic fantasy as M.J. Putney.
Putney has won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award twice, for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and has been a RITA finalist nine times. She is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for bestselling authors, and has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards and four Golden Leaf Awards.
Putney lives in Baltimore with her cats. She is not married.
Twórczość
Wydane u nas:
- Księżycowa narzeczona
lady Jocelyn Kendal + David Lancaster
Sally Lancaster + Ian Kinlock - Wróg i kochanek
Meriel de Vere + Adrian de Lancey, hrabia Shropshire - Z dala od wrzosowisk
Diana Lindsay + Gerwazy Brandelin
Cykl "Jedwabna Trylogia"
- Orientalny książę
lady Sara St. James + Mikahl Khanauri - Jedwabna tajemnica
Juliet + lord Ross Carlisle - Przepowiednia
Laura Stephenson + Ian Cameron, lord Falkirk
Cykl "Koło Przyjaciół"
- Punkt zapalny
Cate Corsi + Donovan - Wędrówka po labiryncie
Raine Marlow + Kenzie Scott - Meandry losu
Val Covington + Rob Smith
Cykl "Rodzina Davenport"
- Diaboliczny baron
Caroline Hanscombe + Richard Dalton
Jessica Sterling + Jason Kincaid, baron Radford - Jak stare wino
lady Alys Weston + Reginald Davenport
Merry Spencer + Julian Markham
Cykl "Strażnicy"
- Pocałunek przeznaczenia
Gwynne Owens, lady Brecon + Duncan Macrae, lord Ballister
Cykl "Trylogia Panna Młoda"
- Dziecko ciszy
lady Meriel Grahame + Dominik Renbourne - Chińska narzeczona
Troth Montgomery + Kyle Renbourne, wicehrabia Maxwell - Wygrane szczęście
Alexandra Warren + Gavin Elliott
Cykl "Upadłe Anioły"
- Gromy i róże
Clare Morgan + Nicholas Davies, hrabia Aberdare - Płatki na wietrze
Margot Ashton + Rafe Whitbourne, książę Candover - Taniec na wietrze
lady Kathryn Travers + Lucien Fairchild, hrabia Strathmore - Anielski hultaj
Maxima Collins + lord Robert Andreville
Desdemona Ross + Giles Andreville, markiz Wolverton - Okruchy tęczy
Catherine Melbourne + lord Michael Kenyon - Rzeka ognia
Rebeka Seaton + Kenneth Wilding, wicehrabia Kimball
Beth Wilding + Jack Davidson - Idealna róża
Rosalind Jordan + Stephen Kenyon, książę Ashburton
Cykl "Zagubieni lordowie"
- Lord bez przeszłości
Maria Clarke + Adam Darshan Lawford, książę Ashton (Adam Clarke) - Prawdziwa dama
Julia Bancroft + Alex Randall - Dżentelmen nie w każdym calu
Kiri Lawford + Damian Mackenzie - Dżentelmen bez maski
Cassie Fox + Grey Sommers, lord Wyndham - Dżentelmen bez zasad
Sarah Clarke-Townsend + Rob Carmichael - Lawendowa dama
Laurel Herbert + lord James Kirkland - Nie taki święty
Jessie Kelham + Daniel Herbert
W oryginale:
Series
Davenport Family
- The Diabolical Baron (1987)
- The Rake and the Reformer (1989) aka The Rake
Regency
- The Would-be Widow (1988) aka The Bargain
- The Controversial Countess (1989) aka Petals in the Storm
- The Rogue and the Runaway (1990) aka Angel Rogue
The Christmas Cuckoo (1991) (in A Regency Christmas III)
Silk Trilogy
- Silk and Shadows (1991)
- Silk and Secrets (1992)
- Veils of Silk (1992)
Fallen Angels
- Thunder and Roses (1993) aka Fallen Angel
- Petals in the Storm (1993) aka The Controversial Countess
- Dancing on the Wind (1994)
- Angel Rogue (1995) aka The Rogue and the Runaway
- Shattered Rainbows (1996)
- River of Fire (1996)
- One Perfect Rose (1997)
Bride Trilogy
- The Wild Child (1998)
- The China Bride (2000)
- The Bartered Bride (2002)
Circle of Friends
- The Burning Point (2000) aka Stirring the Embers
- The Spiral Path (2002) aka Phoenix Falling
- Twist of Fate (2003) aka An Imperfect Process
3.5 A Christmas Fling (2002) aka A Holiday Fling (in Christmas Revels)
Guardian
- The Alchemical Marriage (2004) (in Irresistible Forces)
- A Kiss of Fate (2004)
- Stolen Magic (2005)
- A Distant Magic (2007)
Stone Saint
- The Marriage Spell (2006)
Lost Lords
- Loving a Lost Lord (2009)
- Never Less Than A Lady (2010)
- Nowhere Near Respectable (2011)
- No Longer A Gentleman (2012)
- Sometimes a Rogue (2013)
- Not Quite a Wife (2014)
- Not Always a Saint (2015)
Rogues Redeemed
- Once a Soldier (2016)
- Once a Rebel (2017)
- Once a Scoundrel (2018)
Novels
- Lady of Fortune (1988)
Carousel of Hearts (1989)
Dearly Beloved (1990)
Uncommon Vows (1991)
Omnibus
- Sanshine for Christmas (1990) (in A Regency Christmas II)
The Christmas Tart (1992) (in A Regency Christmas IV)
The Black Beast of Belleterre (1992) (in A Victorian Christmas)
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1993) (in Rakes and Rogues)
The Wedding of the Century (1994) (in Promised Brides)
The Best Husband Money Can Buy (1997) (in A Stockingful of Joy)
Dangerous Gift (1998) (in Faery Magic)
Avalon (1998) (in In Our Dreams)
Whiterose of Scotland (2010) (in Chalice of Roses)
She Stoops to Wenchdom (2012) (in Mischief and Mistletoe)
Collections
- The Devils Spawn (1995) (in Dashing and Dangerous:More Rakes And Rogues)
The Stargaze`s Familiar (2001) (in A Constellation of Cats)
The Dragon`s Tale (2006) (in Bewitched, Bothered & Bevampyred)
Shining On (2008) (in Enchantment Places)
The Dragon and the Dark Knight (2007) (in Dragon Lovers)
The Demon Dancer (2010) (in Songs of Love and Darkness)
In the Bleak Midwinter (2015) (in The Last Chance Christmas Ball)
Novellas
- Seduced by Sloth (2001)
Jako M. J. Putney
Series
Dark Mirror
- Dark Mirror (2011)
- Dark Passage (2011)
- Dark Destiny (2012)
- 0.5 Fallen from Grace (2011)
Strona www:
http://www.mjputney.com/
http://www.maryjoputney.com/
Matka Chrzestna: Gonia