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 Sharon Archer was born in New Zealand and grew up a regular tomboy around the Air Force bases where her father was stationed. She went on to train in medical science, working in hospital laboratories in New Zealand and Australia. Although, books had always been a part of her life, it never occurred to her that writing could be an occupation until a television interview many years ago with Mills & Boon author, Valerie Parv. A dream was born!
Sharon had her first manuscript accepted in September, 2008.
Her titles include:
- Single Father: Wife and Mother Wanted- July 2009
- Marriage Reunited: Baby on the Way- October 2009
- WINNER of 2010 Romance Writers of Australia RuBY (Romantic Book of the Year)
- Award of Merit in the HOLT Medallion 2010
- Finalist in the Colorado Romance Writers 2010 Award of Excellence
- Bachelor Dad, Girl Next Door - April 2010
- The Man Behind the Badge – release date TBA
She is a regular blogger and would love you to visit! Her blogspots are -
Her website is www.sharon-archer.com
 Beverly Bateman - Abuse investigation has been a part of Beverley Bateman's adult life. Her career in public health nursing brought her into daily contact with challenging families and gave her an up-close view into the lives of families from all social levels and occupations; including drug dealers, hookers and abusers.
This provided Beverley with a wealth of knowledge for her to draw on to enhance her writing skills, as she develops situations with realistic characters facing emotional and life-threatening challenges.
Beverley admits to being an avid reader of mystery and romantic suspense, which began early in life with Nancy Drew. She also confesses to spending a lot of time dreaming up locked room plots and conversations between fictional characters.
She's a member of RWA and spent fours years as president of the Kiss of Death Chapter. Presently she's vice-president of the Scriptscene Chapter.
When not working out the twisted details for her latest plot, Beverley reads voraciously, and loves to travel, hike and cross country ski in the Okanagan Valey of British Columbia where she lives with her husband and two dogs.
You can visit her website at www.beverleybateman.com
 Donnell Ann Bell - Donnell Ann Bell’s September release, The Past Came Hunting is now available at Bell Bridge Book’s website, and she’s pleased to announce that she has signed a two-book deal with Bell Bridge to publish her 2010 Golden Hearting finaling novel, Deadly Recall, which should be out late 2012, early 2013, and a as yet unnamed suspense, which will be released in 2013. As always, she’s a huge fan of Heartbeat. They simply have the most caring people around.
For more information about Donnell, visit her website at http://www.donnellannbell.com/
 Victoria Bromley - It's said we have three careers in our lifetime. If that's true, Victoria Bromley is on her third and definitely most favorite career as a romance writer. After spending many years in high-end retail, she followed one dream and got her Master's of Education in Clinical Counseling. After almost a decade as a clinician, an injury to her right wrist and three subsequent surgeries forced her to really evaluate her life and what she wanted.
The choice came down to getting her PhD in Clinical Psychology and becoming a researcher or following her dream of writing fiction, especially romance fiction with hunky heroes and feisty heroines. The dream, the creativity, the chance to use her love of words won out and she has never looked back. Currently published in short-story romance, Victoria's publisher has requested a full on her time-travel.
Victoria lives surrounded by wonderful men - her own hero's. Her husband, two sons, and two male dogs - her fur babies - round out her life.
Please visit her website at www.victoriahouseman.com
 Candace Calvert -- is an ER nurse who landed on the “other side of the stethoscope” after the equestrian accident that broke her neck and convinced her love, laughter--and faith--are the very best medicines. The inspirational account of her accident and recovery appears in Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, and launched her writing career.
The author of a madcap cruise mystery series in the mainstream market, Candace now writes romantic medical drama for Tyndale House. Her Mercy Hospital series offers readers a chance to “scrub in” on the exciting world of emergency medicine, along with charismatic characters, pulse-pounding action, tender romance, humor, suspense--and a soul soothing prescription for hope.
The first book in the series, CRITICAL CARE was released in June, 2009, and is followed by DISASTER STATUS in April 2010 and CODE TRIAGE, September 2010.
She is currently at work on a second 3-book medical drama series for Tyndale House, stories set in Texas locales. The first book is expected to release in 2012.
Mother of two and proud grandmother to seven, Candace lives in her native Northern California. She enjoys cruise travel, Bible study, bird watching, hiking, gardening, cooking, and being her husband’s biggest karaoke fan. Please visit her website:
www.candacecalvert.com and blog: http://candacecalvertblogspot.com/ Links to Twitter and FaceBook are found on her website home page.
 Susan Carlisle/Susan May - Susan's love affair with books began when she made a bad grade in math in the sixth grade. (She still doesn’t like math.) Not allowed to watch TV for six weeks until she brought the grade up, she filled her extra time with books. Like other wannabe writers, she piddled with writing a book and nearly talked it to death before publishing her first book, Nick’s New Heart, about her son’s heart transplant. Susan then turned her talents toward fiction. Be it doctor, lawyer or international businessman, her heroes are smart, sexy and all sensual male.
She leads workshops on time management, promotion, making rejection work for you (having received over 300), and collage art as a way of picturing your storyline. Susan has presented her workshops at the Romance Writers of America national conference, New Hampshire Romance Writers conference and Georgia Romance Writers conference. She often speaks to groups or to just anyone willing to learn about the importance of organ donation. Married for twenty-nine years, she and her husband live just north of Atlanta and have four children. For the past seventeen years, Susan has been a substitute teacher at a local high school, and that… is another bio.
As a member of the successful group blog Petit Fours and Hot Tamales www.petitfoursandhottamales.com she makes monthly posts. Her book, Doctor’s New Found Family final in the 2011 Georgia Romance Writers Maggie contest.
She is currently working on books about a WWII Flight Surgeon and another about her summer trip to Europe with her four teenagers along with being contracted by Harlequin’s Mills and Boon Medical line. Her first romance Heart Surgeon, Hero…Husband? is available now.
You can learn more about Susan at www.SusanCarlisle.com
 Cynthia D'Alba was born and raised in Arkansas. After being away for twenty years, she’s thrilled to be home and rooting for her Arkansas Razorbacks. She holds licensing in Arkansas as a Registered Nurse and Registered Nurse Practitioner. She spent seventeen years in the healthcare field. She worked as a Registered Nurse in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, taught Obstetrical Nursing in an RN program, coordinated a prenatal screening program and was then promoted to Medical Services Director in the OB/GYN Department at the University of Tennessee, Memphis and ended her medical career as an Administrator for a private medical practice. At that time, she returned to academics and took a position as Director of Graduate Programs in the Fogelman College of Business at The University of Memphis. She took a position as the Assistant Dean in the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, which moved her back to her home in Arkansas. She’s been a reader as far back as she can remember, including forging letters from her mother when she was in grade school so she could stay inside during recess and read. She cut her teeth on Nancy Drew, Trixie Beldon, and the Hardy Boys. Once she discovered romance, she was hooked. Her debut novel, Texas Two Step, will be released by Samhain Publishing on February 28, 2012
Website: http://cynthiadalba.com
 Dianne Despain - Writing as Dianne Drake, Dianne came to romance writing by way of a non-fiction career, where she wrote 7 nonfiction books and hundreds of articles for most of the leading women’s magazines. The majority of her topics were consumer advice, concentrating on health issues, savvy consumerism, antiques and topics involving disability.
Dianne’s first romance novel for Harlequin was published in 2001 (The Doctor Dilemma) and her 23th from Harlequin will be out in late 2009. She has written romantic comedy for Duets and Flipside, and at the present writes medical and straight contemporary romance.
With her original college degree in music, and another in nursing, Dianne has a background in publicity and promotions, and has appeared on numerous television programs and in radio interviews throughout the country in conjunction with her writing. Today, she is featured in a segment (running evergreen) on The Discovery Channel’s Hometime. In addition, she has taught university writing classes as an adjunct, conducted workshops at the RWA national convention several times, as well as non-RWA writing workshops. In Romance Writers of America, Dianne has served as a chapter president, has been a regular writer for the RWR (organization magazine), has been a contest coordinator, and she currently serves as the Heartbeat Chapter president. In addition, Dianne is a member of Novelists, Inc, where she served as the 2008 Conference Program Director. Visit Dianne’s website at www.DianneDrake.com
When Dianne isn’t writing, she’s an avid NFL fan with a season ticket to the games, regularly attends the symphony, dabbles in cooking, and is totally controlled by two rambunctious cats and three adorable dogs, all adopted strays.
Dianne’s Releases:
The Baby Who Stole the Doctor's Heart – 1/2011 (This is the last of my Mountain Village Hospital Series)
From Brooding Boss to Adoring Dad- 4/2011
Coming Soon:
NEW YORK HOSPITAL HEARTTHROBS! - a triology, with its first release The Doctor's Reason to Stay out in 8/2011
 Laura Iding - Laura was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The oldest of four children, she has always loved to write, but when her pragmatic parents suggested she get a real career, she decided to try nursing. Working as a critical care nurse for over 29 years has been extremely rewarding, but she was thrilled to be able to combine her career of nursing with her dream of being an author.
Her dream came true in December of 2003 when she sold her first medical romance to Harlequin Mills and Boon. She’s written 26 books since and enjoyed every moment.
Laura has been married to her husband Scott for twenty-six years. Her daughter Nicole is currently studying abroad in Sevilla Spain and her son Jonathan works at the same hospital in the cafeteria and is planning to attend the technical college in the fall. You can visit Laura at her website: www.lauraiding.com
 Janice Lynn - Romance author Janice Lynn has a master's in nursing from Vanderbilt University and works full time as a family nurse practitioner. Juggling the aspects of day to day life and her life-long dream of writing happily-ever-afters, Janice resides with her husband and their four children.
Janice's first novel, Jane Millionaire (Dorchester Love Spell, 12/05), won the 2005 American Title contest and went on to win the 2006 Golden Quill for Best First book. Her second novel, a Harlequin Mills & Boon Medical Romance, The Doctor's Pregnancy Bombshell, (11/07) won the 2007 National Readers' Choice Award for best Traditional romance and was a finalist for the Award of Excellence and Touch of Magic writing contests. Janice has published three additional novels with Harlequin, (The Heart Surgeon's Secret Son (2/08), The Doctor's Meant-to-be Marriage (5/08), and her current release is Surgeon Boss, Surprise Dad. During 2009, she has four novels scheduled for release, including a special release, titled The Nurse's Baby Miracle, from Mills & Boon Presents in November.
Janice belongs to several RWA chapters and has served in a variety of capacities. She belongs to the infamous Wet Noodle Posse (the 2003 Golden Heart finalists) and is an active member of Writers at Play (www.writersatplay.com), where she can often be found hanging out with her closest writing pals. For more information on Janice and her books, please visit www.janicelynn.net
 Wendy S. Marcus is not a lifelong reader. As a child, she never burrowed under her covers with a flashlight and a good book. In senior English, she skimmed the classics, reading the bare minimum required to pass the class.
Wendy found her love of reading later in life, in a box of old paperbacks at a school fundraiser where she was introduced to the romance genre in the form of a Harlequin Superromance. Since that first book, she’s been a voracious reader of romance, often times staying up way too late to reach the happy ending before letting herself go to sleep.
A nurse by trade, Wendy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from State University of New York at Plattsburgh and her Master of Science degree in Health Care Administration from Western Connecticut State University. After years of working in the medical profession, including the last ten years managing her own healthcare consulting business, she’s taken a radical turn to writing hot contemporary romances with strong heroes, feisty heroines, and lots of laughs.
Wendy lives in upstate New York with her husband, two of her three children, and a much loved Bichon Frise named Buddy. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, spending time with family, and e-mailing/blogging with her online friends.
To learn more about Wendy visit her website at: www.WendySMarcus.com
 Sue MacKay - Sue MacKay lives with her husband in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds at the top of New Zealand’s South Island where she can indulge her passions for the outdoors, the sea and cycling.
As a medical technician she’s worked in haematology and biochemistry laboratories in Auckland and Nelson. She’s currently training as a volunteer ambulance officer, a very different scenario from the sterile benches of the lab
Combining this medical background with a love of the romance genre, it is no surprise that she writes medical romance stories. An avid reader all her life she wrote her first story at age eight, about a prince of course. In February she sold her first book in a two book deal with Mills & Boon. The excitement has been immense.
THEIR MARRIAGE MIRACLE is due out in the UK in October 2010
 Virginia McCullough, a three-time Golden Heart finalist, is still in the hunt for the right homes for her contest-winning fiction manuscripts, but as a ghostwriter/editor she's written more than 100 coauthored and ghosted nonfiction books. Her most recent release is the 2011 updated softcover edition of The Oxygen Revolution (Hatherleigh Press, October 2010), coauthored with Paul Harch, MD, a pioneer in the field of hyperbaric medicine. Other recent books include: Option Trading in Your Spare Time: A guide to financial independence for women (Sourcebooks 2009), coauthored with options expert Wendy Kirkland and 52 Ways to Bring More Humor, Hugs, and Hope into Your Life (released in September 2008) w/Greg Risberg, MSW, a professional speaker. Virginia's passion for writing has led her to consult with those who seek ways to create a fulltime writing business and embrace the writers life. The mother of two grown children, Virginia lived on a sailboat for seven years and still likes to move around. She's lived in six states and the US Virgin Islands and currently calls Green Bay, Wisconsin home. You can visit her at www.virginiamccullough.com
 Debi King McMartin is a published author of both fiction and nonfiction. Her first article was published in Guideposts Magazine's Angel's Among Us September-October 1997 edition. Fiction works include romantic suspense books Magnolia Dreams (New Concepts Publishing) and Web of Dreams (Amber Quill Press). Nonfiction works include Stone Justice, the true story of the only woman ever executed in the electric chair in Louisiana, recently made into independent feature film The Pardon, starring Jason Lewis (Sex and the City) and Jaime King (Pearl Harbor, Sin City). Ms. McMartin co-wrote the screenplay for Stone Justice along with co-author Lyn Morgan, which was a winner in the 2002 Writer's Digest Writing Competition's TV/Film Script Division, and served as co-writer along with Ms. Morgan for the screenplay Lethal Alliance, the film currently in production with Nandar Entertainment. Her most recent nonfiction release is Beyond the Castle Doors:A Soul Quest for the Holy Grail (Findhorn Press, Independent Publisher's Group. Ms. McMartin served as Production coordinator for the award-winning documentary Missing, Presumed Dead, produced by Hollywood filmmaker Bill Dumas and narrated by Ed Asner. She served as Producer for Accolade Award-winning documentary Dreamers and Gamblers: Spirit of the Pioneer Wildcatters.
 Mona Risk - As a Ph.D. in Chemistry and former director of an analytical laboratory, Mona traveled to more than fifty countries on business or vacation. To relax from her hectic schedule, she avidly read romance novels or mentally plotted her own books. Now, she lives in sunny Florida with her husband.
Mona likes to set stories in the fascinating places she visited. Her first book, To Love A Hero, is the sizzling love story of an American chemist on a mission to Belarus and the Major General of Belarus. Her romantic suspense, French Peril, set in the beautiful Loire Valley relates a dangerous treasure hunt for a precious statue by an American architect and a French count. Both books are available at Cerridwen Press.
Mona also writes medical romance novels published by The Wild Rose Press: Babies in the Bargain received ten stellar reviews, was voted 2009 BEST ROMANCE NOVEL at Preditors & Editors Readers Poll and won 2009 BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE at READERS FAVORITE. Rx For Trust received five top reviews and is a finalist for 2010 BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE at READERS FAVORITE. Rx In Russian will be released in April 2011.
 Julie Rowe was a double Golden Heart finalist in 2006 and has been writing romances for over ten years. She's a published freelancer and an active member of RWAand its subchapters, Heartbeat RWA, Calgary RWA, The Golden Network, Hearts Through History and RWA Online. She served on the RWA membership Committee and the Pro Education team in 2005 and 2009 to the present, and coordinate Book In A Week programs for Heartbeat and Calgary RWA. She has served a 2 year term as president of Heartbeat RWA (a special interest chapter for medical romance writers), and currently serves as Vice President. Julie enjoys teaching and volunteering, and she's a passionate promoter of life-long learning. She's the owner/moderator of the Announce Online Classes email loop, which promotes online classes hosted by a large number of writing organizations, for writers on a wide variety of topics and skill levels, taught by some of publishing's best writers and writing instructors. She also teaches business writing workshops for Keyano College in Fort McMurray, AB.
Julie's website is at http://www.julieroweauthor.com
 Amy Carson-Strnad leads a double life. One week a month she’s a pediatrician in an Alaskan Bush hospital. The other three she’s a stay-at-home, South Dakotan mom with a romance obsession. Writing as Aimee Carson, her debut book, Secret History of a Good Girl, will be the Riva contribution to the 2011 Harlequin Mills and Boon New Voices anthology coming out at the end of summer. Its Harlequin Presents Extra release will follow thereafter. Visit her at www.aimeecarson.com .
 Patti Shenberger - Born and raised in Michigan, Patti Shenberger has loved writing since she could hold a pencil. After being published in fiction and non-fiction magazine length work since 1994, Patti turned her attention to writing romance, her first true love. Now the author of over 11 combined romance novels and novellas, with her first sale in 1997, she's hard at work on her next book(s). She's a member of RWA, GDRWA, Heartbeat RWA, and various online loops. When she's not busy writing, Patti can be found with her nose buried in a book or traveling around the United States with her hubby of over a quarter of a century (she was a child bride!) in search of the next best vacation spot. With her two children grown and out of the house, she now has the dog and cat to fill the empty nest void. You can learn more about Patti at www.pattishenberger.com
 Scarlet Wilson
Scarlet wrote her first story aged 8 and has never stopped. Her family have fond memories of 'Shirley and the Magic Purse' with its army of mice, with names all beginning with the letter 'm'. An avid reader Scarlet started with every Enid Blyton book, moved on to the Chalet School and many years later found Mills and Boon.
She trained and worked as a nurse and health visitor and now currently works in public health. For her, finding medical romances was a match made in heaven. She is delighted to find herself among the authors she has read for many years.
Scarlet lives on the West Coast of Scotland with her fiancé and their two sons.
Visit her website at www.scarlet-wilson.com
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