Amy Andrews
Amy Andrews is having a very busy March. She has two releases out this month. An Unexpected Proposal and a novella, Their Baby Bond which appears in the UK Mother's Day Anthology - Mother's To Be - along with Julia James and Natasha Oakley.
Fiona Lowe and Amy Andrews are celebrating a new month, new look Australian covers and new releases with a joint competition. To be in with a chance to win a copy of AN UNEXPECTED PROPOSAL and THE SURGEON'S CHOSEN WIFE head to their websites and enter.
Lilian Darcy
As well as Lilian’s upcoming releases in Medical Romance, look out for
THE MILLIONAIRE’S MAKEOVER from Silhouette Special Edition in the US
in May (Aust and UK releases later). Romantic Times magazine gave the
book a coveted 4 ½ star Top Pick rating.
And if you’re interested
in whether authors have favourites amongst their own books – they do! One
of Lilian’s favourite Medical
Romances of all is THE CHILDREN’S DOCTOR AND THE SINGLE MUM, out in the
UK in August (Aust and US releases later).
Although Lilian missed out on a nomination
in the prestigious Romance Writers of America Rita Awards this year, she’ll
be cheering especially loudly for nominees and friends Jane Porter, Kelly Hunter
and Anne Gracie on Rita night. If you haven’t read Jane’s “Odd
Mom Out’,
Kelly’s “Sleeping Partners” and Anne’s “The Perfect
Kiss”… you should!
Emily Forbes
Australian author, Emily Forbes, has been in the international spotlight recently with UK Cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew mentioning her latest book, A Mother in the Making, during the BBC broadcast of the Ashes test
series. Jonathan was in Emily's home town of Adelaide for the second test between England and the Aussies when he received Emily's fifth book. He spoke at length about Emily and the Medical Romance genre and put the book up on the webcam so listeners to log in to see it for themselves. His commentary is broadcast through the BBC and the ABC and the story made it into the UK papers.
Kate Hardy
 Kate Hardy was delighted to receive her pin from Harlequin in September 2007 for her 25th book - not bad in a little under five years!
Kate is pictured here receiving her pin from Editorial Director Karin Stoecker.
Laura Iding
 Laura Iding is pleased to announce His Pregnant Nurse won the 2007 cataromance reviewer's choice award.
Marion Lennox
Marion has also been shortlisted for the RNA (UK) award for best category romance with The Police Doctor's Secret.
 Marion
Lennox was the pride of the Medical Authors when she won two well-deserved awards last year. She one the prestigious RITA, presented in North America, for her novel Her Royal Baby, and the R*BY for Dr Blake’s Angel. This was presented to Marion at the Romance Writers of Australia conference in Sydney and she very kindly let all of us hold her awards as we oohed and aahed and congratulated her. She was a very modest winner and we were all thrilled for her.
Marion has been nominated again this year for another RITA. We wish her all the best.
Marion is pictured with her awards and again with fellow authors.
Marion has finalled for this year's Rita in the Traditional Romance category for her book The Last Minute Marriage.
Marion has also been shortlisted for the RNA (UK) award for best category romance with The Police Doctor's Secret.
Fiona Lowe
 I am so very excited to announce that Her Miracle Baby…my snow book, is a finalist in the short book section of the Australian Romantic Book of the Year award! (R*BY). This award is open to Australian and New Zealand authors and is judged by Australian readers.
 In the Short Book category four of the six nominated books are Medical Romances! How exciting is that! I feel honoured to be nominated along side Marion Lennox (The Doctor’s Proposal and Rescue at Cradle Lake) and Carol Marinelli with Needed: Full Time Father. It's so wonderful to know that Australian Readers are really enjoying Medical Romance!
Janice Lynn
Currently, Janice has several appearances scheduled for 2008:
- January 19, 2008 at the Manchester Public Library in Manchester Tennessee
- April at the Silken Sands Writing conference in Gulf Shores, Alabama
- April at the Romantic Times convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- May at the Heart of Dixie Reader's Luncheon in Huntsville, Alabama
- July RWA National Convention in San Francisco, California
Lynne Marshall
Lynne Marshall is excited to announce she'll have an article in the Romance Writer's Report in January 2008 titled, Riveting Revisions - The Key to Getting Published.
Lynn Marshall received a Reviewers Choice Award from Cataromance for Her L.A. Knight, her March 2007 release.
Lynn also received a 4 star review for Single Dad, Nurse Bride from Cataromance for her January 2008 release.
Melanie Milburne
Melanie has a full program again this year with lots of writing, teaching and travelling planned. She was thrilled to receive three Cataromance Reviewers’ Choice Awards for 2007, two for medical titles: In Her Boss’s Special Care and Her Man of Honour and the other a Presents title. She is looking forward to attending the RWA conference in San Francisco in July/ August and catching up with fans and writing colleagues.
Sarah Morgan
In the Sheikh's Marriage Bed by Sarah Morgan has been nominated by Romantic Times for a 2005 Reviewer's choice Award. The award is designed to honor the best books of the year released in the US and the winners are selected by their staff of over 40 reviewers representing the readers' voice in the women's fiction industry. The book was described as a 'compelling read' by the reviewer and was at number 2 on the Waldenbooks bestseller list for several weeks.
Delighted by the nomination, Sarah says, 'Writing for Presents as well as Medical Romance is exciting and stimulating and I'm really pleased that this book has been so well received.' Winners will be announced in June and in the meantime Sarah is spending time writing more books for both lines.
Jennifer Taylor
 Jennifer Taylor is delighted to report that her book, THE FOREVER ASSIGNMENT, has just won an award for Best Medical Romance in the second half of 2005.
Jennifer says: "I was thrilled to win this award for The Forever Assignment. The book is part of my ongoing Worlds Together series and focuses on the work done by a leading overseas aid agency. I am delighted that readers enjoy reading the books as much as I enjoy writing them.
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