Madeline Hunter ( – ) was the pen name of an American author of romance novels. She was a two time winner of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award.
Biography
Hunter was born on in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Joseph and Anna Cirillo.
Hunter's first book By Arrangement was published in 2000 and she received the award for Waldenbooks Bestselling Debut Author that year.
Hunter spoke at writers' conferences and events on craft and industry. She had a Ph.D. in Art History and was a professor at Duquesne University. She lived in Pennsylvania.
She died of cancer on .
Bibliography
Medieval Historicals By Arrangement By Possession By Design The Protector Lord of a Thousand Nights Stealing Heaven
The Seducer Series The Seducer The Saint The Charmer The Sinner The Romantic
The Seducer Spin-offs Lord of Sin Lady of Sin
The Rothwell Series Rules of Seduction Lessons of Desire Secrets of Surrender The Sins of Lord Easterbrook
The Rarest Bloom Series Ravishing in Red Provocative in Pearls Sinful in Satin Dangerous in Diamonds
The Fairbourne Quartet The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne The Conquest of Lady Cassandra The Counterfeit Mistress The Accidental Duchess
The Wicked Trilogy His Wicked Reputation Tall, Dark, and Wicked The Wicked Duke
Other "An Interrupted Tapestry" in Tapestry (anthology with Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning and Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Awards and recognition Year Honor Notes Ref.2000Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Historical Romance, for By ArrangementPresented by the Romantic Times2003RITA Award for Long Historical Romance, for Stealing HeavenPresented by the Romance Writers of America2008RITA Award for Historical Romance, for Lessons of DesirePresented by the Romance Writers of America
In 2000 Hunter received a rare starred review from Publishers Weekly for her book By Possession. This happened again in 2003 with The Charmer.
She was nominated four times and twice won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award. Fifteen of her books appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. She also appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and the Waldenbooks Paperback Fiction Bestseller List. Romantic Times has awarded four and a half star reviews to fifteen of her books.
References
External links Official Madeline Hunter Website Penguin Books USA Author Spotlight and Author Bookshelf (Official publisher web page)