Susan Wiggs
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After graduating from Harvard University, Susan Wiggs became a math teacher. While working, she started writing her first novel which was published in 1987. She has written numerous romance novels since then including Home Before Dark, A Summer Affair, The Charm School and Candlelight Christmas. vis mere She has won three RITA awards for Lakeside Cottage, Lord of the Night and The Mistress. She has written a number of notable series, including; Lakeshore Chronicles and Bella Vista Chronicles. Susan's title, Family Tree, is a New York Times, USA Today, Toronto Globe and Mail, and Publisher Weekly bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Susan Wiggs
Summer Brides (The Borrowed Bride / A Bridge to Dreams / Sister of the Bride) (2010) — Bidragyder — 119 eksemplarer
It Happened One Christmas (The St. James Affair / A Catered Affair / A Philadelphia Affair) (1838) — Bidragyder — 54 eksemplarer
How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of Their Lives (2011) 32 eksemplarer
Lakeshore Chronicles, Books 1-3 (Summer at Willow Lake / The Winter Lodge / Dockside) (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Lakeshore Chronicles, Books 4-6 (Snowfall at Willow Lake / Fireside / Lakeshore Christmas) (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Lakeshore Chronicles, Books 7-9 (The Summer Hideaway / Marrying Daisy Bellamy / Return to Willow Lake) (2016) 2 eksemplarer
Zomer op het eiland 1 eksemplar
In perfecte harmonie 1 eksemplar
Het mooiste verhaal 1 eksemplar
Ster voor een nacht 1 eksemplar
Land van honing 1 eksemplar
Lezioni di fascino (eLit) 1 eksemplar
The Lost and Found Bookstore 1 eksemplar
Una de azúcar y otra de sal (Spanish Edition) 1 eksemplar
When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books 1 eksemplar
How to be Irresistible 1 eksemplar
Thuis bij zonsopgang 1 eksemplar
The beekeeepr's ball 1 eksemplar
Fallen Angel 1 eksemplar
A Summer Place 1 eksemplar
HISTORICAL ROMANCES - HR 1 eksemplar
THE BELLA VISTA CHRONICLES 2/2A app.bee 1 eksemplar
Susan Wiggs The Lakeshore Chronicles Series: Books 1-2: Summer at Willow Lake & The Winter Lodge (2017) 1 eksemplar
Susan Wigg's Lakeshore Chronicles 8 book set: The Summer Hideaway/Lakeshore Christmas/Fireside/Summer at Willow… (2011) 1 eksemplar
Two Hearts in the Snow (Cinderfella | Next Time...Forever | Dating Her Boss | A Groom for Red Riding Hood) (2014) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Calhoun Chronicles Books 1-3: The Charm School / The Horsemaster's Daughter / Halfway to Heaven 1 eksemplar
Il filo dell'amicizia: Harmony Romance 1 eksemplar
Le onde del destino (eLit) 1 eksemplar
The Charm School [Abridged Audiobook] 1 eksemplar
Firesided Lake Shore Chronicles 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
That Summer Place (Old Things / Private Paradise / Island Time) (1998) — Bidragyder — 395 eksemplarer
The Secrets of Bella Vista [2022 TV movie] — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Wiggs, Susan
- Andre navne
- Childress, Susan Marie
- Fødselsdato
- 1959-05-17
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- Pacific Northwest, USA
- Uddannelse
- Harvard University (M.Ed)
- Erhverv
- Novelist
- Relationer
- Wiggs, Jay (husband)
Wiggs, Elizabeth (daughter) - Organisationer
- Romance Writers of America
Authors Guild
Field's End
Novelists Inc.
Bainbridge Island Land Trust
West Sound Wildlife Shelter (vis alle 8)
P.O.E.M.
Purple Amoeba - Agent
- Meg Ruley
Peggy Gordijn
Reka Rubin - Kort biografi
- Using blunt scissors, pages from a Big Chief tablet, a borrowed stapler and a Number Two pencil, Susan Wiggs self-published her first novel at the age of eight. A Book About Some Bad Kids [I still have this-CL] was based on the true-life adventures of Susan and her siblings, and the first printing of one copy was a complete sell-out.
Due to her brother's extreme reaction to that first prodigious effort, Susan went underground with her craft, entertaining her friends and offending her siblings with anonymously-written stories of virtuous sisters and the brothers who torment them. The first romance she ever read was Shanna by the incomparable Kathleen Woodiwiss, which she devoured while slumped behind a college vector analysis textbook. Armed with degrees from SFA and Harvard, and toting a crate of "keeper" books by Woodiwiss, Roberta Gellis, Laurie McBain, Rosemary Rodgers, Jennifer Blake, Bertrice Small and anything with the words "flaming" and "ecstasy" in the title, she became a math teacher, just to prove to the world that she did have a left brain.
Late one night, she finished the book she was reading and was confronted with a reader's worst nightmare—She was wide awake, and there wasn't a thing in the house she wanted to read. Figuring this was the universe's way of taking away her excuses, she picked up a Big Chief tablet and a Number Two pencil, and began writing her novel with the working title, A Book About Some Bad Adults. Actually, that was a bad book about some adults, but Susan persevered, learning her craft the way skydiving is learned—by taking a blind leap and hoping the chute will open.
Her first book was published (without the use of blunt scissors and a stapler) by Zebra in 1987, and since then she has been published by Avon, Tor, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Warner and Mira Books. Unable to completely abandon her beloved teaching profession, Susan is a frequent workshop leader and speaker at writers' conferences, including the literary institution Fields End and the legendary Maui Writers Conference. Her novel The Charm School was voted one of RWA's Favorite Books of the Year. She is the proud recipient of three RITA awards for Lakeside Cottage, Lord of the Night and The Mistress, and is often a finalist for the prestigious award. Her books appear regularly on numerous "Best Of" lists.
Susan enjoys many hobbies, including sitting in the hot tub while talking to her mother on the phone, kickboxing, cleaning the can opener, sculpting with butter and growing her hair. She lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
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Contemporary Romance, husband "dies" in car accident i Name that Book (september 2016)
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- 46
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The story is told in alternating time-frames. Current time and when Caroline, Will and Sierra were kids. This is a well-written book and the stories (and characters) are believable. When a group of women come together to right a wrong, it shows there is strength in numbers.… (mere)