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| Romance Writers of America New York City Chapter Proudly Presents Their Published Authors |
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Cathy Greenfeder
http://catherinegreenfeder.vpweb.com/
The American West and the pioneer days has been a fascination for
Catherine Greenfeder since fifth grade when her teacher, Mrs.
Seguine, created a "pioneer day" complete with square dancing
and venison stew. Her trips to Oklahoma to visit her parents who
relocated to Tulsa from New York City sparked an interest in the
plight of the Native Americans and those earlier settlers in the frontier states. A fan of romance
fiction since high school, Catherine Greenfeder decided to write her first romance novel after
careers in publishing and advertising. WILDFLOWERS is the product of several years of research
and writing.
Catherine attributes her love of writing to growing up in a household of storytellers, especially
her mother who loves to entertain with stories about the past.
Polly Guerin
www.pollytalk.com
Guerin is a consummate romantic and has had a lifelong journey into the world of writing and
poetry. After twenty years as a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, during which her
books I and II of Creative Fashion Presentations and the Stylist were published, she resigned to
pursue her "brilliant writing career." Her other books include The Story of Color and script for two
video productions. Currently she divides her time between writing poetry and regularly
contributing articles to “Art & Antiques Magazine,” “Haute Doll” and other publications. In the
works is a book on the Cooper/Hewitts of Old New York, a romance if you will about two sisters,
the granddaughters of Peter Cooper, who were the founders of a museum, which became the
Cooper Hewitt in NYC.
Shirley Hailstock
www.shirleyhailstock.net
Shirley Hailstock is the author of over twenty novels and novellas.
She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Holt
Medallion, the Barclay Gold Award and the Waldenbooks Best-selling
Romance Award. She holds a Career Achievement Award from
Romantic Times and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New
York City Chapter of RWA.
Shirley’s books have appeared on Blackboard, the Library Journal, and the Top 100 Romances of
the 20th Century Lists. Shirley is a past president of Romance Writers of America.
Leanna Renee Hieber
www.leannareneehieber.com
Award winning and bestselling author, actress and playwright Leanna Renee Hieber grew up in
rural Ohio inventing ghost stories.
She hit the fantasy fiction scene with her novella Dark Nest which won the 2009 Prism Award for
excellence in Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. Her critically acclaimed debut novel,
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker is the first in her Strangely Beautiful series of
ghostly, Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels published by Dorchester Publishing and landed on
Barnes & Noble's mass market and overall Bestseller List. The book was named one of the Top
Ten Books of 2009 in Beyond Her Book Publishers Weekly Readers Choice and as a favourite
book of 2009 in many book review blogs.
Leanna is represented by Nicholas Roman Lewis and is a member of the Romance Writers of
America (RWA) the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the Horror Writers
Association (HWA) and the International Thriller Writers (ITW). She is very proud to be co-founder
of Lady Jane's Salon Reading Series in New York with authors Hope Tarr, Maya Rodale and Ron
Hogan of Beatrice.com. The Salon showcases talent in the many sub-genres of romance and
women's fiction and partners with charity supporting women in need.
A member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Leanna works often in television. When not
writing or on set, she loves a good Goth club, singing soprano in choir and adventuring about
her adopted hometown of New York City, where she resides with her real-life hero and her
beloved rescued lab rabbit Persebunny.
Tracy Kelleher
www.tracykelleher.com
After graduating from Yale University and attending Cornell University graduate school, Tracy
Kelleher soon discovered that academic life was not for her, and migrated to the Big Apple,
where she worked at an advertising agency. Fast-forward through marriage, two children, and
freelance writing for newspapers and magazines. Eventually, she became a staff newspaper
reporter, then the communications director for a non-profit organization.
Tracy sold her first romance to Kensington while she was a reporter. Harlequin Temptation
bought her second and Tracy decided to write fiction full-time. She currently lives in New Jersey
and is hard at work on her next novel.
Isabo Kelly
www.isabokelly.com
Award winning author Isabo Kelly has a gypsy soul, which she's indulged wholeheartedly over the
last sixteen years, living in Las Vegas, Hawaii, Germany, Ireland and New York. There's no telling
were she might end up next (though Italy keeps coming up in conversation). After finishing her
Ph.D. in Zoology in Ireland, Isabo buckled down to concentrate on writing.
She's published numerous science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance novels, short stories
and novellas.
http://catherinegreenfeder.vpweb.com/
The American West and the pioneer days has been a fascination for
Catherine Greenfeder since fifth grade when her teacher, Mrs.
Seguine, created a "pioneer day" complete with square dancing
and venison stew. Her trips to Oklahoma to visit her parents who
relocated to Tulsa from New York City sparked an interest in the
plight of the Native Americans and those earlier settlers in the frontier states. A fan of romance
fiction since high school, Catherine Greenfeder decided to write her first romance novel after
careers in publishing and advertising. WILDFLOWERS is the product of several years of research
and writing.
Catherine attributes her love of writing to growing up in a household of storytellers, especially
her mother who loves to entertain with stories about the past.
Polly Guerin
www.pollytalk.com
Guerin is a consummate romantic and has had a lifelong journey into the world of writing and
poetry. After twenty years as a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, during which her
books I and II of Creative Fashion Presentations and the Stylist were published, she resigned to
pursue her "brilliant writing career." Her other books include The Story of Color and script for two
video productions. Currently she divides her time between writing poetry and regularly
contributing articles to “Art & Antiques Magazine,” “Haute Doll” and other publications. In the
works is a book on the Cooper/Hewitts of Old New York, a romance if you will about two sisters,
the granddaughters of Peter Cooper, who were the founders of a museum, which became the
Cooper Hewitt in NYC.
Shirley Hailstock
www.shirleyhailstock.net
Shirley Hailstock is the author of over twenty novels and novellas.
She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Holt
Medallion, the Barclay Gold Award and the Waldenbooks Best-selling
Romance Award. She holds a Career Achievement Award from
Romantic Times and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New
York City Chapter of RWA.
Shirley’s books have appeared on Blackboard, the Library Journal, and the Top 100 Romances of
the 20th Century Lists. Shirley is a past president of Romance Writers of America.
Leanna Renee Hieber
www.leannareneehieber.com
Award winning and bestselling author, actress and playwright Leanna Renee Hieber grew up in
rural Ohio inventing ghost stories.
She hit the fantasy fiction scene with her novella Dark Nest which won the 2009 Prism Award for
excellence in Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. Her critically acclaimed debut novel,
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker is the first in her Strangely Beautiful series of
ghostly, Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels published by Dorchester Publishing and landed on
Barnes & Noble's mass market and overall Bestseller List. The book was named one of the Top
Ten Books of 2009 in Beyond Her Book Publishers Weekly Readers Choice and as a favourite
book of 2009 in many book review blogs.
Leanna is represented by Nicholas Roman Lewis and is a member of the Romance Writers of
America (RWA) the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the Horror Writers
Association (HWA) and the International Thriller Writers (ITW). She is very proud to be co-founder
of Lady Jane's Salon Reading Series in New York with authors Hope Tarr, Maya Rodale and Ron
Hogan of Beatrice.com. The Salon showcases talent in the many sub-genres of romance and
women's fiction and partners with charity supporting women in need.
A member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Leanna works often in television. When not
writing or on set, she loves a good Goth club, singing soprano in choir and adventuring about
her adopted hometown of New York City, where she resides with her real-life hero and her
beloved rescued lab rabbit Persebunny.
Tracy Kelleher
www.tracykelleher.com
After graduating from Yale University and attending Cornell University graduate school, Tracy
Kelleher soon discovered that academic life was not for her, and migrated to the Big Apple,
where she worked at an advertising agency. Fast-forward through marriage, two children, and
freelance writing for newspapers and magazines. Eventually, she became a staff newspaper
reporter, then the communications director for a non-profit organization.
Tracy sold her first romance to Kensington while she was a reporter. Harlequin Temptation
bought her second and Tracy decided to write fiction full-time. She currently lives in New Jersey
and is hard at work on her next novel.
Isabo Kelly
www.isabokelly.com
Award winning author Isabo Kelly has a gypsy soul, which she's indulged wholeheartedly over the
last sixteen years, living in Las Vegas, Hawaii, Germany, Ireland and New York. There's no telling
were she might end up next (though Italy keeps coming up in conversation). After finishing her
Ph.D. in Zoology in Ireland, Isabo buckled down to concentrate on writing.
She's published numerous science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance novels, short stories
and novellas.
