Johanna Lindsey
Johanna Lindsey | |
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Born | Johanna Helen Howard March 10, 1952 Frankfurt, Germany |
Died | October 27, 2019 Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged 67)
Pen name | Johanna Lindsey |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1977–2019 |
Genre | Historical Romance |
Spouse | Ralph Lindsey |
Children | 3 |
Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – October 27, 2019) [1] was an American writer of historical romance novels. All of her books reached the New York Times bestseller list, many reaching No. 1.
Biography[]
Personal life[]
Her father was Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany, where she was born. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii and after he died in 1964, Lindsey and her mother settled there to honor him.[2]
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Bruce Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage continued, the couple residing in Hawaii and producing three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Lindsey moved to Maine and did not remarry. She died on October 27, 2019 at the age of 67 from lung cancer.[3]
Writing career[]
Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride, in 1977 "on a whim".[2] The book was a success, as have been the forty-nine novels that followed. As of 2006 more than fifty-eight million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, and her work has been translated into twelve languages.
Style and reception[]
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Owing to their diversity of settings Lindsey's work covers a number of romance subgenres, including medieval, Regency, western, Viking, and even science fiction. Her most popular books are a series of Regency sagas about the fictional Malory family (see Family Tree).
The covers of Lindsey's novels have been parodied,[4] fitting in as they do with a trend in romance publishing to use gaudy painted designs that feature a muscular male model (i.e. Fabio) with his chest exposed, towering above or otherwise dominating floridly dressed women.
Bibliography[]
By Reading Order[]
Viking Haardrad Family Saga Series[]
- Fires of Winter (1980)
- Hearts Aflame (1987)
- Surrender My Love (1994)
Southern Series[]
- Glorious Angel (1982)
- Heart of Thunder (1983)
Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Family Saga[]
- Warrior's Woman (1990)
- Keeper Of The Heart (1993)
- Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space - Earth)
Wyoming westerns series[]
- Brave the Wild Wind (1984)
- Savage Thunder (1989)
- Angel (1992)
Malory-Anderson Family Saga Series[]
- Love Only Once (1985) (Regina Ashton/Nicholas Eden)
- Tender Rebel (1988) (Anthony Malory/Roslynn Chadwick)
- Gentle Rogue (1990) (James Malory/Georgina Anderson)
- The Magic of You (1993) (Amy Malory/Warren Anderson)
- Say You Love Me (1996) (Derek Malory/Kelsey Langton)
- The Present (1998) (Christopher Malory/Anastasia Stephanoff)
- A Loving Scoundrel (2004) (Jeremy Malory/Danette "Danny" Hilary)
- Captive of My Desires (2006) (Drew Anderson/Gabrielle Brooks)
- No Choice But Seduction (2008) (Boyd Anderson/Katey Tyler)
- That Perfect Someone (2010) (Richard Allen/Julia Miller)
- Stormy Persuasion (2014) (Judith Malory/Nathan Tremayne)
- Beautiful Tempest (2017) (Jacqueline Malory/Damon Reeves)
Straton Family Saga Series[]
- A Heart So Wild (1986)
- All I Need Is You (1997)
Medieval (Shefford's Knights) Series[]
- Defy Not the Heart (1989)
- Joining (1999)
Cardinia's Royal Family[]
- Once a Princess (1991)
- You Belong to Me (1994)
Sherring Cross Series[]
- Man of My Dreams (1992)
- Love Me Forever (1995)
- The Pursuit (2002)
Locke Family Series[]
- The Heir (2000) (Duncan MacTavish and Sabrina Lambert)
- The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007) (Raphael Locke and Ophelia Reid)
- A Rogue of My Own (2009) (Rupert St. John and Rebecca Marshall)
- Let Love Find You (2012) (Devin Baldwin and Amanda Locke)
Montana Series[]
- One Heart to Win (2013) (Tiffany Warren & Hunter Callahan)
- Wildfire in His Arms (2015) (Maxine & Degan Grant)
- Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Violet Mitchell & Morgan Callahan)
Single novels[]
- Captive Bride (1977)
- A Pirate's Love (1978)
- Paradise Wild (1981)
- So Speaks the Heart (1983)
- A Gentle Feuding (1984)
- Tender Is the Storm (1985)
- When Love Awaits (1986)
- Secret Fire (1987)
- Silver Angel (1988)
- Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
- Until Forever (1995)
- Home for the Holidays (2000)
- A Man to Call My Own (2003)
- Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
- When Passion Rules (2011)
- Make Me Love You (2016)
By Setting[]
Middle Ages[]
Medieval Vikings
- Fires of Winter (1980)
- Hearts Aflame (1987)
- Surrender My Love (1994)
Medieval England[]
- So Speaks the Heart (1983)
- A Gentle Feuding (1984)
- When Love Awaits (1986)
- Defy Not the Heart (1989)
- Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
- Joining (1999)
Early Modern Times[]
Arabian Dunes
- Captive Bride (1977)
- Silver Angel (1988)
Caribbean
- A Pirate's Love (1978)
Modern Times[]
Regency England[]
- Love Only Once (1985)
- Tender Rebel (1988)
- Gentle Rogue (1990)
- The Magic Of You (1993)
- Say You Love Me (1996)
- The Present (1998)
- A Loving Scoundrel (2004)
- Captive of My Desires (2006)
- No Choice But Seduction (2008)
- Stormy Persuasion (2014)
- Make Me Love You (2016)
Regency England & Scotland[]
- Man of My Dreams (1992)
- Love Me Forever (1995)
- Home for the Holidays (2000)
- The Heir (2000)
- The Pursuit (2002)
- Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
- The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007)
- A Rogue of My Own (2009)
- Let Love Find You (2012)
- Temptation's Darling (2019)[5]
Eastern Europe[]
- Secret Fire (1987) (London --> Russia)
- Once a Princess (1991) (U.S. --> Cardinia)
- You Belong to Me (1994) (Russia --> Cardinia)
- When Passion Rules (2011) (London --> Lubinia)
America in 19th century[]
- Paradise Wild (1981) (Boston --> Hawaii)
- Glorious Angel (1982) (Texas)
- Heart of Thunder (1983) (Wild West)
- Brave the Wild Wind (1984) (Wyoming)
- Tender Is the Storm (1985) (Wild West)
- A Heart So Wild (1986) (Texas)
- Savage Thunder (1989) (Wyoming)
- Angel (1992) (Wild West)
- All I Need Is You (1997) (Wild West)
- A Man to Call My Own (2003) (Wild West)
- One Heart to Win (2013) (Wild West) (50th novel by Johanna Lindsey)[6]
- Wildfire in His Arms (2015) (Wild West)
- Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Wild West)
Paranormal Fantasy[]
Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Family Saga
- Warrior's Woman (1990)
- Keeper Of The Heart (1993)
- Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space --> Earth)
Time Travel
- Until Forever (1995) (Now --> Middle Ages)
References[]
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/obituaries/johanna-lindsey-dead.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Author Information: Johanna Lindsey". iblist.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ "Johanna Lindsey, Best-Selling Romance Novelist, Dies at 67". The New York Times. 22 Dec 2019.
- ^ http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2007/08/cover_makeovers/
- ^ Lindsey, Johanna (16 July 2019). Temptation's Darling. ISBN 978-1982110802.
- ^ Lindsey, Johanna (11 June 2013). One Heart to Win. ISBN 978-1476714264.
External links[]
- Johanna Lindsey's Official Website
- Johanna Lindsey's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction's Website
- Johanna Lindsey bio and title list
- 1952 births
- 2019 deaths
- American romantic fiction writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Women romantic fiction writers
- American women novelists