Thea Harrison

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Thea Harrison
BornTeddy Harrison
Pen nameThea Harrison / Amanda Carpenter
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreParanormal Romance
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
Notable awardsRITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance 2012

Amazon Best Books of 2011, Romance
RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence Winner, May 2011
RT Book Reviews Editor's Pick, Outstanding Novel of 2011
RT Editor Award Best Shapeshifter Romance 2013

RT Book Reviews Best Paranormal Worldbuilding 2015
Website
theaharrison.com
Books-aj.svg aj ashton 01.svg Literature portal

Thea Harrison is the pen name of American author Teddy Harrison, who writes paranormal romance, sci-fi fantasy, and contemporary romance novels, including the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Elder Races series. Harrison has also written contemporary romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the pen name Amanda Carpenter.[1]

Early writing[]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Harrison wrote for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the name Amanda Carpenter. The Amanda Carpenter romances have been published in more than ten languages, and have sold over a million and a half copies worldwide.[2]

Work[]

Writing as Thea Harrison, her books have won numerous awards and appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list[3] and the USA Today bestsellers list.[4] Her books have been published in multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Spanish.

Harrison has received a number of positive reviews for her characters and world building. For example, USA Today's HEA Blog stated, "Thea Harrison is always on my must-read list. Her heroes and heroines are complicated, hot and just plain fun!"[5] A review from bookbinge.com states, "Harrison’s world-building is top notch".[6]

The Washington Post has called her Elder Races series "fantastic."[7] Of Dragon Bound (2011), the first novel in the Elder Races series, Publishers Weekly wrote, "Harrison goes beyond the usual vampires and werewolves to create an entertaining cast of supernatural characters."[8] Booklist called it "an outstanding blend of romantic suspense and urban fantasy with great storytelling and world building."[9] Publishers Weekly felt that new readers and old readers alike would "cheer" the protagonist of Oracle's Moon (2012).[10]

In April 2020, Harrison announced she would be writing and releasing a set of four interconnected novellas featuring Dragos and Pia, the hero and heroine of her RITA award winning novel Dragon Bound (2011).[11] Because she had previously retired the couple from future stories, this announcement was enthusiastically received by fans who had expressed their desire for more stories about the couple in a poll Harrison held on social media[12] and through her newsletter.[13] The first book, The Unseen, was released in 2020. In a February 2021 announcement to fans, Harrison revealed she was going on a writing and publishing hiatus due to health reasons.[14] As a result, plans for the novella series have changed. The series will now include 2 novellas. The second will be titled The Adversary.

Bibliography[]

Elder Races Series Books[]

  1. Dragon Bound (2011)[15]
  2. Storm's Heart (2011)[16]
  3. Serpent's Kiss (2011)[17]
  4. Oracle's Moon (2012)[18]
  5. Lord's Fall (2012)[19]
  6. Kinked (2013)[20]
  7. Night's Honor (2014)[21]
  8. Midnight's Kiss (2015)[22]
  9. Shadow's End (2015)[23]

Elder Races Series Novellas[]

  1. True Colors (2011)
  2. Natural Evil (2012)
  3. Devil's Gate (2012)
  4. Hunter's Season (2012)
  5. The Wicked (2013)
  6. Dragos Takes a Holiday (2013)
  7. Pia Saves the Day (2014)
  8. Peanut Goes to School (2014)
  9. Dragos Goes to Washington (2015)
  10. Pia Does Hollywood (2015)
  11. Liam Takes Manhattan (2015)
  12. The Chosen (2018)
  13. Planet Dragos (2018)
  14. The Unseen (2020)

Elder Races Series Collections[]

  1. Divine Tarot (2014)
  2. Destiny’s Tarot (2014)
  3. A Dragon’s Family Album (2014)
  4. A Dragon's Family Album II (2017)
  5. A Dragon's Family Album: Final Collection (2018)
  6. The Elder Races Tarot Collection (2018)
  7. The Elder Races: Complete Novella Bundle 2013-2018 (2018)

Game of Shadows Series[]

  1. Rising Darkness (2013)
  2. Falling Light (2014)

Moonshadow Series[]

  1. Moonshadow (2016)
  2. Spellbinder (2017)
  3. Lionheart (2018)

American Witch Series[]

  1. American Witch (2019)

Amanda Carpenter Romances[]

Note: these titles are currently out of print

  1. A Deeper Dimension (1983)
  2. The Wall (1984)
  3. A Damaged Trust (1984)
  4. The Great Escape (1984)
  5. Flashback (1984)
  6. Rage (1984)
  7. Waking Up (1986)
  8. Reckless (1986)
  9. Rose-Coloured Love (1987)
  10. The Gift of Happiness (1988)
  11. Caprice (1989)
  12. Passage of the Night (1991)
  13. Cry Wolf (1992)
  14. A Solitary Heart (1993)
  15. The Winter King (1994)

References[]

  1. ^ Harrison, Thea. "Amanda Carpenter". Thea Harrison Website. Retrieved 2020-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Amanda Carpenter Info Posted on August 6, 2013". Thea Harrison's Web Site. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Best Sellers: Paperback Mass-Market Fiction: Sunday, October 23rd 2011". NY Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ "USA Today Best Sellers Author Search". USA Today Best Selling Author Search - Thea Harrison. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Must-read paranormal romance: 'Spellbinder' by Thea Harrison (interview!) Published July 18, 2017". USA Today HEA. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Sunday Spotlight: Dragon Bound By Thea Harrison, Published Jan 15, 2017". www.bookbinge.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. ^ Wendell, Sarah (2012-12-11). "Romance novels for cold winter nights". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  9. ^ Tixier, Herald (May 2011). "Dragon Bound". Booklist. 107 (17): 70 – via EBSCOhost.
  10. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  11. ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-04-06). "Cover Reveal: The Unseen". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-14). "We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Programming". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-21). "Good (Saturday) Evening!". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Harrison, Thea (15 February 2021). "Announcing a Hiatus". Thea Harrison. Retrieved 26 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Dragon bound. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24150-9.
  16. ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Storm's heart. New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-425-24266-7.
  17. ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Serpent's kiss. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24440-1.
  18. ^ Harrison, Thea (2012). Oracle's moon. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24659-7.
  19. ^ Harrison, Thea (2012). Lord's fall. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-25106-5.
  20. ^ Harrison, Thea (2013). Kinked. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-25511-7.
  21. ^ Harrison, Thea (2014). Night's honor. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27436-1.
  22. ^ Harrison, Thea (2015). Midnight's kiss. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27438-5.
  23. ^ Harrison, Thea (2015). Shadow's end (in Spanish). New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27439-2.
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