Johanna Lindsey

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Helen Johanna Lindsey (born March 10, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main , † October 27, 2019 in Nashua , New Hampshire ) was an American writer . Along with Catherine Coulter, she is one of the world's most widely read authors of historical romance novels , especially Bodice Ripper novels. All of her books made it to the New York Times bestseller list, and many even reached # 1. Lindsey was the most prolific writer for New York-based Avon .

life and work

Johanna Lindsey was born as the daughter of a US soldier in Germany, where her father was stationed at the time. After her father died, she and her mother moved to Hawaii . In 1970 she married Ralph and became a housewife and mother of three sons: Alfred, Joseph and Garret. After the death of her husband, she did not remarry and lived in New England until her death in December 2019 . Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride, in 1977. The book met with great success and she continued to write.

Lindsey's books sold over 60 million copies worldwide (2008) and have already been translated into 12 languages.

Her most popular books include the Stories of the Malory Family , which, although read independently, often relate to previous events. In addition to her historical romance novels, Lindsey also wrote a few futuristic romance novels.

bibliography

Single novels

Seafaring and harem novels

• 1977 Captive Bride (The Captive Bride ) ISBN 3-453-02443-5 ISBN 978-3-453-02443-4
• 1978 A Pirates Love (On the Waves of Passion) ISBN 3-453-77057-9 ISBN 978-3-453-77057-7
• 1981 Paradise Wild (Paradise of Passion) ISBN 3-453-02592-X ISBN 978-3-453-02592-9
• 1988 Silver Angel (slave of the heart) ISBN 3-453-04901-2 ISBN 978-3-453-04901-7

Medieval and chivalric novels

• 1983 So Speaks the Heart (The Language of the Heart) ISBN 3-453-11715-8 ISBN 978-3-453-11715-0
• 1986 When Love Awaits (When love awakens) ISBN 3-453-02532-6 ISBN 978-3-453-02532-5
• 1991 Prisoner of My Desire (prisoners of passion) ISBN 3-453-06962-5 ISBN 978-3-453-06962-6

Highlander novel

• 1984 A Gentle Feuding (anger and tenderness) ISBN 3-453-02238-6 ISBN 978-3-453-02238-6

Western film

• 1985 Tender is the Storm (Zärtlicher Sturm) ISBN 3-453-00304-7 ISBN 978-3-453-00304-0
• 2003 A Man to call my own (Hidden Dreams) ISBN 3-453-49012-6 ISBN 978-3-453-49012-3
• 2013 One Heart to Win (50th novel by Johanna Lindsey) ISBN 1-4767-1426-6 ISBN 978-1-4767-1426-4
• 2015 Wildfire in His Arms

Russian novel

• 1987 Secret Fire (Secret passion) ISBN 3-453-03637-9 ISBN 978-3-453-03637-6

Viking novel

• 1995 Until Forever (Guardians of my Heart) ISBN 3-453-12399-9 ISBN 978-3-453-12399-1

Regency novels

• 2000 Home for the Holidays (Hearts in the Storm) ISBN 3-453-86494-8 ISBN 978-3-453-86494-8
• 2005 Marriage Most Scandalous (A Hazard of Hearts) ISBN 3-453-81096-1 ISBN 978-3-453-81096-9
• 2011 When Passion Rules (Battles of Love) ISBN 3-453-40986-8 ISBN 978-3-453-40986-6

Vikings series

• 1980 Fires of Winter (Wildes Liebesglück / Auf den Schwingen der Sehnsucht) ISBN 3-453-84044-5 ISBN 978-3-453-84044-7
• 1987 Hearts Aflame (Hearts Afire) ISBN 3-453-02882-1 ISBN 978-3-453-02882-1
• 1994 Surrender My Love (The Revenge of Love) ISBN 3-453-12487-1 ISBN 978-3-453-12487-5

Glorious Angel Series (Southern Novels)

• 1982 Glorious Angel (Sinful Love) ISBN 3-453-21300-9 ISBN 978-3-453-21300-5
• 1983 Heart of Thunder (love under the hot sun / impetuosity of the heart) ISBN 3-453-03499-6 ISBN 978-3-453-03499-0

Wyoming Series (Western)

• 1984 Brave the Wild Wind (wild as the wind) ISBN 3-453-02353-6 ISBN 978-3-453-02353-6
• 1989 Savage Thunder (Wild Heart) ISBN 3-453-87855-8 ISBN 978-3-453-87855-6
• 1992 Angel (Rebellion of the Heart) ISBN 3-453-08908-1 ISBN 978-3-453-08908-2

Malory series (Regency novels)

• 1985 Love Only Once (The Secret of Her Love) ISBN 3-453-00750-6 ISBN 978-3-453-00750-5
• 1988 Tender Rebel (Blazing Passion) ISBN 3-453-49028-2 ISBN 978-3-453-49028-4
• 1990 Gentle Rogue (Stormwind of Tenderness) ISBN 3-453-05682-5 ISBN 978-3-453-05682-4
• 1993 The Magic of You (Who doesn't know longing) ISBN 3-453-11613-5 ISBN 978-3-453-11613-9
• 1996 Say You Love Me (Tender Sinner) ISBN 3-453-13699-3 ISBN 978-3-453-13699-1
• 1998 The Present (Stormy Encounter) ISBN 3-453-17171-3 ISBN 978-3-453-17171-8
• 2004 A Loving Scoundrel (Tender Robber) ISBN 3-453-49013-4 ISBN 978-3-453-49013-0
• 2006 Captive of My Desires (Prisoner of the Heart) ISBN 3-453-81098-8 ISBN 978-3-453-81098-3
• 2008 No Choice But Seduction (The Mysterious Seducer) ISBN 3-453-77257-1 ISBN 978-3-453-77257-1

• 2010 That Perfect Someone (Im Taumel der Herzen) ISBN 3-453-40886-1 ISBN 978-3-453-40886-9
• 2014 Stormy Persuasion (Stürme der Sehnsucht) ISBN 3-453-41886-7 , ISBN 978-3-453-41886-8
• 2018 Beautiful Tempest

Straton series (Western)

• 1986 A Heart so Wild (Stormy Heart) ISBN 3-453-03266-7 ISBN 978-3-453-03266-8
• 1997 All I Need is You (Wild wie die Nacht) ISBN 3-453-15209-3 ISBN 978-3-453-15209-0

Shefford series (chivalric novels)

• 1989 Defy not the Heart (Shackles of Passion) ISBN 3-453-05276-5 ISBN 978-3-453-05276-5
• 1999 Joining (A Thorn in the Heart) ISBN 3-453-18713-X ISBN 978-3-453-18713-9

Ly San Ter series (Fantasy)

• 1990 Warrior's Woman (Wild like your tenderness) ISBN 3-453-06430-5 ISBN 978-3-453-06430-0
• 1993 Keeper of the Heart (holding my heart) ISBN 3-453-09260-0 ISBN 978-3-453-09260-0
• 2001 Heart of a Warrior (Star of Passion) ISBN 3-453-87000-X ISBN 978-3-453-87000-0

Cardinian series (Russia novels)

• 1991 Once a Princess (Secret of Desire) ISBN 3-453-06167-5 ISBN 978-3-453-06167-5
• 1994 You Belong To Me (What the Night Wind Promises) ISBN 3-453-14733-2 ISBN 978-3-453-14733-1

Sherring Cross series (Highlander novels)

• 1992 Man of My Dreams (Blazing Dreams) ISBN 3-453-77183-4 ISBN 978-3-453-77183-3
• 1995 Love Me Forever (Jewels of Love) ISBN 3-453-13105-3 ISBN 978-3-453-13105-7
• 2002 The Pursuit (Promise of Happiness) ISBN 3-453-87753-5 ISBN 978-3-453-87753-5

Reid series (Regency novels)

• 2000 The Heir (A Smile of Love) ISBN 3-453-21130-8 ISBN 978-3-453-21130-8
• 2007 The Devil Who Tamed Her (The Disobedient Bride) ISBN 3-453-40677-X ISBN 978-3-453-40677-3
• 2009 A Rogue Of My Own (Untamed Sehnsucht) ISBN 3-453-49109-2 ISBN 978-3-453-49109-0
• 2012 Let Love Find You (when love finds you) ISBN 1-4516-3327-0 ISBN 978-1-4516-3327-6

The year numbers refer to the first edition of the English original edition.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johanna Lindsey in the catalog of the German National Library
• Johanna Lindsey at buecher-favoriten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richard Sandomir: Johanna Lindsey, Best-Selling Romance Novelist, Dies at 67. In: The New York Times , December 22, 2019 (English). Retrieved December 23, 2019.
2. ↑ Internet Book List (English) ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Author page of the publisher (English) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.