Julie Garwood

Julie Garwood (born 1946 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is an American romance novelist. With a total circulation of over 30 million copies and at least 15 New York Times bestsellers, she is one of the successful representatives of her genre. She recently started writing under the pseudonym Emily Chase . Her book For the Roses was filmed for television.

Life

Julie Garwood grew up in Kansas, the sixth of seven children in a large Irish family. After a tonsil operation at the age of six, she was very sickly and missed a lot in school. It wasn't until she was eleven that her mother realized that she could barely read. To catch up on the material, she spent a whole summer studying with the math teacher Sister Elizabeth, who taught her the love of reading. Sister Elizabeth made a big impression on Julie, naming her daughter after the teacher.

During her training as a registered nurse, she also attended a course on Russian history. This prompted her to take a second degree: in history. One of her professors, impressed with the quality of her stories, convinced her to take a year off to write. The result was two books: 'A Girl Called Summer' a children's book and her first historical story 'Gentle Warrior'.

Although Julie enjoyed writing, she didn't want to pursue a career as a writer. As a young wife and mother, she took on many freelance writing jobs and wrote longer stories for entertainment. After her youngest child started school, she began attending writers' conferences. Here she met an agent who published three of her books and asked for more.

She currently lives in Leawood , Kansas and has three children.

bibliography

Garwood's stories are known for the cunning and clumsiness of their heroines. Your actions are historically correct and well researched. Despite its success with historical elements, it also tries its hand at other epochs. Like her historical books, her contemporary stories are also about families and friendships. Her first contemporary novel Heartbreaker was published as a series in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Garwood confirmed that she does not read books by other authors in order to avoid accidentally copying. She mainly reads fiction and mystery stories. Only when she stops writing herself does she want to read love stories from other authors.

Julie Garwood

Single stories

• Gentle Warrior (1985) - Like a fire in a dark night
• A Girl Named Summer (1986)
• Rebellious Desire (1986) - In the frenzy of longing
• Honor's Splendor (1987) - Melody of Passion
• The Prize (1991) - The Norman's Bride
• Saving Grace (1993) - The Steadfast Widow
• Prince Charming (1994) - Prince Charming
• The Ideal Man (2011)

Royal spies

• The Lion's Lady (1988)
• Guardian Angel (1990) - The Revenge of the Marquis
• The Gift (1991) - Beloved Enemy
• Castles (1993) - Awakening Passion

Bride series

• The Bride (1989) - By order of the king
• The Wedding (1996) - And the wind tells of tenderness

Highland series

• The Secret (1992) - Beloved Barbarian
• Ransom (1999) - An Adorable Bride
• Shadow Music (2007)

Rosehill series

• For The Roses (1995) - The Lord's Daughter
• One Pink Rose (1997) - Confusion of hearts
• One White Rose (1997) - Confusion of the Heart
• One Red Rose (1997) - Confusion of Hearts
• Come The Spring (1997) - Put your heart in my hands

Buchanan-Rennard

• Heartbreaker (2000) - Beautiful to Die for
• Mercy (2001) - grace
• Killjoy (2002) - A murderous business
• Murder List (2004) - Murder by List
• Slow Burn (2005) - You should burn gently
• Shadow Dance (2006) - shadow dance
• Fire and Ice (2008)
• Sizzle (2009)

Emily Chase

As Emily Chase, she writes books for young adults.

Adaptation

Her book For the Roses was adapted for television in 1997 under the title Rose Hill . The main role was played by Jennifer Garner .

Web links

• Official website
• steffis-buecherkiste.de
• Julie Garwood in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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