Kerrelyn Sparks

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Kerrelyn Faye Sparks (* 1955 in Houston , Texas ) is an American writer.

Sparks grew up in Texas with four brothers. She was a tap dancer and high school teacher of French and history before moving into writing.

Sparks began writing in 1997, but initially to no avail. In 1998 she joined the Romance Writers of America Association as a member. In 2002 she achieved her breakthrough with the publication of her first novel (originally titled Insatiable and Saucy ) under the changed title For Love or Country . She prefers to write paranormal, humorous romantic stories. Sparks is on the USA Today bestseller list. She lives with husband and children in Katy , Texas.

bibliography

Historical books

  • For Love or Country (2002)
  • The Forbidden Lady (2012)
  • Less Than a Gentleman (2013)

Love at Stake series

This series portrays a dangerous world of modern vampires, with vampire cable television, vampire magazines, and the vampire black pages (something called the yellow pages).

  • How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (2005) (How to fish for a vampire, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89941-450-9 )
  • Vamps and the City (2006) (Vamps and the City, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89941-517-9 )
  • Be Still My Vampire Heart (2007) (Vampire Like It's Hot, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-389941-635-0 )
  • The Undead Next Door (2008) (Vampires don't wear diamonds, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89941-694-7 )
  • All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire (2008) (The vampire who came out of the cold, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3899418002 )
  • Secret Life of a Vampire (2009) (The dance with the vampire, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89941-866-8 )
  • Forbidden Nights with a Vampire (2009) (License to Bite, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89941-976-4 )
  • The Vampire and the Virgin (2010) (The Vampire on a Hot Tin Roof, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86278-316-8 )
  • Eat Prey Love (2010) (The itchy seventh bite, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86278-504-9 )
  • Vampire Mine (2011) (The vampire who doesn't dare, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95649-026-2 )
  • Sexiest Vampire Alive (2011) (A vampire for every occasion, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95649-089-7 )
  • Wanted: Undead or Alive (2012) (Love on the second bite, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-95649-237-2 )
  • Wild About You (2012) (Curse and Prejudice, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-95649-579-3 )
  • The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo (2013) ( Vampire taming made easy, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95649-648-6 )
  • How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying) (2014) ( Seduce to bite, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95649-708-7 )
  • Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampires! (2014) (Bite und Bissigkeit, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95649-779-7 )

Anthologies

  • "A Very Vampy Christmas" in Sugarplums and Scandal (2006) (A Vampire for Christmas, MIRA paperback, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-95576-577-4 )
  • "V is for VampWoman" in Vampires Gone Wild (2013) (V for VampWoman, MIRA Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-95576-616-0 )

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Kerrelyn Sparks on usidentify.com , accessed November 19, 2012
  2. ↑ See the short profile at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of "The Bay Area Writers League" under web links.
personal data
SURNAME Sparks, Kerrelyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sparks, Kerrelyn Faye (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas