Linda Barrett
“Whether poems, short stories, or family memoirs, it seems I’ve always been writing something and had lots of fun doing it. It wasn’t until I moved to Houston and joined RWA, that I was able to focus on structuring a novel. Having LOVE, MONEY AND AMANDA SHAW accepted for publication by Harlequin Superromance in May 2000 was a dream come true.”
Writing for Superromance was a natural outgrowth of reading the line. “I’ve always enjoyed romance novels and have a particular love for the longer stories where the characters have a change to develop more fully. Superromance and I are a natural fit.” Linda has also been invited to contribute to Harlequin’s new Everlasting line. Her first book for that series will be published in 2007.
Linda has two professional lives. During the day, she teaches GED classes to homeless adults at SEARCH, a non-profit social service agency. Sometimes, her two careers intertwine. “Many ideas incorporated into my second novel, TRUE-BLUE TEXAN came from my classroom.”
Linda and her husband, Michael, have three grown sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law and two gorgeous, fabulous, amazingly smart grandchildren.
Achievements:
2006 — Winner, Winter Rose Award (Yellow Rose Romance Writers)
2006 — Winner, Holt Medallion (Virginia Romance Writers)
2006 — Finalist, Write Touch Readers’ Award (WisRWA)
2005 — Winner, Award of Excellence, Colorado Romance Writers
2005 — 2nd Place, Write Touch Readers’ Award (WisRWA)
2005 — Winner, Best Superromance of 2004, Cataromance On-Line community
2005 — Winner, Reviewer’s Choice Award, Cataromance
2005 — Winner, Reviewer’s Choice Award for 2004, The Road to Romance On-Line Community
Website
| Quarterback Daddy
| Harlequin SuperRomance February 2010 |
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| Summer At The Lake
| Harlequin SuperRomance May 2009 |
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| THE SOLDIER AND THE ROSE
| Harlequin Everlasting Love November 2007 |
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| Houseful of Strangers
| Harlequin SuperRomance March 2007 |
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| A Man of Honor
| Harlequin SuperRomance August 2006 |
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| The Daughter He Never Knew
| (Pilgrim Cove) | Harlequin SuperRomance July 2005 |
| Reluctant Housemates
| (Pilgrim Cove) | Harlequin SuperRomance February 2005 |
| No Ordinary Summer
| (Pilgrim Cove) | Harlequin SuperRomance August 2004 |
| The House on the Beach
| (Pilgrim Cove) | Harlequin SuperRomance March 2004 |
| The Inn on Oak Creek
| Harlequin SuperRomance February 2003 |
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| The Apple Orchard
| Harlequin SuperRomance July 2002 |
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| True Blue Texan
| Harlequin SuperRomance July 2001 |
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| Love, Money and Amanda Shaw
| Harlequin SuperRomance February 2001 |
