AUTHOR FACTS

Jennifer Ashley's Penelope & Print Charming has spent 5 weeks on the Barnes & Noble top 50 bestsellers list and 3 weeks on Bookscan top 100.
Ashley Gardner's The Sudbury School Murders won the RT Reviewer's Choice award for Best Historical Mystery of 2005.
Vijaya Schartz's workshops at the Ice Escape Writers Conference at the East Phoenix Sheraton in Mesa, on March 17-18-19, "12 Secrets to write Compelling Fiction" and "E-publishers, is it for you?" were so successful that they filled the room each time and Vijaya was asked to speak at several future writers conferences, including one in Las Vegas in the spring of 2007.
Jennifer Ashley accepted an offer from Berkeley to write a mainstream historical novel, tentatively titled The Queen's Handmaiden.
Laurien Gardner's novel A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, was picked up by Bookspan (Book of the Month / DoubleDay) for a hardback print.
Pat Hubbard is happy to announce that she just signed a contract with Five Star for her novel, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. It's a blended culture suspense with romantic elements set in Monument Valley on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Deborah Shelley (Shelley Mosley and Deborah Mazoyer) have been told that their book, It's in His Kiss, is now available in Danish. This is their second title in that language. Their books have also been translated into French and Dutch
Tina Gerow: just signed her contract for Fire Maiden with Triskelion. It will come out in June 2006. She is now working her derriere off to finish it. Stone Maiden was also chosen for the bi-yearly EcataRomance Reviewer's Choice Award.
Evanell's manuscript arrested the interest of Granite Publishing in Utah. They like it but it's too long and pushes the envelope for their inspirational line. They asked Evanell to submit a shorter manuscript, which she will do shortly.
Jan Walkosz signed a contract with Whiskey Creek Press for the sequel to Unveiled Treasures entitled Sinful Innocence. Sinful Innocence is scheduled for release September 1, 2006.
Ashley Gardner's mystery novel, The Sudbury School Murders, was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for best Historical Mystery of 2005.
Vijaya Schartz received two five star reviews for The Garrison Lockdown, and a four-star review from Ecataromance. Another of her novels, Operation Pleiades - RELICS, just received a three-star review from Romantic Times. Vijaya also received an award for her seven years of service as President of the Arizona Authors Association, in front of the press, during the Arizona Literary Awards Banquet.
Calista Fox sold Simon's Wicked Web to Liquid Silver Books. The contemporary erotic romance will be released in the spring of 2006, under her pseudonym Ava McKnight. Calista is also excited about the sale of Shameless to Venus Press, also to be released under Ava McKnight. The Invitation was chosen for the Over The Mood Award for 2005 for short story sci-fi. May Reviews.
Rhonda Woodward's December release, Lady Emma's Dilemna, is a nominee for the Romantic Times Reviewer's choice Award for the best Regency Romance.
Kerrie Droban received a book contract for her true crime book with Lyons Press? Release date will be Fall 2006. Her fiction is still outstanding with Robin Rue at Writer's House and Paige Wheeler at Creative Media.
Laura Phelps' manuscript, Strings of Love, is a finalist in the short contemporary category of the Golden Rose contest for the Rose City Romance Writers in Portland, Oregon. The judge for the final round is Wanda Ottewell of Silhouette Desire.
Jennifer Ashley was invited to write a novella for a vampire anthology, due out in 2007. She will also launch a series called "The Immortals" written with other authors. She will write book 1 and 4, The Calling, and The Gathering. The series will be an erotic paranormal series for Dorchester.
Allyson James made four sales to Ellora's Cave, Tales of the Shareem: Rio (novel), Planetary Passions: Gemini (novel), Dragonmagic (a short story for Ellora's Cavemen anthologies due out in March 2006.
Tina LaVon placed second in the long contemporary category of Toronto's Original Golden Opportunity contest. On a related note, Julie Barrett of Bombshell indicated that she'd like to see more of Liquid Hypnosis. Yeah, Tina!
Theresa Meyers was thrilled to hear that she is a finalist in the American Tigle 2 contest in Romantic Times for her historical, The Devil's Maiden.
Vijaya Schartz' novel RELICS from Triskelion Publishing received a three-star review in Romantic Times. Although the book received many five-star reviews and finaled in the Golden Quill awards, it's quite an achievement for such an unusual category as Romantic Sci-Fi suspense.
Marion Ekholm sold another short story to True Love, titled: "I Was Kidnapped Before My Wedding."