Linda Winstead Jones

Linda Winstead Jones is an American author who has written more than fifty romance books in several subgenres, including Paranormal Romance, Romance, Historical Romance, Fairy Tale Romance, and Romantic Suspense.

Biography

Jones has published many of her novels under various pseudonyms including Linda Jones, Linda Fallon and Linda Devlin. She lives in Alabama with her husband whom she has been married to for 36 years; and their youngest son.

Jones' leisure activities are retail therapy, hiking, and reading had always loved to read than loved writing. The very first time Linda figured out that she was interested in writing was when she took a creative writing class. Writing became a big part of her life. It even came in between her yoga and French classes or even when she was decorating a cake or cooking Chinese food. Jones was always a full-time wife and mother for many years, as well as a fast-food restaurant manager, a compulsive taker of classes, a real estate saleswoman, and a picture framer with her own business. It took her a while before she sat down to write her first book.

Linda Winstead Jones wrote her first novel in 1994 called Guardian Angel which was written on her kitchen table. Ever since then she has been writing novels.

Linda's September 1996 time-travel, Desperado's Gold was the winner of the Colorado Award of Excellence in the paranormal division. She was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Historical Romance, and her book Someone's Been Sleeping In My Bed was nominated in their Best Historical Love and Laughter category for 1996. She's won the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence twice, is a three time RITA Award finalist, and (writing as Linda Fallon) winner of the 2004 Rita for paranormal romance.

Works

Series

Sinclair Connection

1. Madigan's Wife (2001)
2. Hot on His Trail (2001)
3. Capturing Cleo (2002)
4. In Bed with Boone (2002)
5. Wilder Days (2003)
6. Clint's Wild Ride (2003)
7. On Dean's Watch (2003)

Last Chance Heroes

1. Running Scared (2004)
2. Truly, Madly, Dangerously (2005)
3. One Major Distraction (2005)
4. Lucky's Woman (2006)
5. The Guardian (2006)

Stories of Columbyana

Fyne sisters

1. The Sun Witch (2004)
2. The Moon Witch (2005)
3. The Star Witch (2006)

Children of the Sun

1. Prince of Magic (2007)
2. Prince of Fire (2007)
3. Prince of Swords (2007)

Emperor's Bride

1. Untouchable (2008)
2. 22 Nights (2008)
3. Bride By Command (2009)

Novels

• Every Little Thing (2000)
• West Wind (2004)
• Omnibus
• Christmas Spirit (1997) (with Elaine Fox, Leigh Greenwood)
• Love Is Murder (2003) (with Rebecca Brandewyne, Maureen Child)
• Fever / Billionaire Drifter (2004) (with Beverly Bird)
• One Major Distraction / Melting Point (2005) (with Debra Cowan)
• Beyond the Dark (2005) (with Evelyn Vaughn, Karen Whiddon)
• In His Bed (2007) (with Barbara McCauley)
• Guardian / Black Sheep P.I. (2008) (with Karen Whiddon)
• Romancing the Crown (2008) (with Marie Ferrarella)
• The Magical Christmas Cat (2008) (with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh)

Series contributed to

• Men in Blue
• Bridger's Last Stand (1999)
• Romancing the Crown
• Secret-agent Sheikh (2002)
• Romancing the Crown
• Secret-agent Sheikh (2002)
• Family Secrets
• Fever (2004)
• Family Secrets : The Next Generation
• A Touch of the Beast (2004)
• Capturing the Crown
• The Sheikh and I (2006)
• Raintree
• Raintree: Haunted (2007)
• Raintree (omnibus) (2008) (with Beverly Barton, Linda Howard)

Sources

• Fantastic Fiction. 2009. Fantastic Fiction. 7 February 2009
• Alabama Bound. 2004. Alabama Bound. 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, Alabama, 35203-2974. 7 February 2009.
• Linda Jones. 1998- 2009. Fictionwise.com, Ereader.com. 7 February 2009.
• Linda Winstead Jones.2008 Penguin Group USA. 7 February 2009.
• Meet Linda Jones. Historical Romance Writers. 2001- 2009. Tara and Siren Productions. 7 February 2009.

External links

• Linda Winstead Jones official web site.