Maggie Shayne: Biography, Awards, Bibliography, and a List of Books by Author Maggie Shayne

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Maggie Shayne (b Margaret Benson) is an American author of more than 40 romance and paranormal novels. She has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award. In addition to her work as a novelist, Shayne is active in the Wicca religion, and is the High Priestess of a coven she founded.

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Early years

Maggie Shayne was born and raised in a rural area near Syracuse, New York. She left high school to be married when she found herself pregnant at sixteen.

Even as a child, Shayne liked to tell stories and rewrite the endings of some she had read, as well as those of the horror movies she loved to watch. Her first attempt at a novel did not come until she was older, when she wove a story in her head while trying to comfort a sick baby. Because she had been in the mood to read a romance novel that day, the story she envisioned was also a romance. Within days, she had transferred her story to paper, writing longhand on a yellow pad. Realizing that if she ever planned to be a published writer she would need a typewriter, Shayne took a job watching a neighbor's horses so that she could earn the money to buy her first typewriter. She soon finished three manuscripts, which she was unable to sell. Her fortunes changed when Harlequin launched their Shadows line. Shayne sent a query letter to let them know that: "I'm just jumping up and down; so happy that you have created a line especially for me!" Although the editor rejected her first book, Shayne's enthusiasm impressed her enough that she asked to see more novels, and purchased the second. That novel became the first of Shayne's Wings in the Night series, which was so popular that Silhouette asked Shayne to continue writing the series even after the Shadows line was closed.

Career Success

Since then, Shayne has had over 30 novels published, including category romance, contemporary western romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, and time travel romance. She has written for the Silhouette Intimate Moments line and Silhouette Romantic Suspense and for five single-title publishing companies (Avon Books, St. Martin's Press, Penguin Putnam, Spilled Candy Books, and MIRA Books). Her paranormal romances seamlessly "combine the hearts of two such diverse genres as romance and horror" which proclaim that "the key is the redemption of the monster by the sheer power of love." Many of her novels "[blend] mysticism into everyday life in a good vs. evil scenario."

As a sideline, Shayne also worked as a writer for the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns, and even considered accepting the position of co-head-writer before deciding to devote her time to her novels. Her own novel, Eternity, has also been optioned for film.

Her novels have appeared on the USA Today, Booksense and Waldenbooks bestseller lists, and Twilight Hunger reached Number 32 on the New York Times Bestseller Extended List. Many of her books have been chosen by Doubleday Bookclub, the Mystery Guild, and Rhapsody Bookclub. On her thirteenth nomination for a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Shayne finally won the prestigious award, which is the romance community's equivalent of an Academy Award. She has also won three Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine.

Personal life

Shayne is very interested in the culture and religion of ancient Sumer, and includes some of her research in her novels, including Destiny. After several years of study at the Black Forest Clan, a chartered Wiccan seminary, Shayne has become a High Priestess and an Elder in the Wicca religion, and has been licensed as a minister. Shayne has founded her own coven, the Hawks of RavenMyst, in a "tradition" (similar to a denomination), known as the RavenMyst Circle, that she helped found.

Shayne and her husband have been married for more than twenty-five years and have five grown daughters. They live on a farm in New York.

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Wings in the Night Series

Twilight Phantasies
Twilight Memories
Twilight Illusions
Beyond Twilight (novella)
Born in Twilight
Twilight Vows (novella)
Twilight Hunger
Run from Twilight (novella)
Embrace the Twilight
Edge of Twilight
Before Blue Twilight (online novella)
Blue Twilight
Prince of Twilight
Demon's Kiss
Lovers Bite
Angel's Pain (out October 2008)
Bloodline (out May 2009)
Wings in the Night (omnibus) (books 1-3)
At Twilight (omnibus) (Born in Twilight and Beyond Twilight)
Two by Twilight (omnibus) (Run from Twilight and Twilight Vows)
Twilight Begins (omnibus) (Twilight Phantasies and Twilight Memories)

Fairies of Shara

Fairytale
Forever Enchanted

Texas Brands

The Littlest Cowboy
The Baddest Virgin in Texas
Badlands Bad Boy
The Husband She Couldn't Remember
That Mysterious Texas Brand Man
The Baddest Bride in Texas
The Outlaw Bride
Angel Meets the Badman
The Homecoming
The Texas Brand: In the Beginning (omnibus)

Eternity

Eternity
Infinity
Destiny

Oklahoma All-Girl Brands

The Brands Who Came for Christmas
Brand-new Heartache
Secrets and Lies

Novels

Reckless Angel
Kiss of the Shadow Man
Forever, Dad
A Husband in Time
Annie's Hero
Million Dollar Marriage
Out-of-this-world Marriage
The Gingerbread Man
Enemy Mind
That Mysterious Man
Thicker Than Water
Miranda's Viking
Stranger in Town
Colder Than Ice
Immortality
Darker Than Midnight
Feels Like Home
Eternal Love
Immortal Desire

Collections

Forgotten Vows (omnibus) (with Lindsay McKenna)
Strangers In The Night (omnibus) (with Anne Stuart and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust (omnibus) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Elaine Crawford, Marylyle Rogers)
Bewitched (omnibus) (with Lisa Higdon, Susan Krinard, Amy Saunders)
Brides of the Night (omnibus) (1998) (with Marilyn Tracy)
Moonglow (omnibus) (with Lindsay Longford, Angie Ray and Katherine Sutcliffe)
Silhouette Sensational: Forgotten Vows...? / license to Love / cowboy Daddy / babies On His Mind (omnibus)(with Barbara Boswell, Marie Ferrarella, Susan Mallery)
Veils of Time (omnibus) (with Lynn Kurland, Angie Ray and Ingrid Weaver)
Sinful (omnibus) (with Suzanne Forster, Lori Foster, Kimberly Randell)
After Midnight (omnibus)
Who Do You Love? (omnibus) (with Marilyn Pappano)
Two Novels (omnibus) (with Lorna Tedder)
Out of This World (omnibus) (with Laurell K. Hamilton, Susan Krinard, J D Robb)
Broken Silence (omnibus) (with Eileen Wilks and Anne Marie Winston)
Hot Summer Nights (omnibus) (with Lindsay McKenna, Dallas Schulze)
Midnight Pleasures (omnibus) (with Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Ronda Thompson)
Pregnant with His Child (omnibus) (with Marilyn Pappano)
Danger in the Shadows (omnibus) (with Linda Turner)
Special Delivery (omnibus) (with Cathy Gillen Thacker)
Hot Blooded (omnibus) (with Christine Feehan, Emma Holly, Angela Knight)
Man of My Dreams (omnibus) (with Suzanne Forster, Virginia Kantra, Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Night's Edge (omnibus) (with Barbara Hambly, Charlaine Harris)
Burning Bright (omnibus) (with Judith Arnold and Anne Stuart)
An Unexpected Family (omnibus) (with Caroline Cross)
Kick Ass (with Mary Janice Davidson, Jacey Ford, Angela Knight)
Moon Fever (with Lori Handeland, Caridad Piñeiro, and Susan Sizemore)
An Enchanted Season (with Jean Johnson, Erin McCarthy, Maggie Shayne and Nalini Singh)

Total Books: 237

2014 - Deadly Obsession [Brown and de Luca, Bk 4] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778316800
ISBN-10: 0778316807
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance

Currently 4.5/5 Stars.

2014 - Innocent Prey [Brown and de Luca, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778316589
ISBN-10: 0778316580
Genre: Romance

Currently 4/5 Stars.

2013 - Blood of the Sorceress [Portal, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778314219
ISBN-10: 0778314219
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

2012 - Daughter of the Spellcaster [Portal, Bk 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778313809
ISBN-10: 0778313808
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

2012 - Mark of the Witch [Portal, Bk 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778313335
ISBN-10: 0778313336
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

2011 - Twilight Fulfilled [Children of Twilight, Bk 2 - Wings in the Night, Bk 18] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778312673
ISBN-10: 0778312674
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

2011 - Twilight Prophecy [Children of Twilight, Bk 1 - Wings in the Night, Bk 17] (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780778329800
ISBN-10: 0778329801
Genre: Romance

Currently 4/5 Stars.

2011 - The Heart of Winter the Toughest Girl in Town / Resolution / Mystery Lover (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780373837588
ISBN-10: 0373837585
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

2010 - Blue Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 11] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780778328759
ISBN-10: 0778328759
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

2010 - Edge of Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 10] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780778328728
ISBN-10: 0778328724
Genre: Romance

Currently 4/5 Stars.

2010 - Twilight Hunger [Wings in the Night, Bk 7] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780778328711
ISBN-10: 0778328716
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

2010 - Kiss Me Kill Me [Secrets of Shadow Falls, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778328087
ISBN-10: 0778328082
Genre: Romance

Currently 4/5 Stars.

2010 - Kill Me Again [Secrets of Shadow Falls, Bk 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778328049
ISBN-10: 077832804X
Genre: Romance

Currently 4/5 Stars.

2010 - Killing Me Softly [Secrets of Shadow Falls, Bk 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778327936
ISBN-10: 0778327930
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

2010 - Who Do You Love Two Hearts / a Little Bit Dangerous [Men in Uniform] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780373362493
ISBN-10: 0373362498
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

2010 - Heart of Darkness the Darkest Angel / Love Me to Death / Lady of the Nile (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780373774319
ISBN-10: 0373774311
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

235

2009 - An Enchanted Season Melting Frosty / Charlotte's Web / Beat of Temptation / Gifts of the Magi (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780425231159
ISBN-10: 0425231151
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

2009 - Night's Edge (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780373774289
ISBN-10: 0373774281
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

2009 - Bloodline [Wings in the Night, Bk 16] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780778326182
ISBN-10: 0778326187
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

124

2009 - Wild Thing Animal Magnetism / Paradise / Hunter Kiss / Wild Hearts in Atlantis (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780425225448
ISBN-10: 0425225445
Genre: Romance

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

114

2008 - Angel's Pain [Wings in the Night, Bk 15] (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780778324980
ISBN-10: 0778324982
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

175

2008 - Weddings From Hell Till Death / Happily Never After / Ghouls Night Out / the Wedding Knight (Paperback)

2008 - Lover's Bite [Wings in the Night, Bk 14] (Paperback) → Paperback

2007 - Demon's Kiss [Wings in the Night, Bk 13] (Paperback) → Paperback

2007 - Eternal Love (Paperback)

2007 - Moon Fever Tempting Fate / the Darkness Within / Cobwebs Over the Moon / Crazy for the Cat (Paperback)

2007 - Wild Thing Animal Magnetism / Paradise / Hunter Kiss / Wild Hearts in Atlantis (Paperback) → Paperback

2007 - Sheer Pleasure Daydream Believer / Leather and Lace / Awaiting Moonrise (Paperback)

2007 - Immortal Desire (Paperback)

2006 - Prince of Twilight [Wings of the Night, Bk 12] (Paperback) → Paperback

2006 - Kick Ass (Paperback)

2006 - Embrace the Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 8] (Paperback) → Paperback

2006 - Twilight Hunger [Wings in the Night, Bk 7] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2005 - Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered Everything She Does Is Magick / Musketeer By Moonlight / the Con and the Crusader (Paperback)

2005 - Feels Like Home [Oklahoma All-Girl Brands, Bk 4 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1395] (Paperback)

2005 - Darker Than Midnight [Mordecai Young, Bk 3] (Paperback)

2005 - Colder Than Ice [Mordecai Young, Bk 2] (Paperback) → Paperback

2005 - Edge of Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 10] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2005 - Two By Twilight Run From Twilight / Twilight Vows [Wings in the Night] (Paperback) → Paperback

2005 - Immortality (Paperback)

2005 - Kick Ass the Bride Wore a 44 / the Incredible Misadventures of Boo and the Boy Blunder / Warfem / Painkillers (Paperback)

2005 - Blue Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 11 - Large Print] (Hardcover)

2005 - Blue Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 11] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2005 - Blue Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 11] (Hardcover) → Paperback

2005 - Thicker Than Water [Mordecai Young, Bk 1] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2004 - An Unexpected Family Forever Dad / the Baby Blizzard (Paperback)

2004 - Burning Bright Return of the Light / Star Light Star Bright / One for Each Night [Harlequin American Romance, No 1041] (Paperback)

2004 - Colder Than Ice [Mordecai Young, Bk 2] (Paperback) → Paperback

2004 - Man of My Dreams Fire and Ice / Daydream Believer / Shocking Lucy / Midsummer Night's Magic (Paperback) → Hardcover

2004 - Hot Blooded Dark Hunger / Awaiting Moonrise / the Night Owl / Seduction's Gift (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2004 - Reckless Angel (Paperback)

2004 - Edge of Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 10] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2004 - The Chosen 2 Vampire Novels (Paperback)

2003 - Midnight Pleasures Darkfest / Phantom Lover / Under Her Spell / a Wulf's Curse (Paperback)

2003 - Enemy Mind [Family Secrets, Bk 1] (Paperback)

2003 - Broken Silence the Invisible VIrgin / a Matter of Duty / Inviting Trouble [Family Secrets, Bk 4] (Paperback)

2003 - Two By Twilight Run From Twilight / Twilight Vows [Wings in the Night] (Paperback) → Paperback

2003 - Embrace the Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 8] (Paperback) → Paperback

2003 - Thicker Than Water [Mordecai Young, Bk 1] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2002 - Secrets and Lies [Oklahoma All-Girl Brands, Bk 3 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1189] (Paperback)

2002 - The Texas Brand in the Beginning [By Request 3's] (Paperback)

2002 - Twilight Hunger [Wings in the Night, Bk 7] (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2002 - At Twilight Beyond Twilight / Born at Twilight [Wings in the Night] (Paperback)

2002 - Secrets and Lies [Oklahoma Brands, Bk 3] (Paperback)

2001 - The Gingerbread Man (Paperback) → Hardcover

2001 - Out of This World Interlude in Death / Kinsman / Immortality / Magic Like Heat Across My Skin (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

2001 - The Homecoming [Texas Brands, Bk 9] (Paperback)

2001 - Destiny [Immortals, Bk 3] (Paperback)

2001 - The Gingerbread Man [Brown and de Luca, Bk 8] (Hardcover) → Paperback

2000 - The Brands Who Came for Christmas [Oklahoma All-Girl Brands, Bk 1 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1039] (Paperback)

2000 - Who Do You Love Two Hearts / a Little Bit Dangerous [Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1033] (Paperback)

2000 - Angel Meets the Badman [Texas Brand, Bk 8 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1000] (Paperback)

2000 - Sinful Unbuttoning Emmalina / Tangled Images / Sinderella / Leather and Lace (Paperback)

1999 - The Outlaw Bride [Texas Brand, Bk 7 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 967] (Paperback)

1999 - Infinity [Immortal Witches, Bk 2] (Paperback)

1999 - Million Dollar Marriage [Fortunes of Texas, Bk 1] (Paperback) → Paperback

1999 - The Baddest Bride in Texas [Texas Brand, Bk 6 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 907] (Paperback)

1999 - Million Dollar Marriage [Fortunes of Texas, Bk 1] (Paperback) → Paperback

1998 - Eternity [Immortal Witches, Bk 1] (Paperback)

1998 - Brides of the Night Twilight Vows / Married By Dawn [Sihouette Intimate Moments, No 883] (Paperback)

1998 - Moonglow (Paperback)

1998 - The Husband She Couldn't Remember [Texas Brand, Bk 4 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 854] (Paperback)

1997 - Bewitched Saving Sirena / Everything She Does Is Magick / to Mend a Spell / to Mend a Spell (Paperback)

1997 - Annie's Hero (Paperback)

1997 - Badlands Bad Boy [Texas Brand, Bk 3 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 809] (Paperback)

1997 - Baddest VIrgin in Texas [The Texas Brand - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 788] (Paperback)

1997 - Forever Enchanted [Fairies of Shara, Bk 2] (Paperback)

1997 - Born in Twilight [Wings in the Night, Bk 5] (Paperback)

1997 - A Husband in Time [Fortune's Children, Bk 7] (Paperback) → Paperback

1996 - A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust (Paperback)

1996 - The Littlest Cowboy [The Texas Brand, Bk 1 - Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 716] (Paperback)

1996 - Fairytale [Fairies of Shara, Bk 1] (Paperback)

1996 - Forever Dad [Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 694] (Paperback)

1995 - Twilight Illusions [Wings in the Night, Bk 3 - Silhouette Shadows, No 47] (Paperback)

1994 - Kiss of the Shadow Man [Silhouette Shadows, No 38] (Paperback)

1994 - Twilight Memories [Wings in the Night, Bk 2 - Silhouette Shadows, No 30] (Paperback)

1993 - Twilight Phantasies [Wings in the Night, Bk 1 - Silhouette Shadows, No 18] (Paperback)

1993 - Reckless Angel [Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 522] (Paperback)