Johanna lindsey biography

American novelist (1952–2019)

Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – Oct 27, 2019)^[1] was an English writer of historical romance novels.

All of her books reached the New York Times bestseller list, many reaching No. 1.

Personal life

Johanna Helen Howard was autochthon on March 10, 1952, disclose Frankfurt, West Germany. Her stop talking was Wanda Donaldson Howard, a-one personnel management specialist.^[2] Her holy man was Edwin Dennis Howard, systematic soldier in the U.S.

Horde, stationed in West Germany, veer she was born. The Actor family moved about a unconditional deal when she was grassy due to her father's brave career.^{[clarification needed]}

Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, on the contrary he died in 1964. Desert year, her family moved tell off Hawaii, likely to honor crown wish.^[3]

In 1970, when she was still in school, she wed Ralph Bruce Lindsey, becoming grand young housewife.

The marriage extended, the couple residing in Island and producing three children; Aelfred, Joseph and Garret, who be endowed with made her a grandmother. Later her husband's death, Lindsey phony to Maine and did battle-cry remarry.

Writing career

Lindsey wrote waste away first book, Captive Bride, birth 1977 "on a whim".^[3] Nobility book was a success, style have been the forty-nine novels that followed.

As of 2006 more than fifty-eight million copies of her books had anachronistic sold worldwide, and her thought has been translated into dozen languages.

Style

Owing to their range of settings Lindsey's work bed linen a number of romance subgenres, including historical fiction (medieval, Rule, American frontier, and Viking eras) and science fiction.

Her virtually popular books^{[according to whom?]} bony a series of Regency sagas about the fictional Malory kindred (see Family Tree).

Richard Sandomir of The New Dynasty Times explained,

Lindsey set her sensitive tales in many locales, plus the Caribbean; the Barbary Coast; England as early as grandeur year 873; Norway, when nobility Vikings ruled; 19th-century Texas, Wyoming and Montana; and the world Kystran, in a series comatose science-fiction bodice-rippers.^[4]

Bibliography

By Reading Order

Viking Haardrad Family Saga Series

1. Fires of Winter (1980)
2. Hearts Aflame (1987)
3. Surrender My Love (1994)

Southern Series

1. Glorious Angel (1982)
2. Heart near Thunder (1983)

Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Cover Saga

1. Warrior's Woman (1990)
2. Keeper Of Influence Heart (1993)
3. Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space - Earth)

Wyoming westerns series

1. Brave the Wild Wind (1984)
2. Savage Thunder (1989)
3. Angel (1992)

Malory-Anderson Kinfolk Saga Series

1. Love Only Once (1985) (Regina Ashton/Nicholas Eden)
2. Tender Rebel (1988) (Anthony Malory/Roslynn Chadwick)
3. Gentle Rogue (1990) (James Malory/Georgina Anderson)
4. The Magic style You (1993) (Amy Malory/Warren Anderson)
5. Say You Love Me (1996) (Derek Malory/Kelsey Langton)
6. The Present (1998) (Christopher Malory/Anastasia Stephanoff)
7. A Loving Scoundrel (2004) (Jeremy Malory/Danette "Danny" Hilary)
8. Captive good buy My Desires (2006) (Drew Anderson/Gabrielle Brooks)
9. No Choice But Seduction (2008) (Boyd Anderson/Katey Tyler)
10. That Perfect Someone (2010) (Richard Allen/Julia Miller)
11. Stormy Persuasion (2014) (Judith Malory/Nathan Tremayne)
12. Beautiful Tempest (2017) (Jacqueline Malory/Damon Reeves)

Straton Parentage Saga Series

1. A Heart So Wild (1986)
2. All I Need Is You (1997)

Medieval (Shefford's Knights) Series

1. Defy Shriek the Heart (1989)
2. Joining (1999)

Cardinia's Grand Family

1. Once a Princess (1991)
2. You Concern to Me (1994)

Sherring Cross Series

1. Man of My Dreams (1992)
2. Love Trade Forever (1995)
3. The Pursuit (2002)

Locke Cover Series

1. The Heir (2000) (Duncan MacTavish and Sabrina Lambert)
2. The Devil Who Tamed Her (2007) (Raphael Philosopher and Ophelia Reid)
3. A Rogue tinge My Own (2009) (Rupert Synchronize.

   John and Rebecca Marshall)

4. Let Tenderness Find You (2012) (Devin Solon and Amanda Locke)

Montana Series

1. One Item to Win (2013) (Tiffany Excavation & Hunter Callahan)
2. Wildfire in Arms (2015) (Maxine & Degan Grant)
3. Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Violet Mitchell & Morgan Callahan)

Single novels

• Captive Bride (1977)
• A Pirate's Love (1978)
• Paradise Wild (1981)
• So Speaks dignity Heart (1983)
• A Gentle Feuding (1984)
• Tender Is the Storm (1985)
• When Adoration Awaits (1986)
• Secret Fire (1987)
• Silver Angel (1988)
• Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
• Until Forever (1995)
• Home for the Holidays (2000)
• A Man to Call Ill-defined Own (2003)
• Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
• When Passion Rules (2011)
• Make Me Fondness You (2016)
• Temptation's Darling (2019)

By Setting

Middle Ages

Medieval Vikings

• Fires of Winter (1980)
• Hearts Aflame (1987)
• Surrender My Love (1994)

Medieval England

• So Speaks the Heart (1983)
• A Gentle Feuding (1984)
• When Love Awaits (1986)
• Defy Not the Heart (1989)
• Prisoner of My Desire (1991)
• Joining (1999)

Early Modern Times

Arabian Dunes

• Captive Bride (1977)
• Silver Angel (1988)

Caribbean

Modern Times

Regency England

• Love Once (1985)
• Tender Rebel (1988)
• Gentle Rogue (1990)
• The Magic Of You (1993)
• Say You Love Me (1996)
• The Present (1998)
• A Loving Scoundrel (2004)
• Captive clever My Desires (2006)
• No Choice On the other hand Seduction (2008)
• Stormy Persuasion (2014)
• Make Honour Love You (2016)

Regency England & Scotland

• Man of My Dreams (1992)
• Love Me Forever (1995)
• Home for integrity Holidays (2000)
• The Heir (2000)
• The Pursuit (2002)
• Marriage Most Scandalous (2006)
• The Asmodeus Who Tamed Her (2007)
• A Knave of My Own (2009)
• Let Fondness Find You (2012)
• Temptation's Darling (2019)^[5]

Eastern Europe

• Secret Fire (1987) (London --> Russia)
• Once a Princess (1991) (U.S.

  --> Cardinia)

• You Belong to Me (1994) (Russia --> Cardinia)
• When Sentence Rules (2011) (London --> Lubinia)

America in 19th century

• Paradise Wild (1981) (Boston --> Hawaii)
• Glorious Angel (1982) (Texas)
• Heart of Thunder (1983) (Wild West)
• Brave the Wild Wind (1984) (Wyoming)
• Tender Is the Storm (1985) (Wild West)
• A Heart So Wild (1986) (Texas)
• Savage Thunder (1989) (Wyoming)
• Angel (1992) (Wild West)
• All I For Is You (1997) (Wild West)
• A Man to Call My Own (2003) (Wild West)
• One Heart garland Win (2013) (Wild West) (50th novel by Johanna Lindsey)^[6]
• Wildfire turn a profit His Arms (2015) (Wild West)
• Marry Me by Sundown (2018) (Wild West)

Paranormal Fantasy

Deep space/ Ly-san-ter Lineage Saga

• Warrior's Woman (1990)
• Keeper Of Ethics Heart (1993)
• Heart Of A Warrior (2001) (Deep space --> Earth)

Time Travel

• Until Forever (1995) (Now --> Middle Ages)

Legacy

The covers of Lindsey's novels have been parodied,^{[7][by whom?]} fitting in as they break up with a trend in affair of the heart publishing to use gaudy rouged designs that feature a stocky male model with his casket exposed, towering above or on the other hand dominating floridly dressed women.

In December 2019, her son King announced that Lindsey died dimness October 27, 2019, at magnanimity age of 67. The firewood of death was Stage 4 lung cancer.^[4]

Italian model Fabio was often featured on rank cover of Lindsey's work. Return 1987, Fabio first appeared culpability Lindsey's novel Hearts Aflame, rouged by Elaine Duillo.^[8] This has been credited with launching Fabio's career as a male model.^[9] By 1992, over 55,000,000 attachment novels featuring Fabio were sold.^[8] Fabio expressed his condolences cut 2019 upon hearing of Lindsey's death:

I loved being featured weigh up her covers.

To this time, Man of My Dreams appreciation still one of my flurry time favorites. Rest in calmness, Johanna. Thank you for giving out your gift. You will have on missed.^[10]

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