WRW Celebrates Our Published Authors!

WRW’s published authors comprise approximately one third of our membership and have a collective bibliography of over 1,000 titles in book-length, hard and soft cover fiction. (If you're a member and you would like to be on this list, please click here for instructions.)   #

Lisa E. Arlt http://www.LisaArlt.com

After 10 years in the US Foreign Service, Lisa E. Arlt resigned to write books, raise children and follow her husband around the world on his diplomatic adventures. Her first book, Smoke and Mirrors, was released in 1998 by Harlequin Temptation. Lisa is now writing women’s fiction novels as well as books for children.  #

Catherine Asaro http://www.catherineasaro.net

Catherine Asaro's stories blend hard science fiction, romance, and exciting space adventure. A two-time winner of the Nebula Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, she has also earned recognition from the romance community as a finalist in the RITA contest and three-time winner of the Romantic Times Book Club award for "Best Science Fiction Novel." She has published over twenty novels, many of which belong to her acclaimed saga of the Skolian Empire. Her Lost Continent fantasy series helped launch Harlequin imprint Luna Books. Recently, her career entered a new phase when she added a musical soundtrack to her book Diamond Star. When not writing, recording or touring, Catherine also coaches a nationally-recognized team of math and physics scholars.  #

Gail Barrett http://www.gailbarrett.com/

Gail Barrett always knew she’d be a writer, but it wasn’t until she read her first Silhouette novel that she realized she was destined to write romance. After living everywhere from Spain to the Bahamas, earning a graduate degree in Linguistics, and teaching high school Spanish for years, she finally fulfilled that lifelong goal. Her books have won numerous awards, including the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Book Buyers’ Best Award, and Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart. She currently lives in western Maryland. When not writing novels, she reads, travels, and enjoys walking with her husband in the woods. Readers can contact her through her website: http://www.gailbarrett.com.   #

Heidi Betts http://www.HeidiBetts.com, http://www.HeidiBetts.com/WIPSandChains, http://www.HeidiBetts.com/MustLoveYarn

Bestselling, award-winning author Heidi Betts combines believable characters with compelling plotlines to create stories that focus on the commitment of one man and one woman to each other. She has written more than a dozen historical and contemporary romances, with several more projects in the works. Her first title for Silhouette Desire hit #1 on the Waldenbooks Series Romance Bestseller List, where her books have continued to make an appearance ever since. Heidi is now writing sexy, funny (knitting!) single title contemporaries for St. Martin’s Press, and loves to read, write, watch movies (and just a little too much television), and surround herself with furry, four-legged friends in her home in the beautiful hills of Central Pennsylvania.  #

Karna Small Bodman http://www.karnabodman.com

Karna's first novel, Checkmate, a political thriller with a strong romantic element, was released in hardback in early 2007. The sequel, Gambit, will be out in early 2008. These stories involve The White House where she served for six years, first as Deputy Press Secretary and later as Senior Director of the National Security Council. Karna was also on the air for 15 years as a TV news anchor and reporter in San Fracisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and then did political commentary for ABC in New York. There are detail's on Karna's writing, her experiences, book tours and events on her website.   #