Ally Blake
Encyclopedia
Biography
Blake was born in a small town in OutbackOutback
The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".-Overview:The outback is home to a...
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
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. She graduated from St Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane, duxing Theatre. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Queensland, with a double English major.
Blake was a cheerleader for both the Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
football team and the Gold Coast Rollers basketball teams. She was a contracted dancer on The Footy Show for Channel Nine
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. For two years, she was the secretary of the Queensland branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society
Australian Cinematographers Society
The Australian Cinematographers Society is an Australian organisation established in 1958 for cinematographers to meet and discuss the issues that affected them...
.
Blake married in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
in 2000, and since then has lived in both Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and risbane}}. She and her husband have three children.
Career
In 2003, Ally's first romance novel, The Wedding Wish, was published by Harlequin Mills & BoonMills & Boon
Mills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...
. This book was nominated by industry magazine Romantic Times as Best First Series Romance of 2004. Since that time she has sold 16 novels, both for the Harlequin Romance and Modern Heat imprints. In 2007 she was nominated for the reader judged HOLT (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) Medallion for Best Traditional Romance published in 2006.
Ally has now sold over one million books worldwide in over twenty-five countries. She has taken courses at public libraries and romance writing conventions and has appeared in the print media and on A Current Affair. She also designs romance author websites including those for award winners Liz Fielding, Lucy Gordon and Trish Wylie as well as her own
Harlequin Romances
- Hired: The Boss's Bride ~ October 2008
- Falling for the Rebel Heir ~ March 2008
- Millionaire To The Rescue ~ October 2007
- Billionaire On Her Doorstep ~ June 2007
- Meant-To-Be Mother ~ January 2007
- Wanted: Outback Wife (Miniseries: Brides of Bella Lucia) ~ October 2006
- A Father In The Making ~ April 2006
- The Shock Engagement (Miniseries: Office Gossip) ~ November 2005
- Marriage Make-Over ~ January 2005
- Marriage Material ~ June 2004
- The Wedding Wish ~ December 2003
Silhouette Romances
- A Mother For His Daughter ~ December 2006
- How To Marry A A Billionaire ~ November 2006
Modern Heat (aka Modern Extra Sensual Romances)
- The Magnate's Indecent Proposal ~ May 2008
- Steamy Surrender ~ September 2007
- Getting Down To Business ~ April 2007
Other
- Sizzle, Seduce & Simmer ~ November 2007
- The Barrackers Are Shouting (by fans of the Collingwood Football ClubCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
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