Joan Elliott Pickart is a popular United States

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 writer

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 of over 100 romance novel

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s since 1984. She also writes under the pen name Robin Elliott. She is the co-founder of the Professional Writers of Prescott, a member of the national Romance Writers of America, the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter of Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America is a national non-profit genre writers association. It provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction and supports top authors such as Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught.-History:...

 (RWA), and a charter member and co-president of the Northern Arizona RWA.

Biography

Joan Elliott Pickart is a Virgo. Her mother was widowed young, raised her and her two sisters. She always has a stack waiting to be read, her favourite books are those written by LaVyrle Spencer

LaVyrle Spencer

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.

Elliott is the co-founder of the Professional Writers of Prescott, a member of the national Romance Writers of America, the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter of RWA, and a charter member and co-president of the Northern Arizona RWA.

Elliott is a single mom, she has three grown daughters (one deceased) and two little grandsons, and in 1995 she traveled to China and adopted her fourth daughter, three-month-old Autumn. Joan and Autumn live in the high-pine country of Arizona in Prescott.

Awards

• 1985: Award winner of Best New Series Author of the Year from Romantic Times Magazine.
• Award winner of Outstanding Achievement and a Certificate of Recognition for Notable Attainment as an Author by The Society of Southwestern Writers.
• Two-time Award finalist of Golden Medallion (RITA) of the Romance Writers of America.

Single novels

• Breaking All the Rules (1984)
• Fascination (1985)
• The Finishing Touch (1985)
• Look for the Sea Gulls (1985)
• All the Tomorrows (1985)
• The Shadowless Day (1985)
• Midnight Ryder (1985)
• Rainbow's Angel (1985)
• Sunlight's Promise (1985)
• Waiting for Prince Charming (1985)
• The Eagle Catcher (1986)
• Secrets of Autumn (1986)
• Listen for the Drummer (1986)
• Mr Lonelyhearts (1986)
• Illusions (1987)
• Leprechaun (1987)
• Wild Poppies (1987)
• Lucky Penny (1987)
• Reforming Freddy (1987)
• January in July (1988)
• Serenity Cove (1988)
• To First Be Friends (1989)
• Holly's Hope (1989)
• The Magic of the Moon (1989)
• The Bonnie Blue (1990)
• Storming the Castle (1990)
• Mixed Signals (1990)
• To Love and to Cherish (1990)
• From This Day Forward (1991)
• Whispered Wishes (1991)
• Preston Harper, MD (1991)
• The Devil in Stone (1991)
• Memories (1991)
• Irresistible (1992)
• Night Magic (1992)
• Angels Singing (1993)
• Amber, Sing Softly (1994)
• Apache Dream Bride (1996)
• A Little Christmas Cookbook (1997)
• Just My Joe (1999)
• Gauntlet Run (1999)
• Man... Mercenary... Monarch (2001)
• Single with Twins (2002)
• The Parker Project (2004)
• Texas Baby: Texas Love Stories (2004)
• The Hero Returns (2006)

The Baby Bet: MacAllister's Gifts Series

1. Angels and Elves (1995)
2. Friends, Lovers... and Babies! (1996)
3. The Father of Her Child (1996)
4. To a MacAllister Born (2000)
5. His Secret Son (2000)
6. Baby, MacAllister-made (2000)
7. Her Little Secret (2001)
8. Plain Jane MacAllister (2002)
9. The Royal MacAllister (2003)
10. Tall, Dark and Irresistible (2003)
11. The Marrying Macallister (2003)
12. Accidental Family (2004)
13. Macallister's Return (2005)
14. A Bride By Christmas (2005)
15. Home Again (2005)

MacAllister's Wager (Omnibus) (2002)

Marriage MacAllister Style (Omnibus) (2005)

Texas Family Men Series

1. Texas Dawn (1997)
2. Texas Glory (1997)
3. Texas Moon (1997)
4. Texas Baby (1997)

Bachelor Bet Series

1. The Irresistible Mr. Sinclair (1999)
2. Taming Tall, Dark Brandon (2000)
3. The Most Eligible MD (2000)

Omnibus In Collaboration

• A Mother's Gift (1998) (with Kathleen Eagle
  Kathleen Eagle
  Kathleen Eagle is an American author of over 40 romance novels.-Biography:...
  
   and Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  )
• Baby Love (1999) (with Victoria Pade)
• His Secret Life (2000) (with B.J. James)
• Crowned Hearts (2001) (with Diana Palmer
  Diana Palmer (author)
  Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth is an award winning American writer well-known as Diana Palmer, who has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S...
  
   and Linda Turner)
• Body of Evidence (2003) (with Justine Davis and Jackie Merritt)
• Ride the Thunder / Plain Jane MacAllister (2003) (with Lindsay McKenna)
• Nobody's Child / Older Woman / Royal MacAllister (2004) (with Cheryl Reavis and Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  )
• Hot August Nights / Accidental Family (2004) (with Christine Flynn)
• Parker Project / Blind Attraction (2004) (with Myrna Mackenzie)
• For the Love of Pete / Homecoming Hero Returns (2005) (with Sherryl Woods
  Sherryl Woods
  Sherryl Woods is an American writer of over 110 romance and mystery novels since 1982. She also signed her novels as Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Home Again / Taming A Dark Horse (2005) (with Stella Bagwell)
• Bride by Christmas / Mistletoe Manoeuvres (2005) (with Margaret Allison)
• Best Friends and Lovers (2006) (with Sherryl Woods
  Sherryl Woods
  Sherryl Woods is an American writer of over 110 romance and mystery novels since 1982. She also signed her novels as Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill.-Biography:...
  
  )
• For the Twins (2006) (with Maureen Child
  Maureen Child
  Maureen Child is an American writer of over 50 romance novels since 1990. She has written under the pen names Ann Carberry, Sara Hart and Kathleen Kane.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Bride By Christmas / Trust Me (2006) (with Caroline Cross)
• For Their Child's Sake (2006) (with Suzanne Brockmann
  Suzanne Brockmann
  Suzanne Brockmann is an award-winning American romantic fiction writer. She lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, Ed Gaffney, and their two children, Melanie and Jason...
  
  )

Single novels

• Brookes Chance (1986)
• Picture of Love (1986)
• Betting Man (1987)
• Dawn's Gift (1987)
• Silver Sands (1987)
• Out of the Cold (1988)
• Sophie's Attic (1992)
• Not Just Another Perfect Wife (1993)
• Haven's Call (1994)
• Mother at Heart (1995)

External links

• Joan Elliott Pickart's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction's Website