Sabrina Jeffries
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Sabrina Jeffries is the pen name of a best-selling American
author
of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.
. Over the next eleven years, Jeffries had many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and experiencing the entire series of rabies shots. Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.
Jeffries earned a Ph.D.
in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce
. While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University
, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation. Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure. She has since sold thirty-nine novels. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Jeffries has won the Holt Medallion Award, the Maggie, and the Booksellers' Best Award and her novels often place high on the USAToday Bestseller's list. Her novels Beware a Scot's Revenge and Let Sleeping Rogues Lie became New York Times Bestsellers.
Jeffries writes in her home office. She also participates in a group blog called The Goddess Blogs. Because her family's schedules fluctuate, however, she sometimes does not sit down to write until the middle of the night. In her limited spare time, Jeffries spends time making jewelry, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and reading.
Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina
with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic
.
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of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.
Biography
Jeffries lived a normal childhood until she was seven, when her parents became missionaries and moved the family to ThailandThailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. Over the next eleven years, Jeffries had many adventures, including being chased by a baby elephant, playing in a rain forest, and experiencing the entire series of rabies shots. Because she only had her siblings to play with, Jeffries escaped into the world of books, reading everything from comic books to classics, with romance novels being her favorites. She began making up her own stories when she was twelve, only to discover that every one of them was a romance of some sort.
Jeffries earned a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
. While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation. Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead. After realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night. Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure. She has since sold thirty-nine novels. She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas. Jeffries has won the Holt Medallion Award, the Maggie, and the Booksellers' Best Award and her novels often place high on the USAToday Bestseller's list. Her novels Beware a Scot's Revenge and Let Sleeping Rogues Lie became New York Times Bestsellers.
Jeffries writes in her home office. She also participates in a group blog called The Goddess Blogs. Because her family's schedules fluctuate, however, she sometimes does not sit down to write until the middle of the night. In her limited spare time, Jeffries spends time making jewelry, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and reading.
Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a large town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it is the second largest municipality in that county and the third largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham...
with her husband and son, Nick, who is autistic
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
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Lord Trilogy
- The Pirate Lord (1998)
- The Forbidden Lord (1999)
- The Dangerous Lord (2000)
Swanle
- A Dangerous Love (2000)
- A Notorious Love (2001)
- After the Abduction (2002)
- Dance of Seduction (2003)
- Married to the Viscount (2004)
The Royal Brotherhood Series
- In the Prince's Bed (2004)
- To Pleasure a Prince (2005)
- One Night With a Prince (2005)
School for Heiresses Series
- Never Seduce a Scoundrel (2006)
- Only a Duke Will Do (2006)
- Beware a Scot's Revenge (2007)
- Let Sleeping Rogues Lie (2008)
- Don't Bargain With the Devil (2009)
- Wed Him Before You Bed Him (2009)
Hellions of Halstead Hall Series
- The Truth About Lord Stoneville (2010)
- A Hellion in Her Bed (2010)
- How To Woo A Reluctant Lady (January 18, 2011)
- To Wed a Wild Lord (November, 2011)
Novellas
- "The Widow's Auction" in Fantasy (2002)
- "Gone But Not Forgetting" in A Day in Mossy Creek (2006)
- Novella in At Home in Mossy Creek (2007)
- "Ten Reasons to Stay" in School for Heiresses (2007)
- "When Sparks Fly" in Snowy Night With a Stranger (2008)
Novels
- Moonlight Enchantment (1992)
- Creole Nights (1992)
- By Love Unveiled (1993)
- Silver Deceptions (1994)
- Dangerous Angel (1994)
- Stormswept (1995)
- Windswept (1996)
- Creole Bride (1997)
Novellas
- "Too Wicked for Heaven" in One Night With a Rogue (1995)
- "Out of the Night" in Dance With the Devil (1997)
As Deborah Nicholas
- Night Vision (1993)
- Silent Sonata (1994)
- Shattered Reflections (1996)