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Award-Winning Books

Susan Lyons’ first two novels took five first places in contests in 2007. “Champagne Rules” and “Hot in Here” between them won the Bookseller’s Best Award for single title contemporary, the Bookseller’s Best Award for first book, the More Than Magic award for erotic romance, the Golden Quill for erotic romance and the Aspen Gold for erotic romance.

Catherine Kean's medieval historical romance A Knight's Vengeance won second place in the Historical Category of Lake Country Romance Writers' 2007 Barclay Gold Contest.

The cover of Opal Carew's SWING won fifth place in the "Judge a Book By It's Cover" contest, sponsored by Houston Bay Area RWA.

Contests

20/02/2008
Win a signed copy of Catherine Kean's medieval A Knight's Reward, due in bookstores in April and book two of her Knight's Series.  Two contest winners will be drawn.  To enter, subscribe to Catherine's announcement-only email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CatherineKeanNews/. Winners will be randomly drawn on Sunday, April 20.
 

Upcoming Conferences

Write On, Vancouver – May 2-3, 2008
Feature speaker Lisa Jackson, regular bestselling author on the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly lists, will discuss Hot Sex, Cold Death: Writing Your Romantic Suspense Novel with topics including plotting, setting, characterization and market. Jackson will also give a luncheon keynote address. Also featuring: Michael Slade, BC author of 13 SpecialX thrillers, on A Male Author’s Perspective; and Policing: Getting it Right by Peter Ditchfield, manager, Law Enforcement and Regulatory Training Program, Justice Institute of BC. Appointments with editor-in-chief of Kensington Books, John Scognamiglio and Kathryn Lye, editor, Harlequin Silhouette. Special feature, Friday evening (May 2): join Eileen Cook, Berkley author and counselor, on Perfecting Your Pitch or Discovering Your Author Brand: Mapping Your Way to the NYT List with Theresa Meyers, author and publicist, Blue Moon Communications. Sponsored by Greater Vancouver Chapter, Romance Writers of America.

For more information: http://www.rwagvc.com/wov/wov-index.html.

Upcoming Workshops

None at this time.