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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 11:08 AM

For my weekly newspaper column for next week, I am writing about the appeal
of the romance novel, library resources for romance readers, etc. I was
thinking it would be fun to also include a list of novels which use romance
writers as characters, for that behind-the-scenes look. All I can think of
is Elizabeth Peters' marvelous Jacqueline Kirby, but I know there are
others. Binnie? Anyone? I will post if you all can come up with more than
one or two. Thanks -- and Happy Valentine's Day!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Doxtator, Jan" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 11:39 AM

I imagine this may have been a 'book from the movie.' Catherine Lanigan
(writing as) Joan Wilder authored Romancing the Stone, and Joan was the
romance-writing protagonist.
Jan Doxtator
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Point, WI

FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 11:39 AM

Orania Papazoglou's Patience Campbell McKenna is an ex-romance writer,
turned crime writer. Two of the mysteries strongly feature romance
writers - Death's Savage Passion and Sweet Savage Death. Robert Barnard's
mystery, The Cherry Blossom Corpse, takes place at a Romance Writers
convention. Natasha Cooper's heroine Willow King is a British civil
servant who is secretly a best selling romance writer.

FROM: "Doxtator, Jan" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 11:49 AM

Mary,
If you are including films, there is Spanish director Pedro Almodovar"s
wonderful "Flower of My Secret." Here's the description:
Leo writes romance novels--but with a loveless marriage,
she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a
tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart
of gold. When their paths happen to cross, they discover
something neither had expected--a real-life love affair!
In Spanish with English subtitles.
I believe the florid movie title is also the title of her latest book.
Jan Doxtator
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Point, WI 54481

FROM: "Jeanne Ryan" <[removed]@njpublib.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 11:49 AM

Nora Roberts has The Winning Hand which features a broke librarian whose car
breaks down outside Vegas and she uses her last money to play the
slots...when she wins big she decides to pursue her dream of becoming a
romance writer.
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From: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Romance Authors as Characters


>
> Orania Papazoglou's Patience Campbell McKenna is an ex-romance writer,
> turned crime writer. Two of the mysteries strongly feature romance
> writers - Death's Savage Passion and Sweet Savage Death. Robert Barnard's
> mystery, The Cherry Blossom Corpse, takes place at a Romance Writers
> convention. Natasha Cooper's heroine Willow King is a British civil
> servant who is secretly a best selling romance writer.
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Gayle Richardson" <[removed]@spl.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:02 PM

Has anyone yet mentioned Margaret Atwood"s LADY ORACLE? If memory serves, the author in it wrote them in secret--even her husband didn't know....
Gayle Richardson
Seattle Public

>>> [removed]@biblio.org 02/09/01 08:57 AM >>>
For my weekly newspaper column for next week, I am writing about the appeal
of the romance novel, library resources for romance readers, etc. I was
thinking it would be fun to also include a list of novels which use romance
writers as characters, for that behind-the-scenes look. All I can think of
is Elizabeth Peters' marvelous Jacqueline Kirby, but I know there are
others. Binnie? Anyone? I will post if you all can come up with more than
one or two. Thanks -- and Happy Valentine's Day!

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Carolyn O'Donnell" <[removed]@ahml.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:02 PM

THE BOYFRIEND SCHOOL by Sarah Bird not only features romance writer characters - but the first part of the book is set at a Romance Writer's Convention. The book is good and lots of fun, but it was made into a fairly strange movie called Don't Tell Her It's Me.

Carolyn O'Donnell
Advisory Services Department
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
500 N. Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
847.870.4117

FROM: Tracey Callison <[removed]@addison.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:24 PM

Mercedes Lackey's Diane Tregarde is a romance writer (to pay the bills) as
well as the main character in a series of urban fantasy books. (Burning
Water, Jinx High, Children of the Night, um...)

Tracey Callison
Addison PL

FROM: Katherine Johnson <[removed]@epnet.com>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:24 PM

I believe there is a pair of romance writers in Alisa Craig's
Grub-and-Stakers series.

--
Katherine Bradley Johnson
NoveList Database Specialist
NoveList/EBSCO
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2634 Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 208
Durham, NC 27707-2830 USA
(919) 489-9412 x206 (voice)
(919) 489-7263 (fax)

Die Welt des Märchens ist die, der Welt der Wahrheit
durchaus entgegengesetzte und eben darum ihr so
durchaus ähnlich, wie das Chaos der vollendeten
Schöpfung ähnlich ist." -- NOVALIS.

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:34 PM

Thanks, Jan, but I am just looking for books at this point, not movies.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Doxtator, Jan
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:36 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Romance Authors as Characters


Mary,
If you are including films, there is Spanish director Pedro Almodovar"s
wonderful "Flower of My Secret." Here's the description:
Leo writes romance novels--but with a loveless marriage,
she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a
tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart
of gold. When their paths happen to cross, they discover
something neither had expected--a real-life love affair!
In Spanish with English subtitles.
I believe the florid movie title is also the title of her latest book.
Jan Doxtator
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Point, WI 54481

FROM: Lynne Welch <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:44 PM

Some category books:
Annette Broadrick A LOVE REMEMBERED (Silhouette Romance # 676) 1989
Lass Small COLLABORATION (Harlequin Temptation # 054) 1985
JoAnn Ross DIAL 1-800-HERO (Harlequin Temptation # 693) 1998
Stephanie James (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) DEVIL TO PAY (Silhouette Desire #
187) 1985

Best regards,
Lynne Welch

At 11:50 AM 02/09/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>For my weekly newspaper column for next week, I am writing about the appeal
>of the romance novel, library resources for romance readers, etc. I was
>thinking it would be fun to also include a list of novels which use romance
>writers as characters, for that behind-the-scenes look. All I can think of
>is Elizabeth Peters' marvelous Jacqueline Kirby, but I know there are
>others.


Lynne Welch, Reference Librarian
Herrick Memorial Library - Wellington, OH 44090
tel. 440-647-2120 fax 440-647-2103
e-mail [removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us
<http://www.wellington.lib.oh.us>

FROM: Lisa Olsen <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 1:55 PM

"Luke" by Jennifer Blake has a heroine who is a romance writer and a hero
is not quite sure he wants to recognize himself in her books.

Tanya Huff's Blood series features a (male) vampire who writes romance
novels to pay the bills.


__________________________________________________

Lisa A. Olsen

Information Services

Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
East Regional Library
4809 Clinton Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301-8401

(910)485-2955

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Mary Rindfleisch wrote:

> For my weekly newspaper column for next week, I am writing about the appeal
> of the romance novel, library resources for romance readers, etc. I was
> thinking it would be fun to also include a list of novels which use romance
> writers as characters, for that behind-the-scenes look. All I can think of
> is Elizabeth Peters' marvelous Jacqueline Kirby, but I know there are
> others. Binnie? Anyone? I will post if you all can come up with more than
> one or two. Thanks -- and Happy Valentine's Day!
>
> Mary Rindfleisch
> Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Ridgefield Library
> 472 Main St.
> Ridgefield, CT 06877
> Phone: 203-438-2282
> e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Jeanne Etling <[removed]@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 2:05 PM

Mary,

One of the Temple Barr mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas takes place at a
Romance Writer's convention. I can't remember which one, but her landlady
is a Romance Writer wannabe.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 3:55 PM

Diana Tregarde, Mercedes Lackey's psychic/witch/exorcist, is a romance
author in "real" life. Her adventures are told in "Jinx High," "Burning
Water," and "Children of the Night."
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FROM: "Sarah Stein" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 3:55 PM

Has anyone mentioned the series by Orania Papzoglou (who is also Jane Haddam)?

2 Papazoglou orania DPL HOYT MYSTRY 1990
Once and always murder FIC P1965on

3 Papazoglou orania DPL HOYT MYSTRY 1988
Rich, radiant slaughter FIC P1965ri

5 Papazoglou orania DPL HOYT MYSTRY 1986
Death's savage passion FIC P1965de

6 Papazoglou orania DPL HOYT MYSTRY 1985
Wicked, loving murder YFIC P1965wi

sarah

Sarah Stein
Senior Special Collections Librarian
Denver Public Library
Denver, Colorado, USA
[removed]@denver.lib.co.us

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 4:17 PM

>From: Katherine Johnson <[removed]@epnet.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Romance Authors as Characters
>Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:14:58 -0500
>
>I believe there is a pair of romance writers in Alisa Craig's
>Grub-and-Stakers series.
>


Close. A romance writer married to a writer of Westerns!
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FROM: Cindy McCormack <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 5:52 PM

Jude Deveraux's book, "Remembrance" is about a romance author. She even
wrote it in first person.

At 11:50 AM 2/9/01 -0500, you wrote:
>For my weekly newspaper column for next week, I am writing about the appeal
>of the romance novel, library resources for romance readers, etc. I was
>thinking it would be fun to also include a list of novels which use romance
>writers as characters, for that behind-the-scenes look. All I can think of
>is Elizabeth Peters' marvelous Jacqueline Kirby, but I know there are
>others. Binnie? Anyone? I will post if you all can come up with more than
>one or two. Thanks -- and Happy Valentine's Day!
>
>Mary Rindfleisch
>Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
>Ridgefield Library
>472 Main St.
>Ridgefield, CT 06877
>Phone: 203-438-2282
>e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
Cindy McCormack
St. Charles City-County Library District
Corporate Parkway Branch
St. Charles, MO.

FROM: "Renee Zurn" <[removed]@duluth.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 2/9/01, 6:02 PM

I believe the woman in the Dee Henderson novel "Danger in the Shadows" is a romance writer, but maybe she is a mystery writer. Our copy is out and I can not check. I remember that the police - who were trying to locate this woman to protect her from the bad guys - keep underestimating her because she only wrote romances.

Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library
520 W. Superior St.
Duluth MN 55802

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/14/01, 11:35 AM

We seem to have hit the end of inspiration on this topic so here, for your
enjoyment, is the compiled list of books featuring romance authors as
characters. Thanks to all for the suggestions.

Margaret Atwood -- Lady Oracle
Robert Barnard -- The Cherry Blossom Corpse
Sarah Bird -- The Boyfriend School
Jennifer Blake -- Luke
Annette Broadrick -- A Love Remembered (Silhouette Romance #676)
Natasha Cooper -- Willow King mystery series
Alisa Craig -- The Grub-and-Stakers mystery series
Jude Deveraux -- Remembrance
Carole Nelson Douglas -- title unidentified but it is one of the Temple
Barr/Midnight Louie mysteries set at a romance writers convention
Dee Henderson -- Danger in the Shadows
Tanya Huff -- Blood series
Stephanie James -- Devil to Pay (Silhouette Desire #187)
Jayne Ann Krentz -- The Cowboy (Harlequin Temptation)
Mercedes Lackey -- the Diane Tregarde series:
Burning Water
Jinx High
Children of the Night
Catherine Lanigan/aka Joan Wilder -- Romancing the Stone
Diana Palmer -- title not identified (early Silhouette book with a character
named Silver)
Oriana Papazoglou -- Patience Campbell McKenna series:
One and Always Murder
Rich, Radiant Slaughter
Death's Savage Passion
Wicked Loving Murder
Sweet Savage Death
Elizabeth Peters -- Jacqueline Kirby series (esp. Die for Love & Naked Once
More)
Karen Robards -- ?? (title not identified)
Nora Roberts -- The Winning Hand
JoAnn Ross -- DIal 1-800-Hero (Harelquin Temptation #693)
Lass Small -- Collaboration (Harlequin Temptation #054)


Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

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