Anne McAllister is a best-selling United States

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 writer

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 of over 55 romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s since 1985.

Biography

Anne McAllister was born in California

California

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, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado

Colorado

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 and visiting relatives in Montana

Montana

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. McAllister met her husband through her job at a university library, and they have now been married for over thirty years. The couple have four children.

McAllister holds a master's degree in theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

. Before she began writing, she held jobs as a Spanish teacher, copyediting textbooks, and ghostwriting sermons.http://www.harlequinpresents.com/authors/mcallister_bio.html McAllister's novels have been published in the Harlequin Presents, Silhouette Desire, Special Edition, and Harlequin American category romance lines. McAllister has twice won the 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:...

 RITA Award, and has been a finalist an additional seven times. In 2000, she was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award as Series Author of the Year. McAllister has also been awarded several Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards.http://www.annemcallister.com/about_anne.html

McAllister found her hero and they had four children. They live in Iowa but spends much time in Montana.

Awards

• Cowboy Pride: 1997 Rita Awards Best Novel winner
• The Stardust Cowboy: 2000 Rita Awards Best Novel winner

Single novels

• Lightning Storm (1985)
• Dare to Trust (1985)
• Starstruck (1985)
• Dream Chasers (1987)
• To Tame a Wolf (1987)
• Marriage Trap (1987)
• Saving Grace (1989)
• Once a Hero (1989)
• Out of Bounds (1990)
• Island Interlude (1991)
• Call Up the Wind (1992)
• A Cowboy for Christmas (1992)
• Catch Me If You Can (1993)
• The Alexakis Bride (1994)
• Eight Second Wedding (1994)
• New Years Resolution Family (1998)
• The Playboy and the Nanny (1998)
• The Antonides Marriage Deal (2006)
• The Boss's Wife for a Week (2007)
• The Santorini Bride (2007)

Quicksilver Season Series

1. Quicksilver Season (1985)
2. A Chance of Rainbows (1985)
3. Body and Soul (1987)
4. Marry Sunshine (1988)
5. Gifts of the Spirit (1988)

Imagine Series

1. Imagine (1990)
2. I Thee Wed (1991)
3. Marry-go-round in With This Ring (1991)
4. MacKenzie's Baby (1992)
5. Never Say Never in New Year's (1998)
6. Marry Me... Maybe? (Omnibus) (2004) (with Tori Carrington
   Tori Carrington
   Tori Carrington is the pen name by the husband-wife writing team formed by Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter Karayianni , they are a popular United States writer of over 28 romance novels since 1998.-Biography:Tony Karayianni was born in Smila, Greece and he grew up in Athens. He immigrated to...
   
   )

Code Of The West Series

1. Cowboys Don't Cry (1995)
2. Cowboys Don't Quit (1995)
3. Cowboys Don't Stay (1995)
4. The Cowboy and the Kid (1996)
5. Cowboy Pride (1996)
6. A Cowboy's Tears (1997)
7. The Cowboy Steals a Lady (1997)
8. The Cowboy Crashes a Wedding (1998)
9. The Stardust Cowboy (1999)
10. Cowboy on the Run (1999)
11. A Cowboy's Secret (2000)
12. A Cowboy's Gift (2000)
13. A Cowboy's Promise (2001)
14. The Cowboy's Code (2001)
15. The Great Montana Cowboy Auction (2002)
16. The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle (2002)
17. A Cowboy's Pursuit (2002)

Tanner Brothers Sub-Series

1. Cowboys Don't Cry (1995)
2. Cowboys Don't Quit (1995)
3. Cowboys Don't Stay (1995)

New York! New York! Series

1. Finn's Twins! (1996)
2. Fletcher's Baby! (1997)
3. Gibson's Girl (1999)
4. Rhys's Redemption (2000)
5. The Inconvenient Bride (2001)
6. Nathan's Child (2003)
7. The Inconvenient Bride (2005)

Fetcher Bothers Sub-Series

1. Finn's Twins! (1996)
2. Fletcher's Baby! (1997)
3. Gibson's Girl (1999)

Wolfe Brothers Sub-Series

1. Rhys's Redemption (2000)
2. The Inconvenient Bride (2001)
3. Nathan's Child (2003)

Mcgillivray's of Pelican Cay Series

1. McGillivray's Mistress (2003)
2. In McGillivray's Bed (2004)
3. Lessons from a Latin Lover (2005)

Collections

• Dare to Trust / Call Up the Wind (2004)
• Cowboys Don't Cry / Cowboys Don't Quit (2004)
• Cowboys Don't Stay / Cowboy and the Kid (2005)

Omnibus In Collaboration

• My Valentine (1993) (with Judith Arnold
  Judith Arnold
  Barbara Keiler , well known as Judith Arnold, is a best-selling American author of over eighty-five romance novels since 1983. She has also been published as Ariel Berk and Thea Frederick.-Biography:...
  
  , Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart, born Anne Kristine Stuart , is a prolific and best-selling American romance novelist. She has written over 60 novels and was the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.Her first book was published in 1974 by Ballantine Press when she was 25 years old...
  
   and Linda Randall Wisdom
  Linda Randall Wisdom
  Linda Randall Wisdom is an American author of contemporary romance novels.-Biography:Wisdom began writing in 1978 and sold her first two novels, Dancer in the Shadows and Fourteen Karat Beauty to Silhouette Romance in 1979...
  
  )
• Marry Me Cowboy (1995) (with Janet Dailey
  Janet Dailey
  Janet Anne Haradon Dailey is an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey . Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold over 300 million copies worldwide....
  
  , Susan Fox and Margaret Way
  Margaret Way
  Margaret Way is an Australian writer, and she is one of Mills & Boon's most prolific authors with more than 110 novels.-Biography:Margaret Way was born on 7 August in Brisbane, Australia...
  
  )
• Home For Christmas (1996) (with Debbie Macomber
  Debbie Macomber
  Debbie Macomber is a best-selling American author of over 150 romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Over 140 million copies of her books are in print throughout the world, and four have become made-for-TV-movies...
  
   and Shannon Waverly
  Shannon Waverly
  Shannon Waverly is an American author of contemporary romance novels.-Biography:Waverly was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Even as a child she enjoyed writing, and attempted to write her first novel when she was only 12. Unable to finish her novel, Waverly turned to short stories, submitting...
  
  )
• Valentine Affairs (1999) (with Muriel Jensen, Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart
  Anne Stuart, born Anne Kristine Stuart , is a prolific and best-selling American romance novelist. She has written over 60 novels and was the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.Her first book was published in 1974 by Ballantine Press when she was 25 years old...
  
   and Linda Randall Wisdom
  Linda Randall Wisdom
  Linda Randall Wisdom is an American author of contemporary romance novels.-Biography:Wisdom began writing in 1978 and sold her first two novels, Dancer in the Shadows and Fourteen Karat Beauty to Silhouette Romance in 1979...
  
  )
• Wedlocked (1999) (with Day Leclaire
  Day Leclaire
  Day Leclaire is a best-selling American author of more than forty romance novels. She has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes from a multitude of organizations.-Early years:...
  
   and Margaret Way
  Margaret Way
  Margaret Way is an Australian writer, and she is one of Mills & Boon's most prolific authors with more than 110 novels.-Biography:Margaret Way was born on 7 August in Brisbane, Australia...
  
  )
• Christmas Presents (1999) (with Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
   and Sally Wentworth
  Sally Wentworth
  Sally Wentworth was the pseudonym used by Doreen Hornsblow , a British romance writer of 70 romance novels in Mills & Boon's from 1977 to 1999.-Personal life:Doreen and her husband, Donald had a son, Keith...
  
  )
• Blood Brothers (2000) (with Lucy Gordon)
• Do You Take This Cowboy (2000) (with Cait London
  Cait London
  Lois Kleinsasser of German-Russian ancestry is a USA Today's bestselling American writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as Cait London. She also signed her novels as Cait Logan.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Christmas Weddings (2001) (with Elizabeth Bevarly
  Elizabeth Bevarly
  Elizabeth Bevarly is an American writer of over 55 romance novels since 1989. She is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Even Better Than Before (2002) (with B.J. James)
• His Majesty, MD / A Cowboy's Pursuit (2003) (with Leanne Banks
  Leanne Banks
  Leanne Banks is an award-winning American writer of over 50 romance novels since 1991.-Biography:Leanne Banks was born on May 14, 1959 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States....
  
  )
• Greek Millionaires (2004) (with Sara Craven
  Sara Craven
  Sara Craven, is the pseudonym used by Anne Ashurst, née Bushell is a popular British author of over 80 romance novels. Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon ever since 1975...
  
   and Penny Jordan
  Penny Jordan
  Penny Halsall, née Penelope Jones better known by her pen name of Penny Jordan, is a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels...
  
  )
• Love in the City (2005) (with Miranda Lee
  Miranda Lee
  Miranda Lee is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990.-Biography:...
  
   and Cathy Williams
  Cathy Williams
  Cathy Williams is a British writer of romance novels in Mills & BoonWilliams was born on Trinidad in the West Indies. She lives in Chiswick London, England which her husband Richard and their three daughters; Charlotte, Olivia and Emma.-Single Novels:...
  
  )
• Way Home / Cowboy's Christmas Miracle / Because a Husband is Forever (2005) (with Marie Ferrarella
  Marie Ferrarella
  Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski is a popular and prolific American writer of over 150 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages...
  
   and Linda Howard
  Linda Howard
  Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Before she became a writer, she was an avid reader and fond of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for...
  
  )
• Men Made In America Vol 5 (2007) (with Bethany Campbell
  Bethany Campbell
  Bethany Campbell and Lisa Harris are pen-names of Sally McCluskey, an American writer of romance novels.-Biography:Sally McCluskey was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska. She received a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas, and a Ph.D...
  
  , Ingrid Weaver
  Ingrid Weaver
  -Biography:Weaver was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She has a degree in English literature. After her youngest child entered school in 1989 she began writing in the hopes that she could build a career that would allow her to work from home...
  
  , Peggy Webb
  Peggy Webb
  Peggy Webb, née Peggy Elaine Hussey is an American author of romance novels.-Biography:Peggy Webb has born and raised on a farm in Lee County, Mississippi. As a child she would often sit in the hayloft and write down her stories. Her first publication came through her husband, the owner of a...
  
   and Annette Broadrick
  Annette Broadrick
  Annette Broadrick is an United States writer of over 55 romance novels since 1984.-Biography:Broadrick was born on November 26, 1938 and raised as an only child for sixteen years, until her younger sister, Derralee, was born. Two years after that, as soon as she was graduated from high school in...
  
  )
• Men Made In America Vol 10 (2007) (with Cathy Gillen Thacker
  Cathy Gillen Thacker
  Cathy Gillen Thacker is an American author of over seventy romance novels.-Biography:Thacker began writing to occupy herself while she was raising small children. She wrote seven books as she taught herself how to be an author. Her eighth attempt was finally published in July 1982...
  
  , Pamela Toth, Heather Graham
  Heather Graham Pozzessere
  Heather Graham Pozzessere is a best-selling US writer, who writes primarily romance novels...
  
   and Carla Cassidy
  Carla Cassidy
  Carla Cassidy, née Carla Bracale is a popular American writer of over 80 romance novels since 1988, she start signed her novels as Carla Bracale , and now she signs her novels as Carla Cassidy...
  
  )