Candace Pauline Camp is a best-selling American

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 writer

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 of romance novels. She has also published under the pen names Lisa Gregory, Sharon Stephens, Kristin James and under her real name Candace Camp.

Biography

Camp is the youngest of three children born to Grady and Lula Mae (Irons) Camp. Writing came naturally to her—her mother had been a newspaper reporter, and her father was the business manager of the Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo, Texas

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 newspaper. Camp began writing down her own stories when she was 10, and often wrote when she needed to relax.

Camp attended the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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 and West Texas State University before becoming a teacher in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

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. After moving to North Carolina

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, she took a job in the trust department of a bank.

Camp then began law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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. At the same time, she began reading romance novels and decided to write one of her own. Camp finished her first novel, Bonds of Love while in law school. It was published in 1978 under the pen name Lisa Gregory. In the ensuing years, Camp has published over 43 books under four names: Lisa Gregory, Kristin James, Sharon Stephens and Candace Camp.

Camp married in 1980 and had a daughter in 1982.

Single Novels

• Bonds of Love 1978
• Analise 1981
• Crystal Heart 1982
• Bitterleaf 1983
• Light and Shadows 1985
• Solitaire 1988
• Seasons 1990
• Sisters 1991

The Rainbow's Turner Family Series

1. The Rainbow Season 1979
2. The Rainbow Promise 1989

Single Novels

• Cara's Song 1982
• Dreams of Evening 1983
• Morning Star 1984
• Secret Fire 1984
• A Wedding Gift 1985
• A Very Special Favor 1986
• Cutter's Lady 1986
• Heartwood 1986
• Satan's Angel 1988
• The Gentleman 1990
• The Yankee 1990
• Salt of the Earth 1991
• The Letter of the Law 1991
• Once in a Blue Moon 1995
• The Last Groom on Earth 1996

The Sky Series

1. The Golden Sky 1981
2. The Sapphire Sky 1981
3. The Summer Sky 1982
4. The Amber Sky 1982

Omnibus in collaboration

• Tumbleweed Christmas in "Historical Christmas Stories" 1989
• Daddy's Home (with Mary Lynn Baxter and Naomi Horton)
• Jesse's wife in "Promised Brides" 1994 (with Mary Jo Putney
  Mary Jo Putney
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   and Julie Tetel)
• The Gentleman in "The Gentleman and The Hellraiser" 1997 (with Dorothy Glenn)

Medievals Norwen Series

1. The Black Earl (1995) (Originally as Sharon Stephens, 1982)
2. Evensong (1995)

Single Novels

• Rosewood (1991)
• Heirloom (1992)
• Suddenly (1996)
• Scandalous (1996)
• Impulse (1997)
• Indiscreet (1997)
• Impetuous (1998)
• Swept Away (1999)
• An Independent Woman (2006)
• A Dangerous Man (2007)

Montford Heirs Series

1. Stolen Heart (2000)
2. Promise Me Tomorrow (2000)
3. No Other Love (2001)

A Little Town in Texas Series

1. Hard-headed Texan (2001)
2. Smooth-talking Texan (2002)

Aincourt's hearts Series

1. So Wild a Heart (2002)
2. The Hidden Heart (2002)
3. Secrets of the Heart (2003)

Crazy Moreland Family Series

1. Mesmerized (2003)
2. Beyond Compare (2004)
3. Winterset (2004)
4. An Unexpected Pleasure (2005)

The Matchmakers Series

1. The Marriage Wager (2007)
2. The Bridal Quest (2008)
3. The Wedding Challenge (2008)
4. The Courtship Dance (2009)

The Willowmere Series

1. A Lady Never Tells (2010)
2. A Gentleman Always Remembers (2010)
3. An Affair Without End (2011)

Omnibus in collaboration

• Tabloid Baby (1998) (in "Maternity Leave" with Cait London
  Cait London
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   and Sherryl Woods
  Sherryl Woods
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  )
• Somebody's Else Baby (2003) (in "Baby and All" with Myrna Mackenzie and Victoria Pade)
• Nine-month Knight / Paternity Test / Tabloid Baby (2004) (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:...
  
   and 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:...
  
  )
• Small Wonders (2004) (with Ann Major
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  , Raye Morgan and Dallas Schulze)
• Motherhood (2005) (with Elizabeth Bevarly
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   and Diana Palmer
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  )

External links

• Lisa Gregory's Webpage, Kristin James's Webpage and Candace Camp's Webpage in Fantastic Fiction Website
• Candace's Official Website