Joanna Wayne
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Jo Ann Vest is an American
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 author
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 of contemporary romance novels under the pseudonym
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 Joanna Wayne.

Biography

Wayne was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
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. She began reading when she was four years old, and quickly began making weekly trips to the library to find books to read. In 1984, she married and moved to New Orleans, where she enrolled in a writing course and joined a professional writing organization.

Her books have appeared on the Waldenbooks
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 Bestselling List for romance. She has been nominated four times for a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, winning twice with Surprise Package and Attempted Matrimony. Romantic Times has also nominated her for a Career Achievement Award.

Wayne currently lives just north of Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
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.

Omnibus

  • Bayou Blood Brothers (2001) (with Metsy Hingle and Rebecca York)
  • What Lies Beneath: The Road to Hidden Harbor / Remember Me / Primal Fear (2002) (with Caroline Burnes, 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...

    )
  • When Duty Calls: Lone Star Lawman/Hotshot P.I. (2003) (with B J Daniels)
  • Private Scandals: Shadows of the Past / Family Unveiled / Sleeping with Secrets (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...

    , Judy Christenberry)
  • Heatwave (2004) (with Kay David and Bobby Hutchinson)

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