Nancy Henderson Ryan is an U.S.American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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 of romance novels under her full name and as Nan Ryan.

Biography

Nancy Henderson was born in Texas

Texas

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, U.S.A, she is the middle daughter of a rancher and postmaster.

In 1981, she read an article on romance writers, "From bedroom to boardroom", she began to write with her Smith Corona

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Nan married with Joe Ryan, a television director. They have lived in Washington, California

California

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, New Mexico

New Mexico

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, Colorado

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, Arizona

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, Missouri

Missouri

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, Georgia

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, Florida

Florida

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, and her native Texas

Texas

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Ryan was nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in 2003 for Best Western Romance for her novel Naughty Marietta.

Single Novels

• Lightning strikes twice, 1987/May
• Wayward Lady, 1987/May
• Desert storm, 1987/Jun
• Love in the air, 1987/Sep
• Midnight affair, 1988/Jul
• Stardust, 1988/Oct
• Savaje heat, 1989/Jan
• Silken bondage, 1989/Jan
• Outlaw's kiss, 1989/Fev
• Sun god, 1990/Sep
• Cloudcastle, 1990/Oct
• The legend of the love, 1991/Sep
• Written in the starts, 1992
• Love me tonight, 1994
• A life time of heaven, 1994/Fev
• Because you're mine, 1995/Aug
• You belong to my heart, 1996/Fev
• Burning love, 1996/Sep
• The princess goes west, 1998/Jul
• Waning you, 1999/Jul
• The countess misbehaves, 2000/Jun
• The seducction of Ellen, 2001/Apr
• The scandalous Miss Howard, 2002/Apr
• Naughty Marietta, 2003/Apr
• The last dance, 2003/Dec
• Chieftain, 2004/Mar
• Duchess for a day, 2005/Jun
• The sheriff, 2006/Apr
• Dearest enemy, 2006/Nov

Sources

• Nan Ryan at Fantastic Fiction