Susan Wiggs (born May 17, 1958)Fantastic fictionHappy birthday Susan Wiggs by Anne Caroline Drake is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels.
Early years Wiggs began writing as a child, finishing her first novel, A Book About Some Bad Kids, when she was eight. She temporarily abandoned her dream of being a novelist after graduating from Harvard University, instead becoming a math teacher. She continued to read, especially reveling in romance novels. After running out of reading material one evening in 1983, she began writing again, using the working title A Book About Some Bad Adults.
Career For three years Wiggs continued to write, and in 1987 Zebra Books published her first novel, a Western historical romance named Texas Wildflower. Her subsequent historical and contemporary romances have been set in a wide range of settings and time periods. Many of her novels are set in areas where she's lived or visited. She gave up teaching in 1992 to write full-time, and has since completed an average of two books per year.
In 2000, Wiggs began writing single-title women's fiction stories in addition to historical romance novels. The first, The You I Never Knew, was published in 2001. After writing mass-market original novels for several years, Wiggs made her hardcover debut in 2003 with Home Before Dark.
Many of her novels are connected, allowing Wiggs to revisit established characters.
Her books have been published in many languages, including French, German, Dutch, Latvian, Japanese, Hungarian and Russian.
Awards Wiggs's books are frequently named finalists for the RITA Award, the highest honor given in the genre. She received the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance of the year in 1993 for Lord of the Night. She won a second RITA in 2000 when The Charm School was named "Favorite Book of the Year." She has also won the RITA in 2001 for Best Short Historical for The Mistress. and in 2006 for Lakeside Cottage. She has also been the recipient of the Holt Medallion, the Colorado Award of Excellence, and the Peninsula Romance Writers of America Blue Boa Award. Romantic Times has twice named her a Career Achievement Award winner.
Personal Wiggs lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Her mother maintains her web page.
Bibliography
Stand-alone novels Texas Wildflower (1987) Briar Rose (1987) Winds of Glory (1988) Embrace the Day (1988) Moonshadow (1989) The Raven and the Rose (1991) Lord of the Night (1993) Miranda (1996) Merry Christmas, Baby! (1996) The Lightkeeper (1998) The Drifter (1999) Husband for Hire (1999) The You I Never Knew (2001) Passing Through Paradise (2002) Home Before Dark (2003) Summer by the Sea (2004) Lakeside Cottage (2005) Table for Five (2005) Just Breathe (2008) The Borrowed Bride (2008) How I Planned Your Wedding (2011) The Goodbye Quilt (2011) also in The Summer It Begins The St. James Affair (2014) also in Snowfall in the City A Fairytale Christmas (2014) Island Time (2016) Map of the Heart (2017) Between You and Me (June 26, 2018) The Oysterville Sewing Circle (2019) Welcome to Beachtown (2023) The Twelve Dogs of Christmas (2023) Wayward Girls (2025)
Lakeshore Chronicles #TitleAlso InPublication Date1Summer At Willow Lake20061.5Homecoming SeasonMore Than Words: Stories of Courage2The Winter Lodge20073Dockside 20074Snow Fall at Willow LakeSnowstorm Heat Bundle20085Fireside 20096Lakeshore Christmas20097The Summer Hideaway20108Marrying Daisy Bellamy20119Return to Willow Lake201210Candlelight ChristmasSnowfall in the City201311Starlight of Willow Lake2015
Bella Vista Chronicles #TitleAlso InPublication Date1The Apple Orchard20132The Beekeeper's Ball20143The Lost and Found Bookshop20204Sugar and Salt2022
Switchback, Vermont #TitleAlso InPublication Date0.5The Key Ingredient20161Family Tree2016
Calhoun Chronicles #TitleAlso InPublication Date1The Charm School The Calhoun Chronicles Bundle19992The Horsemaster's DaughterThe Calhoun Chronicles Bundle19993Halfway to HeavenThe Calhoun Chronicles Bundle20014Enchanted Afternoon20035A Summer Affair2003
Us series #TitleAlso InPublication Date1The Ocean Between Us20042The Story of Us2010
Great Chicago Fire Trilogy #TitleAlso InPublication Date1The Hostage20002The Mistress20003The Firebrand2001
Tudor Rose series #TitleAlso InPublication DateNotes1At The King's Command1994Circle in the Water
revised, reissued and renamed in 20092The Maidens Hand1995Vows Made in Wine
revised, reissued and renamed in 20093At The Queens Summons1996Dancing on Air revised, reissued and renamed in 2009
Women of War series #TitleAlso InPublication Date1The Lily and the Leopard19912The Mistress of Normandy19913The Mist and the Magic19934The Maiden of Ireland1993
Discovery series #TitleAlso InPublication Date1October Wind19942Jewel of the Sea19943Kingdom of Gold1994
Picture books The Canary Who Sailed with Columbus (1989)
Anthologies and collections Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication DateIn Collaboration WithPurrfect Romance1995Jennifer Blake
Robin Lee HatcherIrish MagicThe Trysting Hour1995Barbara Samuel Roberta GellisMorgan LlywelynThis Time...Marriage1996Muriel Jensen Janice KaiserIrish Magic IIThe Changeling1997Barbara Samuel Roberta GellisMorgan LlywelynThat Summer PlaceIsland Time1998Jill Barnett Debbie MacomberThe 10-Year ReunionHeart of the West
Bachelor Auction #11999Cinderfella / Lady of the NightCinderfella2002Kate HoffmannIt Happened One Christmas2003Julie McBride Nancy WarrenMore Than Words: Volume 32003Tori Carrington Karen Harper
Catherine Mann
Kasey MichaelsThe Calhoun Chronicles BundleThe Charm School
The Horsemaster's Daughter
Halfway to Heaven2007Snowstorm Heat BundleSnowfall at Willow Lake2008Catherine Mann
Kate HoffmannMore Than Words: Stories of CourageHomecoming Season2008Sharon Sala Emilie Richards Romancing the Holidays Bundle 20092009Sherryl Woods
Lindsay McKenna
Carole MortimerSnowfall in the CityThe St. James Affair
Candlelight Christmas2019The Summer It BeginsThe Goodbye Quilt2019Sheila Roberts
References
External links Official website