Leigh Michaels

Infobox Writer


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name = LeAnn Lemberger
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pseudonym = Leigh Michaels
birthdate = July 27, 19??
birthplace = Iowa, United States
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = U.S.American
period = 1984-Present
genre = Romantic novel
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website = http://www.LeighMichaels.com

Leigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (b. July 27 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 85 romance novels. She published her novels in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1984. She also teaches romance writing.

Biography

Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a "Bachelor of Arts" in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the "Robert Bliss Award" as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national "William Randolph Hearst Award" for feature-writing as an undergraduate.

When Leigh was very young she read romance novels, and when she was fifteen, she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting one to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.

She married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.

Bibliography

ingle Novels

*Kiss Yesterday Goodbye (1984)
*Wednesday's Child (1985)
*Deadline for Love (1985)
*Come Next Summer (1985)
*Dreams to Keep (1985)
*Leaving Home (1985)
*Capture a Shadow (1986)
*Brittany's Castle (1986)
*Carlisle Pride (1987)
*Rebel with a Cause (1987)
*Strictly Business (1987)
*Close Collaboration (1988)
*Just a Normal Marriage (1988)
*Shades of Yesterday (1988)
*Let Me Count the Ways (1988)
*With No Reservations (1989)
*An Imperfect Love (1990)
*Promise Me Tomorrow (1990)
*Temporary Measures (1991)
*Old School Ties (1992)
*The Lake Effect (1993)
*Safe in My Heart (1993)
*Ties That Blind (1993)
*House of Dreams (1994)
*The Only Solution (1994)
*A Singular Honeymoon (1994)
*Invitation to Love (1994)
*Traveling Man (1994)
*Taming a Tycoon (1995)
*The Only Man for Maggie (1996)
*The Daddy Trap (1996)
*Marrying the Boss! (1996)
*Baby You're Mine! (1997)
*Dialogue Ain't Cheap (1998)
*The Men in My Life (1998)
*The Problem with Conflict (1998)
*The Tycoon's Baby (1999)
*The Boss and the Baby (1999)
*Her Husband to Be (1999)
*Unraveling the Romance (1999)
*Tempting a Tycoon (1999)
*The Bridal Swap (1999)
*The Corporate Wife (2000)
*His Trophy Wife (2001)
*A Convenient Affair (2001)
*Backwards Honeymoon (2001)
*The Boss's Daughter (2002)
*Bride by Design (2002)
*Maybe Married (2002)
*The Bride Assignment (2003)
*The Takeover Bid (2004)
*The Husband Sweepstake (2004)
*Assignment: Twins (2004)
*The Tycoon's Proposal (2006)

Logan Brothers Series

#The Grand Hotel (1984)
#Touch Not My Heart (1985)

Tyler / Royalel Series

#O'Hara's Legacy (1986)
#A New Desire (1988)
#The Unlikely Santa (1995)

pringhill Series

#Sell Me a Dream (1986)
#Once and for Always (1989)
#An Uncommon Affair (1990)
#The Best Made Plans (1992)
#Family Secrets (1994)

McKenna Family Series

#No Place Like Home (1988)
#A Matter of Principal (1989)
#Garrett's Back in Town (1991)
#The Unexpected Landlord (1992)
#Dating Games (1993)

The perfect divorce! Series

#The Perfect Divorce! (1997)
#The Fake Fiance! (1997)

Finding Mr. Right Series

#The Billionaire Date (1998)
#The Playboy Assignment (1998)
#The Husband Project (1998)

Hiring Ms. Right Series

#Husband on Demand (2000)
#Bride on Loan (2000)
#Wife on Approval (2000)

American Heroes: Against All Odds Series Multi-Author

*Exclusively Yours (1988)

What Women Want Series

*Part-time Fiance (2003)

Nine To Five Serie Multi-Author

*The Marriage Market (2003)
*The Billionaire Bid (2003)
*The Corporate Marriage Campaign (2005)

Collections

*Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man? (2006)

Omnibus In Collaboration

*My Valentine (1992) (with Katherine Arthur, Debbie Macomber and Peggy Nicholson)
*A Man for Mum: Four Stories in One (1999) (with Penny Jordan)
*Mothers-to-be (1999) (with Emma Darcy and Lynne Graham)
*A Tender Christmas (2000) (with Liz Fielding and Emma Goldrick)
*Switched at the Altar (2001) (with Miranda Lee, Susan Napier and Rebecca Winters)
*Bachelors' Babies (2001) (with Lynne Graham and Sharon Kendrick)
*Temporary Santa (2003) (with Cathy Gillen Thacker)
*Billionaire Grooms (2006) (with Emma Darcy and Sara Wood)
*Bewitched by the Boss (2006) (with Alison Fraser and Charlotte Lamb)

Non fiction

*Writing the Romance Novel (1996)
*A Taste of Love (1998)
*Writing the Romance Novel: Updated (1999)
*Creating Romantic Characters: Bringing Life to Your Romance Novel (2002)
*On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells (2007)

Awards

*"Ties That Bind": Finalist for Best Traditional Romance novel in the RITA Arward by Romance Writers of America.
*"The Lake Effect": Finalist for Best Traditional Romance novel in the RITA Arward by Romance Writers of America.
*"Traveling Man": Finalist for Best Traditional Romance novel in the RITA Arward by Romance Writers of America.
*"The Unlikely Santa": Finalist for Best Traditional Romance novel in the RITA Arward by Romance Writers of America.
*"The Daddy Trap": Finalist for Best Traditional Romance novel in the RITA Arward by Romance Writers of America.

References and Resources

* [http://www.LeighMichaels.com Leigh Michaels's Official Website]
* [http://www.eharlequin.com Harlequin Enterprises Ltd]

External links

* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/leigh-michaels Leigh Michaels's Webpage] in Fantastic Fiction's Website