Alexandra Sellers

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occupation = Novelist
period = 1980–present
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Alexandra Sellers in an writer of over 35 contemporary romance novels. Her novels have been published in various Harlequin and Silhouette category lines.

Biography

Alexandra Sellers became interested in exotic locations when she was 10 and read "The Arabian Nights". The book inspired her to begin writing, and she penned her first story, a fictionalized account of the life of her cat from the cat's perspective, soon after. When she reached adulthood, Sellers wrote a romantic short story and a science fiction novel. The short story sold immediately, but the science fiction novel was rejected by the first publisher who received it. Sellers took this as a sign to concentrate on the romance genre.cite web|title=Alexandra Sellers|publisher=eHarlequin.Com|url=http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=228|accessdate=2007-07-16]

Her first romantic novel was published in 1980, and Sellers became a full-time writer. Many of her novels are set in exotic locations, some of them fictional countries. "Romantic Times" has described her novels as "enchanting...superbly integrating a memorable plot, delightful characters, and tender emotion." [cite web|last=Short|first=Shannon|title=Book Review: A Nice Girl Like You|Date = 1996|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=4036|accessdate=2007-07-16]

In 1997, her novel "A Nice Girl Like You" was nominated by "Romantic Times" for a Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Silhouette Yours Truly. [cite web|title=Romantic Times 1997 Reviewer's Choice Award Nominees|publisher=Romantic Times|date=1997|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=1&year=1997|accessdate=2007-07-16] Three years later she received the "Romantic Times" Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy. [cite web|title=Romantic Times 2000 Career Achievement Award Winners|publisher=Romantic Times|date=2000|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2|accessdate=2007-07-16]

Sellers has studied eight foreign languages. She attended the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, becoming the first student to be awarded a double degree in Persian and Religious Studies.

Alexandra lives with her husband, Nick.

Bibliography

Single novels

* "Captive of Desire" (1982)
* "Fire in the Wind" (1982)
* "Season of Storms" (1983)
* "Forever Kind" (1984)
* "Indifferent Heart" (1984)
* "Real Man" (1984)
* "Male Chauvinist" (1985)
* "The Old Flame" (1986)
* "Best Of Friends" (1990)
* "The Man Next Door" (1991)
* "A Gentleman and a Scholar" (1993)
* "The Vagabond" (1994)
* "Roughneck" (1995)
* "Dearest Enemy" (1995)
* "A Nice Girl Like You" (1996)
* "Not Without a Wife!" (1997)
* "Shotgun Wedding" (1997)
* "Wife on Demand" (2000)
* "The Playboy Sheikh" (2002)

Sons Of The Desert Series

# "Bride of the Sheikh" (1997)
# "Sheikh's Ransom" (1999)
# "Solitary Sheikh" (1999)
# "My Beloved Sheikh" (1999)
# "Sheikh's Temptation" (2000)
# "Sheikh's Honour" (2000)
# "Sheikh's Woman" (2001)
# "Sheikh's Castaway" (2004)
# "The Ice Maiden's Sheikh" (2004)
# "The Fierce and Tender Sheikh" (2005)
* "Sheikh's Castaway / The Ice Maiden's Sheikh" (Omnibus) (2005)

Venables Series

# "Occupation, Millionaire" (1998)
# "Occupation, Casanova" (1999)

Sons Of The Desert: The Sultans Series

# "The Sultan's Heir" (2001)
# "Undercover Sultan" (2001)
# "Sleeping with the Sultan" (2001)

Firstborn Sons Series

:* "Born Royal" (2001)

Omnibus in collaboration

* "One Hundred Per Cent Male" (2001) (with Peggy Moreland)
* "Secret Child" (2002) (with Maureen Child)
* "Sheikhs of Summer" (2002) (with Fiona Brand, Susan Mallery)
* "Up Close and Passionate" (2002) (with Maureen Child)
* "Seduced by the Sheikh" (2002) (with Gail Dayton)
* "The Playboy Sheikh / Billionaire Bachelors: Stone" (2002) (with Anne Marie Winston)
* "Captured Hearts / The Greek Tycoon's Baby / Sophie's Sheikh / Spring Fling" (2003) (with Kylie Brant and Lenora Worth)
* "Sheikh's Desire" (2003) (with Brittany Young)
* "Princes of the Desert" (2005) (with Kristi Gold)
* "Desert Heat" (2005) (with Susan Mallery)
* "The Sheikh's Captive" (2006) (with Susan Mallery)
* "Desert Princes" (2007) (with Lucy Gordon and Michelle Reid)
* "Possessed by the Sheikh" (2007) (with Susan Mallery)
* "Surrender to the Sheikh" (2007) (with Susan Mallery)

See also

* List of romantic novelists

References and sources