Laura Drake
Appearance
Laura Drake | |
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2013–present |
Genre | Romance, contemporary |
Notable works | The Sweet Spot |
Notable awards | RITA Award – Best First Book 2014 The Sweet Spot |
Website | |
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Laura Drake is an American author of contemporary romance. In 2014, she won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best First Book for The Sweet Spot.
Biography
[edit]Drake grew up in the suburbs outside Detroit, Michigan. She sold her Sweet on a Cowboy series, romances set in the world of professional bull riding, to Grand Central in January 2012.[1] Before the first book in that series was published, she went on to sell a Harlequin SuperRomance in June 2012 and three more in March 2013.[1] Her debut novel, The Sweet Spot, was released in the summer of 2013 and won a RITA for Best First Book.
Drake worked as a CFO until leaving to work full-time on her writing.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Sweet on a Cowboy series
[edit]- The Sweet Spot. Grand Central. May 2013. ISBN 9781455521951.
- Nothing Sweeter. Grand Central. January 2014. ISBN 9781455521975.
- Sweet on You. Grand Central. August 2014. ISBN 9781455521937.
Widow's Grove series
[edit]- Her Road Home. Harlequin. August 2013. ISBN 9780373718702.
- The Reasons to Stay. Harlequin. August 2014. ISBN 9780373608638.
- Twice in a Blue Moon. Harlequin. July 2015. ISBN 9780373609185.
Awards and commendation
[edit]- Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best First Book for The Sweet Spot,[3] 2014
- Starred review in Library Journal, as well as Top Picks in RT Book Reviews[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Laura Drake - Margie Lawson". Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- ^ "Bio".
- ^ "MyRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- ^ "Awards for Laura Drake - FictionDB".