Thea Harrison
Thea Harrison | |
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Born | Teddy Harrison |
Pen name | Thea Harrison / Amanda Carpenter |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Paranormal Romance Science Fiction Fantasy Romance |
Notable awards | RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance 2012 Amazon Best Books of 2011, Romance |
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Thea Harrison is the pen name of American author Teddy Harrison, who writes paranormal romance, sci-fi fantasy, and contemporary romance novels, including the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Elder Races series. Harrison has also written contemporary romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the pen name Amanda Carpenter.[1]
Early writing
[edit]In the 1980s and 1990s, Harrison wrote for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the name Amanda Carpenter. The Amanda Carpenter romances have been published in more than ten languages, and have sold over a million and a half copies worldwide.[2] Fifteen of the Amanda Carpenter books were re-released as ebooks through 2021 and 2022 and are available for purchase.
Work
[edit]Writing as Thea Harrison, her books have won numerous awards and appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list[3] and the USA Today bestsellers list.[4] Her books have been published in multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Spanish.
Harrison has received a number of positive reviews for her characters and world building. For example, USA Today's HEA Blog stated, "Thea Harrison is always on my must-read list. Her heroes and heroines are complicated, hot and just plain fun!"[5] A review from bookbinge.com states, "Harrison’s world-building is top notch".[6]
The Washington Post has called her Elder Races series "fantastic."[7] Of Dragon Bound (2011), the first novel in the Elder Races series, Publishers Weekly wrote, "Harrison goes beyond the usual vampires and werewolves to create an entertaining cast of supernatural characters."[8] Booklist called it "an outstanding blend of romantic suspense and urban fantasy with great storytelling and world building."[9] Publishers Weekly felt that new readers and old readers alike would "cheer" the protagonist of Oracle's Moon (2012).[10]
In April 2020, Harrison announced she would be writing and releasing a set of four interconnected novellas featuring Dragos and Pia, the hero and heroine of her RITA award winning novel Dragon Bound (2011).[11] Because she had previously retired the couple from future stories, this announcement was enthusiastically received by fans who had expressed their desire for more stories about the couple in a poll Harrison held on social media[12] and through her newsletter.[13] The first book, The Unseen, was released in 2020. In a February 2021 announcement to fans, Harrison revealed she was going on a writing and publishing hiatus for health reasons.[14] As a result, plans for the novella series changed. The series was shortened to 2 novellas. The second and final novella, The Adversary, released in 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]Elder Races Series Books
[edit]- Dragon Bound (2011)[15]
- Storm's Heart (2011)[16]
- Serpent's Kiss (2011)[17]
- Oracle's Moon (2012)[18]
- Lord's Fall (2012)[19]
- Kinked (2013)[20]
- Night's Honor (2014)[21]
- Midnight's Kiss (2015)[22]
- Shadow's End (2015)[23]
Elder Races Series Novellas
[edit]- True Colors (2011)
- Natural Evil (2012)
- Devil's Gate (2012)
- Hunter's Season (2012)
- The Wicked (2013)
- Dragos Takes a Holiday (2013)
- Pia Saves the Day (2014)
- Peanut Goes to School (2014)
- Dragos Goes to Washington (2015)
- Pia Does Hollywood (2015)
- Liam Takes Manhattan (2015)
- The Chosen (2018)
- Planet Dragos (2018)
- The Unseen (2020)
- The Adversary (2021)
Elder Races Series Collections
[edit]- Divine Tarot (2014)
- Destiny’s Tarot (2014)
- A Dragon’s Family Album (2014)
- A Dragon's Family Album II (2017)
- A Dragon's Family Album: Final Collection (2018)
- The Elder Races Tarot Collection (2018)
- The Elder Races: Complete Novella Bundle 2013-2018 (2018)
Game of Shadows Series
[edit]- Rising Darkness (2013)
- Falling Light (2014)
Moonshadow Series
[edit]- Moonshadow (2016)
- Spellbinder (2017)
- Lionheart (2018)
- The NYT Bestselling Moonshadow Box Set (2022)
American Witch
[edit]- American Witch (2019)
Amanda Carpenter Romances
[edit]- A Deeper Dimension (Rereleased 2021)
- The Wall (Rereleased 2021)
- A Damaged Trust (Rereleased 2021)
- The Great Escape (Rereleased 2021)
- Flashback (Rereleased 2021)
- Rage (Rereleased 2021)
- Reckless (Rereleased 2021)
- Waking Up (Rereleased 2022)
- Caprice (Rereleased 2022)
- The Gift of Happiness (Rereleased 2022)
- Rose-Coloured Love (Rereleased 2022)
- Passage of the Night (Rereleased 2022)
- Cry Wolf (Rereleased 2022)
- A Solitary Heart (Rereleased 2022)
- The Winter King (Rereleased 2022)
References
[edit]- ^ Harrison, Thea. "Amanda Carpenter". Thea Harrison Website. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Amanda Carpenter Info Posted on August 6, 2013". Thea Harrison's Web Site. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Best Sellers: Paperback Mass-Market Fiction: Sunday, October 23rd 2011". NY Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "USA Today Best Sellers Author Search". USA Today Best Selling Author Search - Thea Harrison. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Must-read paranormal romance: 'Spellbinder' by Thea Harrison (interview!) Published July 18, 2017". USA Today HEA. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Sunday Spotlight: Dragon Bound By Thea Harrison, Published Jan 15, 2017". www.bookbinge.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ Wendell, Sarah (2012-12-11). "Romance novels for cold winter nights". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Tixier, Herald (May 2011). "Dragon Bound". Booklist. 107 (17): 70 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-04-06). "Cover Reveal: The Unseen". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-14). "We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Programming". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2020-03-21). "Good (Saturday) Evening!". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (15 February 2021). "Announcing a Hiatus". Thea Harrison. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Dragon bound. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24150-9.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Storm's heart. New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-425-24266-7.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2011). Serpent's kiss. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24440-1.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2012). Oracle's moon. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-24659-7.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2012). Lord's fall. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-25106-5.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2013). Kinked. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-25511-7.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2014). Night's honor. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27436-1.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2015). Midnight's kiss. New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27438-5.
- ^ Harrison, Thea (2015). Shadow's end (in Spanish). New York: Berkley Sensation. ISBN 978-0-425-27439-2.