Erica James

Erica James
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Surrey, England
OccupationNovelist
SpouseDivorced
Children2
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Periodsince 1996
GenreRomance
Notable awardsRoNA Award
Websiteericajames.co.uk

Erica James (born 1960) is a British writer of twenty-four best-selling romance novels. In 2006, her novel Gardens of Delight won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association., having been short-listed four times previously.

James has an international following and has been translated into thirteen languages, with the Norwegian edition of Summer at the Lake, ‘Alt i et Oyeblikk’, being recognized as a No.1 bestseller in Norway.

Biography

Born in 1960 in Surrey, England, she grew up on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Currently divorced, she has two grown-up sons, Edward and Samuel, and two grandchildren. She lives in Suffolk.

She began writing after attending a creative writing course with the Arvon Foundation and had her first novel, ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ published in 1996, reaching the Sunday Times bestseller list on the same year.

As of 2022, she has sold in excess of five million copies of her novels.

Bibliography

Titles at Fantastic Fiction (UK):

Single novels

Anthologies in collaboration

References

  1. ↑ "Romance lives for Erica James". The Guardian. 20 April 2006.
  2. ↑ "Queen of Romance Erica James beams down in Long Melford after being seduced by Suffolk". 8 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Erica James at FantasticFiction, 10 July 2012