Laura Kinsale

Laura Kinsale
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Period1985-present
GenreHistorical romance
Notable worksThe Prince of Midnight, Shadowheart
Notable awardsRITA award – Best Romance of 1990
1991 The Prince of Midnight
RITA award – Long Historical Romance
2005 Shadowheart
Websitewww.laurakinsale.com

Laura Kinsale is an American writer of historical romance novels since 1985. She is a two time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.

Biography

Kinsale has a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. She worked in the petroleum industry before beginning to write. Now, she is a winner and multiple nominee for the Best Book of the Year award given by the Romance Writers of America.

She once characterized the oft-derided happy ending in romance novels as an "integration of the inner self."

Career

Kinsale is the creator of Hedgehog Inc., which publishes audiobooks written by Kinsale and other authors, narrated by Nicholas Boulton and produced by The Story Circle, London. Several of the audiobooks released by Hedgehog Inc have been winners or nominees for AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Bibliography

Victorian Hearts Series

  1. The Hidden Heart, (1986/Apr)
  2. The Shadow and the Star, (1991/Oct)

Medieval Hearts Series

  1. For My Lady's Heart, (1993/Dec)
  2. Shadowheart, (2004/Apr)

Non-fiction

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2013-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Regis, Pamela (2013). A Natural History of the Romance Novel. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. Location 1376. ISBN 978-0812233032.
  3. ↑ "HEDGEHOGINC.COM". www.hedgehoginc.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. 1 2 "Past RITA Winners". Romance Writers of America. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "AudioFile: 20 20 - The Year in Audiobooks 2013". digital.audiofilemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  6. ↑ "APA - Audio Publishers Association - the voice of the audiobook industry - Audies". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

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