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Joanna Bourne

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Occupation
  
Author

Nationality
  
American

Period
  
Contemporary

Language
  
English

Citizenship
  
United States

Notable award
  
Joanna Bourne readericreatedhimfileswordpresscom201110joan

Alma mater
  
Goucher CollegeGeorgetown University

Books
  
The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk, The Forbidden Rose, Rogue Spy

Similar
  
Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Patricia Rice

Joanna Watkins Bourne is an American, best-selling author of historical romance novels set in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. Her novels about a group of spies have won numerous awards. Her books have been described as "witty, beautifully descriptive, [and] cleverly plotted". The Spymaster's Lady is frequently cited as a reader favorite, with a spy hero who is both 'alpha' and 'beta' and a spy heroine who is "brave and clever". Rogue Spy, which features a code-breaker and a British service agent, was listed by Library Journal as one of the ten best romances of 2014.

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Biography

Joanna Bourne graduated from Goucher College and Georgetown University. After working as a research analyst for the Congressional Research Service in Washington, DC, she taught English in Africa. Then she joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer. She has lived in England, France, Germany, Nigeria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. She currently lives in the Blue Ridge mountains.

Bourne's first novel, Her Ladyship’s Companion, was published in 1983 by Avon. She did not write her second novel until 25 years later.

Awards

  • 2009 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner for Best Regency Historical Romance, My Lord and Spymaster
  • 2009 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Best Historical Romance, Spymaster's Lady
  • 2011 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Best Historical Romance, The Forbidden Rose
  • 2012 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner for Best Historical Romance, The Black Hawk
  • 2014 - Library Journal, Ten best romances of 2014, Rogue Spy
  • References

    Joanna Bourne Wikipedia


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