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 Spotlight on
Tara Taylor Quinn:
Tara Taylor Quinn began her
love affair with Harlequin when she was
fourteen years old and picked up a free
promotional copy of a Harlequin Romance in a
hometown grocery store. The relationship was
solidified the year she was suspended from
her high school typing class for hiding a
Harlequin Romance behind the keys of her
electric typewriter. Unaware that her
instructor loomed close by, Ms. Quinn read
blissfully on with one finger resting on the
automatic repeating period key. She finished
the book in the principal’s office. Forced
to leave her romances in her locker after
that, Ms. Quinn’s typing skills improved—a
fact for which she is eternally grateful.
With over 50 original
novels, published in more than twenty
languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA
Today bestselling author with more than
six million copies sold. She is a winner of
the 2008 National Reader's Choice Award,
four time finalist for the RWA Rita Award, a
finalist for the Reviewer’s Choice Award,
the Bookseller’s Best Award, the Holt
Medallion and appears regularly on the
Waldenbooks bestsellers list. Ms. Quinn
writes for Harlequin and MIRA Books.
Reviewer, Cindy Penn, wordweaving.com says,
“Amazing character development is the
hallmark of author Tara Taylor Quinn’s work.
Indeed, Taylor’s profound observations of
human nature and intimate understanding of
values and priorities lends extraordinary
psychological depth to all her work.”
Tara Taylor Quinn was born
and raised in Ohio. Though she wrote her
first story at the age of seven, her
professional writing career began ten years
later when she was hired as a stringer with
the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio. She
attended Wright State University and
graduated from Harding College in Arkansas
with a degree in English and Journalism. She
published several magazine articles before
turning to writing as a full-time
occupation.
Ms. Quinn is a Past
President of the Romance Writers of America
and served for eight years on the Board of
Directors of that association. She has a
wide range of experience as a public speaker
and workshop presenter for writers groups
around the country.
When she’s not home with her
owners, Jerry Lee and Taylor Marie, or
fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara loves
to travel with her husband, stopping
wherever the spirit takes them. They’ve been
spotted in casinos and quaint little small
town antique shops all across the country.
NovelTalk asks, why did you write this book?
The First Wife
is the first book in a cross genre series,
The Chapman Files. Harlequin Superromance
and MIRA books are teaming up in this
series, releasing four back to back books
from September – December of this year. The
series centers around expert witness
psychologist, Kelly Chapman. Each book is
one of her files. I was prompted to write
this series by a move to my husband’s home
town. He grew up in a small town. I’m a big
city girl. I was completely out of my
element. Felt like a foreigner in someone
else’s home. Everyone knew everyone. I was a
stranger. And every morning, when I drove
through town to get my diet coke I’d pass a
counseling office. Every morning the office
spoke to me. And suddenly Kelly Chapman was
there in mind, telling me that was her
office. Kelly became my friend. She showed
me her town—it looks exactly like the town
I’m living in, but the name is different.
And the people are different.
The idea for the first wife
came to me once I knew Kelly. I’ve pondered
the whole idea of bigamy many times, most
particularly after news of a bigamous cult
hit the airwaves several years ago. I wonder
how it would feel to be a woman married to a
man with multiple wives. Then when Kelly
started opening her files to me, bigamy came
up first. The book traveled on its own from
there. I was as surprised as Jane, the
heroine, at some of the things that
transpired during our journey.
NovelTalk asks, what's next?
I’m currently working on three projects.
I have a Superromance due in September. It’s a Shelter
Valley Story. This is my twelfth book set in the
fictional Arizona town I created several years ago.
I’m also working on a proposal for a
Superromance trilogy that will be released in back to
back months. I’m excited about the idea I’ve come up
with, but can’t say much more than that until it's been
approved!
And the third project is completely
different for me. I just agreed to write a book for HCI—the
publisher of the Chicken Soup books—based on my own true
life love story. The book, as yet untitled, is set for
release next spring, with a lot of exciting plans in the
works.
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September 2010
Harlequin Superromance
ISBN: 0373716567 |
The First Wife
by Tara Taylor Quinn
Jane's rule
about marriage: if at first you
don't succeed, don't try
again...
A bigamist
ex-husband, an anonymous
stalker, a murder inquiry.
Magazine editor Jane Hamilton is
NOT having a good month. But
with the support of her best
friend, Brad Manchester, she's
coping—until they become lovers
and Brad complicates things even
more by proposing marriage.
Brad
understands Jane's fears, but
he's ready for a wife and
family, ready to move forward.
Especially when he finds out
she's pregnant with HIS child.
Book One
in The Chapman Files
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