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Diana Palmer
BornDecember 11, 1946
USA United States
Pen nameSusan Spaeth,
Diana Palmer
Diana Blayne
Katy Currie
Susan Kyle
OccupationJournalist, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1979 - present
GenreRomance
Website
Official website

Diana Palmer (b. December 11, 1946 as Susan Spaeth) is an award winning American writer. She was a journalist for 16 years writing under her birth name. Since 1979, she is a bestseller novelist of romantic novels under her more well-known pseudonym Diana Palmer, she has also written as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and Susan Kyle.

Her novel Diamond Girl was made into a movie, released in 1998, for television.[1]

Biography

Palmer has been married to James Kyle since 1972 and have since settled down in Georgia, where Palmer began to write novels seriously. In 1980, they had their only son, Blayne Edward Kyle, who is pursing a law enforcement career in college.

She began selling romance novels in 1979 under Diana Palmer and now writes three New York publishing houses: Mira Books (mainstream romances), Silhouette Books (contemporary series romances), and Fawcett Books (historical romances). She has over 95 books in print, translated and published around the world. She also write seven novels as Diana Blayne, one novel as Katy Currie and seven novels as Susan Kyle.

Palmer herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45, inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming. He retired from his own computer business in 1998 and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. Palmer graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, in 1995 with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies.

She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.

Awards

Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional Romance Writers of America awards. In 1998, a Japanese Harlequin reader poll gave her Silhouette Desire novel, The Patient Nurse, its favorite book of the year award. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. She has also been awarded the Romantic Times 1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner for series storyteller of the year. She has also been invited to speak at Romance conventions; Palmer presented a session topic, Moving from Series Romance to Mainstream Romance, at the 9th annual Harriet Austin Writers Conference in 2002.[2]

Bibliography

As Susan Spaeth

She wrote journalistic articles under this, her maiden name, during 16 years.

As Diana Palmer

Single Novels

  • Now and Forever (1979)
  • If Winter Comes (1979)
  • At Winter's End (1979)
  • Bound by a Promise (1980)
  • Dream's End (1980)
  • Love on Trial (1980)
  • Storm Over the Lake (1980)
  • Sweet Enemy (1980)
  • To Have and to Hold (1980)
  • To Love and to Cherish (1980)
  • September Morning (1982)
  • Darling Enemy (1983)
  • Fire and Ice (1983)
  • Snow Kisses (1983)
  • Diamond Girl (1984)
  • Heart of Ice (1984)
  • The Rawhide Man (1984)
  • Lady Love (1984)
  • Roomful of Roses (1984)
  • Cattleman's Choice (1985)
  • Love By Proxy (1985)
  • The Australian (1985)
  • After the Music (1986)
  • Champagne Girl (1986)
  • Eye of the Tiger (1986)
  • Loveplay (1986)
  • Betrayed by Love (1987)
  • The Humbug Man (1987)
  • Woman Hater (1988)
  • Hoodwinked (1989)
  • Miss Greenhom (1990)
  • Nelson's Brand (1991)
  • The Best Is Yet to Come (1991)
  • Trilby (1992)
  • Calamity Moon (1993)
  • Amelia (1993)
  • Nora (1994)
  • Rogue Stallion (1994)
  • Maggie's Dad (1995)
  • Noelle (1995)
  • That Burke Man (1995)
  • Man of Ice (1996)
  • Anabelle's Legacy (1996)
  • The Patient Nurse (1997)
  • Magnolia (1997)
  • Mistery Man (1997)
  • The Savage Heart (1997)
  • The Bride Who was Stolen (1998)
  • Beloved (1999)
  • Blind Promises (1999)
  • Circle of Gold (2000)
  • The Eye of the Tiger (2001)
  • Garden Cop (2002)
  • Diamond Spur (2002)
  • Texan Lovers (2003)
  • The Marrying Kind (2003)
  • True Colors (2004)
  • Before Sunrise (2005)
  • Heartbreaker (2006)

Whitehall Series

  1. The Cowboy and the Lady (1982)
  2. Lacy (1991)

Friends and Lovers Series

  1. Friends and Lovers (1983)
  2. Rage of Passion (1987)

Big Spur, Texas Series

  1. Heather's Song (1983)
  2. Passion Flower (1985)

Soldier of Fortune Series

  1. Soldier of Fortune (1985)
  2. The Tender Stranger (1985)
  3. Enamored (1988)
  4. Mercenary's Woman (2000)
  5. The Winter Soldier (2001)
  6. The Last Mercenary (2001)

Rawhide and Lace Series

  1. Rawhide and Lace (1986)
  2. Unlikely lover (1986)

Blake Donovan Series

  1. Fit for a King (1987)
  2. Reluctant Father (1989)

Long Tall Texans Series

  1. The Founding Feather (2003)
  2. Calhoun (1988)
  3. Justin (1988)
  4. Tyler (1989)
  5. Sutton's Way (1989)
  6. Ethan (1990)
  7. Connal (1990)
  8. Harden (1991)
  9. Evan (1991)
  10. Donavan (1992)
  11. Emmet (1992)
  12. Regan's Pride (1994)
  13. That Burke Man (1995)
  14. Redbird (1995)
  15. Coltrain's Proposal (1996)
  16. Paper Husband (1996)
  17. A Long Tall Texan Summer (1997)
  18. Christmas Cowboy (1997)
  19. The Princess Bride (1998)
  20. Beloved (1999)
  21. Callaghan's Bride (1999)
  22. Love with a Long, Tall Texan (1999)
  23. Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon (2000)
  24. The Wedding in White (2000)
  25. A Man of Means (2002)
  26. Lionhearted (2002)
  27. Man in Control (2003)
  28. Lawless (2003)
  29. Carrera's Bride (2003)
  30. Renegade (2004)
  31. Cattleman's pride (2004)
  32. Boss Man (2005)

Marist Series

  1. His Girl Friday (1989)
  2. Hunter (1990)

The Case of the Most Wanted Series

  1. The Case of the Mesmerizing boss (1992)
  2. The Case of the Confirmed Bachelor (1992)
  3. The Case of the Missing Secretary (1992)

Night of love Series

  1. Night of Love (1993)
  2. King's Ramsom (1993)
  3. Secret Agent Man (1994)

Hutton & Co. Series

  1. Once in a Paris (1998)
  2. Paper Rose (1999)
  3. Lord of the Desert (2000)
  4. The Texas Ranger (2001)
  5. Desperado (2002)

As Diana Blayne

Single Novels

  • A Waiting Game (1982)
  • A Loving Arrangement (1983)
  • White Sand, Wild Sea (1983)
  • Color Love Blue (1984)
  • Dark Surrender (1984)
  • Tangled Destinies (1986)
  • Denim and Lace (1990)

As Katy Currie

Single Novel

  • Blind Promises (1984)

As Susan Kyle

Single Novels

  • Diamond Spur (1988)
  • Fire Brand (1989)
  • Night Fever (1990)
  • True Colors (1991)
  • Escapade (1992)
  • After Midnight (1993)
  • All that Glitters (1995)

References and sources

  1. ^ imdb
  2. ^ Harriet Austin Writers Conference
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