Vicki Lewis Thompson (born 11 October 1950 in United States) is a best-selling American writer of over seventy romance novels. She has also been published under the pseudonyms Cory Kenyon and Corey Keaton with Mary Tate Engels. Biography Vicki Lewis was born on 11 October 1950 in the United States. She has both a B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Arizona. She worked as a journalist and a high school English teacher before deciding that she would try to write romance novels. Her first book was published in 1984 as the ninth entry in the Harlequin Temptation line. Thompson also had the honor of being one of the launch authors for the Harlequin Blaze and Harlequin Duets lines. The first of her "Nerd" Books, Nerd in Shining Armor, was a 2003 Reading With Ripa selection. Vicki has two children, including daughter Audrey, who runs her mother's website. Awards 1985 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Promise Me Sunshine 1986 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, When Angels Dance 1987 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Butterflies in the Sun 1990 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Be Mine, Valentine 1992 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, It Happened One Weekend 1996 - Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award Winner, Holding Out for a Hero 1998 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Mr. Valentine 1999 - Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award Winner, Pure Temptation 2000 - Heart and Scroll Romance Writers of America Madcap Award Winner, Bringing Up Baby New Year 2000 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Pure Temptation 2002 - Romance Writers of America RITA Finalist, Notorious 2003 - Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award Winner, After Hours 2004 - Heart and Scroll Romance Writers of America Madcap Award Winner, Nerd in Shining Armor 2005 - Heart and Scroll Romance Writers of America Madcap Award Winner, The Nerd Who Loved Me Bibliography As Vicki Lewis Thompson Single Novels Mingled Hearts (1984) Promise Me Sunshine (1984) Impractical Passion (1985) As Time Goes by (1986) When Angels Dance (1986) Butterflies in the Sun (1986) The Fix It Man (1986) Cupid's Caper (1987) Golden Girl (1987) Sparks (1988) The Flip Side (1988) Impulse (1988) Full Coverage (1989) Tis the Season (1989)Connections (1989)Your Place or Mine (1991)It Happened One Weekend (1991)Anything Goes (1992)Critical Moves (1992)Ask Dr. Kate (1992)Fools Rush in (1993)Only in