title: Romance Authors: A Research Guide (Author Research Series)
author:  Sarah E. Sheehan 
description: Authored by the liaison librarian for the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University, this alphabetically organized book covers 50 American and international romance authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries along with selected historical authors. Each entry provides a biographical sketch of the author, a list of works in reverse chronological order, research sources about the author and the authors works, and see also references to similar authors. In addition, each authors work is categorized by popular subgenres. The index provides access to all the titles listed in the entries. Front matter includes a list of authors by romance subgenre and a romance-literature time line. This book is valuable for public libraries where romance readers advisory is done. --Sara Marcus
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  # About the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Adrienne Giordano](images/image-139.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **A drienne Giordano **is a _USA Today_ **** bestselling author of over twenty
  romantic suspense and mystery novels. She is a Jersey girl at heart, but now
  lives in the Midwest with her workaholic husband, sports-obsessed son and
  Buddy the Wheaten Terrorist (Terrier). She is a cofounder of Romance
  University blog and Lady Jane’s Salon-Naperville, a reading series dedicated
  to romantic fiction.
  
  
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