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 Authors
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Anna Zaires is a _New York Times_ , _USA Today,_ and #1 international
  bestselling author of sci-fi romance and contemporary dark erotic romance. She
  fell in love with books at the age of five, when her grandmother taught her to
  read. Since then, she has always lived partially in a fantasy world where the
  only limits were those of her imagination. Currently residing in Florida, Anna
  is happily married to Dima Zales (a science fiction and fantasy author) and
  closely collaborates with him on all their works.
  
  
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  To learn more, please visit [www.annazaires.com](http://www.annazaires.com).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hettie Ivers is an accidental romance author who likes to escape the stress of
  her work week with a good dirty book—preferably one that’s also funny.
  
  
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  Her current career does not allow much time for creative smut writing, but she
  loves to write after hours and on week