Duodecimal: 12 sticky authors by Patrice Michelle
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 16:00
Patrice Michelle, author of contemporary and paranormal novels, shares with us her “peanut butter” authors – you know what I’m talking about. Authors who stick with you long after you finish the book. Read on…
And don’t forget to catch Patrice’s upcoming releases (unintentional rhyme):Â
Scions: Resurrection, January ’08
Scions: Insurrection, May ’08
Scions: Revelation, Fall ’08
Twelve Authors Whose Work Has Stayed With Me
1. Julie Garwood – For The Lion’s Lady.
2. Judith McNaught – For writing A Kingdom of Dreams, the book that inspired me to start writing.
3. Johanna Lindsey – For giving us great alpha heroes.
4. Christine Feehan – For showing me that well-written world building can make a vampire world and its society totally believable.
5. Linda Lael Miller – For my first introduction to sexy vampires.
6. Virginia Henley – For super hot love scenes.
7. Jude Deveraux – For making me cry, not once but three times, while reading Remembrance (great reincarnation story).
8. Linda Howard – For writing FABULOUS heroes, especially when we’re in those yummy males’ heads, and for giving us verra hot love scenes.
9. Patricia Briggs – For writing wonderful urban fantasy that sucks you right in and won’t let you go until the last page.
10. Marjorie M. Liu – For her fantastic voice that I can’t describe, other than to say, “Wow! Just read her and you’ll see.”
11. Stephanie Meyers – For reminding us just how sexy “almost” can be in Twilight.
12. Melissa Marr – For writing an awesome YA. I read Wicked Lovely in one sitting.
Bev(QB) says:
December 11th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Interesting. For me she’s memorable because of historical figures and events she includes… AND for the spicy love scenes.
Nalini Singh says:
December 11th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Yay, someone who loves Remembrance as much as me! I adore that book. No matter how many times I read it, I still sob my heart out.
janice says:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Now this is a pretty good list!
Devon says:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
These lists are great for making me remember authors that I really need to get to. I’ve never read Judith McNaught.
Patrice Michelle says:
December 11th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Bev (QB). Yes, she was known for that as well, but maaaaaan, those love scenes! *g*
Nalini, I LOVED this book even though it made me bawl like a baby!
Janice, definitely some keepers in there. Check them out.
Devon, yes, I’m really enjoying everyone’s lists. Loved the 12 Paranormal Alpha Heroes of Christmas list!
Great idea, Sybil and I loved the “sticky” title. You’re right, it’s just like peanut butter. Hehe And thanks to Gwen (the formatting queen) for finding all the book covers!
Patrice Michelle says:
December 11th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Er, Devon, that’d be your post on the 12 Days of Speculative Romance. LOL!
Pam P says:
December 12th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Another great list, Patrice. Kingdom of Dreams is high on my alltime fave list, recommend it, Devon.
Sybil says:
December 12th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Very much list of awesomeness… I wondered why gwen was asking me yesterday if LLM did vamps. heeeeeeeeeee I just forgot to get around to ASKING her.
My answer was yes, she was vamps before vamps where kewl *g*. (as was Nancy Gideon) Of course I completely fucked the titles, sorry I was thinking of Here and Then and There and Now. Silhouette Special Edition done in the 90′s and were TT, which in turn makes me wrong again as I was thinking she only had three TT (read The Outlaw!).
Some of Virginia Henley’s old historicals are just amazing. She does a great job of marrying historical fiction and historical romance. Or did, I haven’t read her lately.
Your #1 is one of the Garwoods I really wanna read and I have to admit to never having tried Jude Deveraux.
Patrice Michelle says:
December 12th, 2007 at 7:21 am
Pam P, The Kingdom of Dreams definitely has some wonderful “melt your heart” moments. Can’t recommend it highly enough.
Yes, LLM did write a vampire trilogy…hmmmm, sexy vampires. To my knowledge those 3 books were the only vampire ones she wrote.
You should check out The Lion’s Lady and Remembrance, Sybil.
katiebabs says:
December 12th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Lion’s Lady was the first Garwood I read and I still have it.
Kingdom of Dreams makes me weepy everytime I re-read it.
I have a new respect for YA after reading Twilight and Wickedly Lovely.
Patrice Michelle says:
December 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Somewhere along the why I lost my copy of Kingdom of Dreams. I’m going to go buy another copy. It has been at least a decade since I read that book. I still have Remembrance though and lend it out to friends for a really good read.