Amanda Renee

Amanda Renee
Nationality American
Occupation Novelist
Years active 2013-present
Notable work Home to the Cowboy (2013), Blame it on the Rodeo(2014) Mistletoe Rodeo (2015)
Awards

2014 Golden Quill Best Category Series Award - Winner (Home to the Cowboy) 2014 New England Readers' Choice Awards - 2nd Place (Blame it on the Rodeo)

2015 RT Book Reviewers' Choice Award - Series Romance Nominee
Website www.amandarenee.com

Amanda Renee is an American romance novelist.[1][2]

Background

She was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey[1] United States and now lives in coastal South Carolina.[2][3] She began writing at nine-years-old, but didn't pursue it seriously until she garnered praise for a school essay against music censorship.[1] After she was discovered through Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest, she began writing for their American Romance line.[3][4]

Career

Amanda received "the call" from Harlequin on March 13, 2012[5] after she had submitted her manuscript to them through their So You Think You Can Write[6] competition. Many of her books center around hippotherapy,[7] a form of physical and occupational therapy that utilize the horse's movements to treat numerous conditions.

Each of Renee's books have charted in the Nielsen Bookscan[8] Top 100 Adult Fiction Overall Fiction lists.

Novels

Harlequin American Romance[1][3]

Harlequin Western Romance[9][1][5]

Mills & Boon Australia Desire[1][10]

Mills & Boon Australia Cherish[2]

Mills & Boon United Kingdom American Romance[2]

Mills & Boon United Kingdom Western Romance[2]

Mills & Boon United Kingdom Cherish[2]

Awards

Other

In addition to writing books, Amanda teaches creative writing through the Harlequin Online Community.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Amanda Renee - Best Selling Romance Author". Amanda Renee - Best Selling Romance Author. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Amanda Renee - Romance, fiction books and ebooks from Mills & Boon". www.millsandboon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "Amanda Renee Author Bio". Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  4. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk, [email protected] -. "Amanda Renee". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  5. 1 2 "Harlequin American Romance Authors: Amanda%20Renee". Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  6. "Harlequin to kick off So You Think You Can Write conference and contest". USA TODAY Life. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  7. "AMANDA RENEE NEWS, UDATES AND GIVEAWAYS: NEWSPAPER ARTICLES!". theamandarenee.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  8. "Nielsen Bookscan".
  9. "Western Romance Store". Harlequin. Harlequin. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  10. "Mills & Boon™: His Ultimate Test by Amanda Renee". www.millsandboon.com.au. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  11. "Golden Quill Winners –". desertroserwa.org. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  12. "New England Chapter Romance Writers of America". New England Chapter Romance Writers of America. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  13. "2015 RT Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees — Series Romance | RT Book Reviews". www.rtbookreviews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  14. "Harlequin Online Community".

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