Sabrina Jeffries, Deborah Martin, Deborah Nicholas
If having a colorful life turns you into a novelist, then Sabrina Jeffries had no choice but to become a writer. When her parents decided to be missionaries to Thailand (when she was seven), her whole life changed. Before eighteen, she had eaten chicken heads and jellyfish, been chased by a baby elephant, seen countless cobras and pythons, had the entire series of rabies shots (yes, the old-time ones in the stomach with those lo-o-o-ng needles), and visited rain forests and rubber plantations.
But in case you're wondering how the daughter of missionaries ended up as a romance novelist, she explains. "When you're in the boonies in a foreign country with only your pesky siblings for company, you read a lot. And I mean, a lot. I read everything: classics, children's books, mysteries, science fiction, even comic books. Most of all, I read romances."
Sabrina cut her teeth on Cherry Ames novels, progressed to Grace Livingston Hill and Emilie Loring, graduated to Barbara Cartland, then got hooked on the hard stuff in college with her first Rosemary Rogers novel. She tried laying off the romances during her six years in graduate school, but it was fruitless. Woodiwiss and Lindsey beckoned. Finally, she stopped fighting it, tossed aside her Ph.D. in English and surrendered to the impulse to write a novel. And a romance writer was born! Now she lives in North Carolina with her husband and son, where she writes books full-time. Thanks to her colorful life, she has plenty of fodder for novels, so lucky fans can look forward to fabulous books from her for a very, very long time.
She has written under the psudonyms of Deborah Nicholas and Deborah Martin. She also has a special interest in children's charities; her own son is autistic and Ms. Jeffries has some very special information to share. Please visit her web-site http://www.sabrinajeffries.com/pages/aboutsj.htm
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