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Lisa Kleypas (born November 5, 1964 in Temple, Texas) is a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City. Biography Lisa Kleypas was born on November 5, 1964 in Temple, Texas, to Linda and Lloyd Kleypas, an architect. She began writing her own romance novels during her summer breaks from studying political science at Wellesley College. Her parents agreed to support her for a few months after her graduation so that she could finish her latest manuscript. Approximately two months later, at age 21, Kleypas sold her first novel. The same year she sold her first novel, Kleypas was named Miss Massachusetts. During her competition at the Miss America pageant, Kleypas performed a song she had written, earning her a "talented nonfinalist" award. Kleypas has been a full-time romance writer since 1985. Her novels have ranked high on major best-seller lists, sold millions of copies around the globe and have been translated into fourteen different languages. In October 1998, Kleypas's Texas home flooded within a matter of hours after heavy rains inundated their town. She and her family lost everything except the clothes they were wearing and her purse. Within days, her colleagues at Avon sent boxes of clothes and books to help the family recover. For Kleypas though, the defining moment was after the flood, when she and her mother (whose home had also flooded), made a quick trip to the store to purchase toothbrushes, clean clothes, and other necessities. Separately, each of them had also chosen a romance novel, a necessity to them in helping them escape the stress they were currently under. To Kleypas, this realization validated her decision to write romance novels instead of more literary works. Though primarily known for her historical romance novels, Kleypas made an announcement in early 2006 concerning her momentary departure from historical romances to delve into the contemporary romance genre. Kleypas has since written two additional historical romance series: "The Hathaways" and "The Ravenels", as well as an additional contemporary romance series, the "Travis Series." Kleypas lives in Washington with her husband, Gregory Ellis, and their two children, Griffin and Lindsay. Bibliography Many of Kleypas's works are arranged into series. However, even books in different series often have common elements, such as the Westcliffs, Mrs. Bradshaw, Jenner's, Mathilda, and the Wallflowers. Berkley-Falkner series Where Passion Leads (1987) Forever My Love (1988) Only Vallerand series Only in Your Arms (1992) (republished as When Strangers Marry (2002)) annotation Only with Your Love (1992) annotation Gamblers of Craven's series Then Came You (1993) annotation Dreaming of You (1994) annotation Against the Odds in the Anthology Where's My Hero with Julia Quinn and Kinley MacGregor (2003) annotation Stokehurst Family series Midnight Angel (1995) annotation Prince of Dreams (1995) annotation Capitol Theatre series Somewhere I'll Find You (1996) annotation Because You're Mine (1997) annotation I Will in the anthology Wish List with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands (2001) annotation Bow-Street Runners series Someone to Watch Over Me (1999) annotation Lady Sophia's Lover (2002) annotation Worth Any Price (2003) annotation Wallflower series Again the Magic (2004) annotation Secrets of a Summer Night (2005) annotation It Happened One Autumn (2005) annotation Devil in Winter (2006) annotation Scandal in Spring (2006) annotation A Wallflower Christmas (2008) annotation The Hathaways series Mine Till Midnight (2007) annotation Seduce Me at Sunrise (2008) annotation A Hathaway Wedding (short story) (2009) Tempt Me at Twilight (2009) annotation Married By Morning (2010) annotation Love In The Afternoon (2010) annotation The Ravenels series Cold-Hearted Rake (2015) annotation Marrying Winterborne (2016) annotation Devil in Spring (2017) Hello Stranger (2018) Devil's Daughter (2019) Chasing Cassandra (2020) Devil in Disguise (2021) Other historical romance novels Love, Come to Me (1988) annotation Give Me Tonight (1989) Stranger in My Arms (1998) annotation Where Dreams Begin (2000) annotation Suddenly You (2001) annotation Again the Magic (2004) is the story of the sisters of the main character, Earl of Westcliff of It Happened One Autumn. annotation Novellas and anthologies Surrender (1991, novella) in the anthology "Christmas Love Stories" (1991) with Diane Wicker Davis, Shannon Drake, Kay Hooper Surrender in the 1994 anthology "A Christmas Present" with Loretta Chase and Judith E French Promises (1995, novella) in the anthology "Three Weddings and a Kiss" with Catherine Anderson, Loretta Chase and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss I Will (2001, novella) in the anthology Wish List with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands Against the Odds (2003, novella) part of the Craven series, in the anthology "Where's My Hero?" with Kinley MacGregor and Julia Quinn Surrender in the 2006 anthology "Gifts of Love" with Kay Hooper I Will in the 2008 anthology "A Historical Christmas Present" with Leigh Greenwood and Lynsay Sands I Will in the 2017 anthology "A Christmas to Remember" with Vivienne Lorret, Megan Frampton and Lorraine Heath Travis series (contemporary) Sugar Daddy (2007) annotation Blue Eyed Devil (2008) annotation Smooth Talking Stranger (2009) annotation Brown-Eyed Girl (2015) annotation Friday Harbor (contemporary) Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Oct 26, 2010) annotation Rainshadow Road (Feb 28, 2012) annotation Dream Lake (Aug 2012) annotation Crystal Cove (Feb 2013) annotation Awards 1998 – Waldenbooks Award for greatest sales growth, Someone to Watch Over Me 1999 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Someone to Watch Over Me 2002 – Romance Writers of American RITA Award finalist, Suddenly You 2002 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner for her Christmas anthology novella in Wish List 2002 – Romantic Times Magazine Best Sensuous Historical Romance, Lady Sophia's Lover 2002 – Publishers Weekly starred reviews for Lady Sophia's Lover and When Strangers Marry 2003 – Publishers Weekly starred review, Worth Any Price 2003 – Amazon Editor's Top Ten Picks forBest Romance of 2003, Where's My Hero and Worth Any Price 2004 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for best Short Historical, Worth Any Price 2004 – Publishers Weekly starred review, Secrets of a Summer Night 2006 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Short Historical Category, It Happened One Autumn 2007 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Short Historical Category, The Devil in Winter and Scandal in Spring Television 2012 – Christmas with Holly, based on the novel Christmas at Friday Harbor annotation References External links Official Lisa Kleypas website Chapter excerpts and title list (Official publisher web page) A Conversation with Lisa Kleypas (Int.... 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