Loretta Chase
American writer
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Loretta Chase, née Loretta Lynda Chekani (born 1949) is an American writer of romance novels since 1987.
Loretta Lynda Chekani Chase | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Loretta Chase |
| Period | 1987-present |
| Genre | Romance |
| Notable works | The Sandalwood Princess, Lord of Scoundrels |
| Notable awards | RITA award – Regency Romance 1991 The Sandalwood Princess RITA award – Short Historical Romance 1996 Lord of Scoundrels |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Loretta Lynda Chekani was born in 1949 in a family of Albanian origin. She studied at New England public schools before receiving a bachelor's degree from Clark University, where she majored in English.
Career
Her past jobs include clerical, administrative, and part-time teaching at Clark and a "Dickensian six-month experience" as a meter maid. After college, her first professional writing job was for an exhibition catalog.[1] This led to a job moonlighting as a corporate video scriptwriter. During this time she met a video producer who enticed her to write novels...and eventually to marry him. Her first Regency manuscript, Isabella, was bought by the first New York editor who read it and led to a successful career as a romance author. Chase said of her marriage: "The books resulting from this union have won a surprising number of awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA® Award."[2] Her books have also won several Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards, various RRA-L (Romance Readers Anonymous) awards, and the All About Romance Top 100 Romances award multiple times.[3]
Bibliography
Trevelyan Family Saga Series
- Isabella 1987/Nov
- The English Witch 1988/Jul
Regency Series
- Viscount Vagabond 1989/Jan
- The Devil's Delilah 1989/Jun
Scoundrels Series
- The Lion's Daughter 1992/Oct
- Captives of the Night 1994/Mar
- Lord of Scoundrels 1995/Jan
- "The Mad Earl's Bride" in Three Weddings and a Kiss 1995/Sep (with Catherine Anderson, Lisa Kleypas and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss)
- The Last Hellion 1998/Apr
Carsington Brothers Series
- Miss Wonderful 2004/Mar
- Mr. Impossible 2005/Mar
- Lord Perfect 2006/Mar
- Not Quite a Lady 2007/May
- Last Night's Scandal 2010/Aug
Fallen Women Series
- Not Quite a Lady 2007/May
- Your Scandalous Ways 2008/Jun
- Don't Tempt Me 2009/Jul
Single Novels
- Knave's Wager 1990/Jun
- The Sandalwood Princess 1990/Dec
Omnibus
- Isabella and the English Witch, 2003
- Viscount Vagabond and Devil's Delilah, 2004
- The Sandalwood Princess / Knave's Wager, 2004
Dressmakers Series
- Silk is for Seduction , 2011/July
- Scandal Wears Satin , 2012/June
- Vixen in Velvet , 2014/June
- Dukes Prefer Blonds , 2015/December
Difficult Dukes Series
- A Duke in Shining Armour 2017
- Ten Things I Hate About The Duke 2020
- My Inconvenient Duke 2025
Anthologies (Other)
- "Falling Stars" in A Christmas Collection 1992 (with Stella Cameron, Joan Hohl and Linda Lael Miller)
- "Falling Stars" in A Christmas Present 1994 (with Judith E. French and Lisa Kleypas)
- "The Mad Earl's Bride" in Three Times a Bride 2010/May (with Catherine Anderson and Samantha James)
- "Lord Lovedon's Duel" in Royal Bridesmaids 2012/July (with Stephanie Laurens and Gaelen Foley)
Non-fiction
- "Historical Romance—The Path I’ve Taken" essay in North American Romance Writers (1999, ISBN 0810836041)[4]
Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Sandalwood Princess | Regency Romance | Romance Writers of America RITA Award | Won | [5] | |
| 1995 | Lord of Scoundrels | Regency Historical Romance | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award | Won | [6] | |
| 1996 | Lord of Scoundrels | Short Historical Romance | Romance Writers of America RITA Award | Won | [5] | |
| 1998 | The Last Hellion | British Isles Historical Romance | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award | Won | [7] | |
| 2004 | Miss Wonderful | First Historical Romance | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award | Won | [8] | |
| 2009 | Don't Tempt Me | Historical Love & Laughter | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award | Won | [9] | |
| 2011 | Historical Romance | Romantic Times Career Achievement Award | Won | [10] |