Thea Harrison

In the 1980s and 1990s, Harrison {wrote for Harlequin Mills & Boon under the name Amanda Carpenter. The Amanda Carpenter romances have been published in more than ten languages, and have sold over a million and a half copies worldwide.^{[2][better source needed]}

Fifteen of the Amanda Carpenter books were re-released as ebooks through 2021 and 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Writing as Thea Harrison, her books have won numerous awards and appeared on the New York Times bestsellers list^[3] and the USA Today bestsellers list.^[4]

Her books have been published in multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Spanish.^{[citation needed]}

Harrison has received a number of positive reviews for her characters and world building. For example, USA Today's HEA Blog stated, "Thea Harrison is always on my must-read list. Her heroes and heroines are complicated, hot and just plain fun!"^[5] A review from bookbinge.com states, "Harrison’s world-building is top notch".^{[6][better source needed]}

The Washington Post has called her Elder Races series "fantastic."^[7] Of Dragon Bound (2011), the first novel in the Elder Races series, Publishers Weekly wrote, "Harrison goes beyond the usual vampires and werewolves to create an entertaining cast of supernatural characters."^[8] Booklist called it "an outstanding blend of romantic suspense and urban fantasy with great storytelling and world building."^[9] Publishers Weekly felt that new readers and old readers alike would "cheer" the protagonist of Oracle's Moon (2012).^[10]

In April 2020, Harrison announced she would be writing and releasing a set of four interconnected novellas featuring Dragos and Pia, the hero and heroine of her RITA award winning novel Dragon Bound (2011).^[11] Because she had previously retired the couple from future stories, this announcement was enthusiastically received by fans who had expressed their desire for more stories about the couple in a poll Harrison held on social media^[12] and through her newsletter.^[13] The first book, The Unseen, was released in 2020. In a February 2021 announcement to fans, Harrison revealed she was going on a writing and publishing hiatus for health reasons.^[14] As a result, plans for the novella series changed. The series was shortened to 2 novellas. The second and final novella, The Adversary, released in 2021.^{[better source needed]}

• 2012 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Paranormal Romance – Dragon Bound^[24]