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Flavia-Adriana edited the overview of Victoria Alexander Wednesday, August 8, 2012.

• New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award winning television reporter until she discovered fiction was much more fun than real life. She turned to writing full time and is an American authorstill shocked it worked out.

  Since the publication of her first book in 1995, she has written twenty-four full length novels and six novellas. The Perfect Wife—originally published in 1996 and reissued in March 2008—hit #1 on the New York Times list. Sixteen of historical romance novels. Sheher books are bestsellers hitting the New York Times, USA Today and/or Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. With books translated into a dozen different languages she has readers around the world and has twice been nominated for Romance’s Writers of America prestigious RITA award. In 2009 she was given a Career Achievement Award from RT Bookclub and was named Historical Storyteller of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once,year in 2003. In 2008 she was the keynote speaker for A Visit From Sir Nicholas, which Romantic Times describedthe Romance Writers of American annual conference in San Francisco. Victoria credits much of her writing success to her experiences as a reporter.

  Her years as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous charactersa broadcast journalist were spent in two radically different areas of the country: Nebraska and West Virginia. In West Virginia, she covered both natural and manmade disasters. She was on the scene when a power plant construction accident in a small town left 52 men dead. She once spent the night on a mountain waiting to learn of the fate of coal miners trapped in a mine collapse. Victoria was producing a newscast when her husband (who worked at the same television station) and several other journalists were held hostage by a disturbed Vietnam veteran. In Nebraska, she reported on the farm crisis and watched people lose land that had been in their families for generations. She covered the story that was the basis of the movie BOYS DON’T CRY and meaningful lessons about lifeonce acted as the link between police and love. " Alexander has also wona gunman who had barricaded himself in his home. Her investigative work exposed the trucking of New York City garbage to a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.small town dump in rural Nebraska.

  On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, Lady Amelia's Secret Lover,During her journalism career, Victoria covered every president from Ford to Clinton. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be surrounded by rising floodwaters and inside a burning building. She’s interviewed movie stars including Kevin Costner, ridden an elephant and flown in a governor’s helicopter. She’s covered a national political convention and Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Denver as well as small town festivals celebrating everything from walnuts to Glen Miller. Her work was honored by numerous organizations including the Associated Press who called a feature about a firefighter’s school “story telling genius”. It was the encouragement she needed to turn from news to fiction. She’s never looked back.

  Victoria is a former president of the Omaha Press Club and in 2009 was named an e-book original,OPC Face on the Barroom Floor. A caricature portrait of her joined previous faces including presidents, sports figures and politicians in a tradition that began in 1971.

  Victoria claims her love of romance and journalism is to due to the influence of her favorite comic book character: Lois Lane, a terrific reporter and a great heroine who pursued Superman with an embedded videounwavering determination. And why not? He was extremely well drawn.

  Victoria grew up traveling the world as an Air Force brat. Today, she lives in Omaha, Nebraska with Alexander's comments abouther husband, a son in college and a daughter working in film. Victoria had two bearded collies, Sam and Louie (named from characters in one of her books). Sam (on the left), the best dog in the world for 13 ½ years, passed away in September 2010. Louie has now taken on the plotposition of loyal companion and is doing a fine job even though he doesn’t understand that kitchen counter surfing is not allowed!

  They live in a house under constant renovation and characters.the accompanying parade of men in tool belts. And never ending chaos. Victoria laughs a great deal—she has to.

Flavia-Adriana edited the overview of Victoria Alexander Wednesday, August 8, 2012.

• Victoria Alexander is an American author of historical romance novels. She has been nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for A Visit From Sir Nicholas, which Romantic Times described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. " Alexander has also won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.

  On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, Lady Amelia's Secret Lover, as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters.

Flavia-Adriana edited the summary of Victoria Alexander Wednesday, August 8, 2012.

• Victoria Alexander is an American author of historical romance novels. She has been nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for A Visit From Sir Nicholas, which Romantic Times described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. " Alexander has also won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.
  
  On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, Lady Amelia's Secret Lover, as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters.
  
  Effington Family
  The Wedding Bargain (1999)
  The Husband List (2000)
  The Marriage Lesson (2001)
  The Prince's Bride (2001)
  Her Highness, My Wife (2002)
  Love with the Proper Husband (2003)
  The Lady in Question (2003)
  The Pursuit of Marriage (2004)
  A Visit from Sir Nicholas (2004)
  When We Meet Again (2005)
  Let It Be Love (2005)
  
  Last Man Standing
  A Little Bit Wicked (2007)
  What a Lady Wants (2007)
  Secrets of a Proper Lady (2007)
  
  Novels
  Yesterday and Forever (1995)
  The Perfect Wife (1996)
  Princess and the Pea (1996)
  Emperor's New Clothes (1997)
  Believe (1998)
  Play It Again Sam (1998)
  Paradise Bay (1999)
  
  Omnibus
  The Night Before Christmas: Promises to Keep / Naughty or Nice / Santa Reads Romance / Gift for Santa (1996) (with Sandra Hill, Dara Joy and Nelle McFather)
  Santa Paws (1997) (with Nina Coombs, Annie Kimberlin and Miriam Raftery)
  The Cat's Meow (1998) (with Nina Coombs, Coral Smith Saxe and Colleen Shannon)
  Secrets of a Perfect Night (2000) (with Rachel Gibson and Stephanie Laurens)
  The One That Got Away (2004) (with Liz Carlyle, Eloisa James and Cathy Maxwell)
  
  

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Princess Dana edited the summary of Victoria Alexander Saturday, August 23, 2008.

• Victoria Alexander is an American author of historical romance novels. She has been nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for A Visit From Sir Nicholas, which Romantic Times described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. " Alexander has also won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.
  
  On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, Lady Amelia's Secret Lover, as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters.
  
  Effington Family
  The Wedding Bargain (1999)
  The Husband List (2000)
  The Marriage Lesson (2001)
  The Prince's Bride (2001)
  Her Highness, My Wife (2002)
  Love with the Proper Husband (2003)
  The Lady in Question (2003)
  The Pursuit of Marriage (2004)
  A Visit from Sir Nicholas (2004)
  When We Meet Again (2005)
  Let It Be Love (2005)
  
  Last Man Standing
  A Little Bit Wicked (2007)
  What a Lady Wants (2007)
  Secrets of a Proper Lady (2007)
  
  Novels
  Yesterday and Forever (1995)
  The Perfect Wife (1996)
  Princess and the Pea (1996)
  Emperor's New Clothes (1997)
  Believe (1998)
  Play It Again Sam (1998)
  Paradise Bay (1999)
  
  Omnibus
  The Night Before Christmas: Promises to Keep / Naughty or Nice / Santa Reads Romance / Gift for Santa (1996) (with Sandra Hill, Dara Joy and Nelle McFather)
  Santa Paws (1997) (with Nina Coombs, Annie Kimberlin and Miriam Raftery)
  The Cat's Meow (1998) (with Nina Coombs, Coral Smith Saxe and Colleen Shannon)
  Secrets of a Perfect Night (2000) (with Rachel Gibson and Stephanie Laurens)
  The One That Got Away (2004) (with Liz Carlyle, Eloisa James and Cathy Maxwell)
  
  

Princess Dana edited the bio of Victoria Alexander Saturday, August 23, 2008.

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Palaberke edited the bio of Victoria Alexander Saturday, April 26, 2008.