Jude Deveraux

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Jude Gilliam White Montassir
Born Jude Gilliam
September 20, 1947 (1947-09-20) (age 62)
Fairdale, Kentucky U.S.
Pen name Jude Deveraux
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1977 - present
Genres Romance, historical, paranormal
Spouse(s) Mr. White (1967-1971)
Claude Montassir (divorced)
Children Sam Alexander Montassir (1997-2005)
Official website

Jude Deveraux (b. September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky as Jude Gilliam) is an American Romance novel author who is well-known for her historical romance.

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[edit] Biography

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Born Jude Gilliam in September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She is the eldest child of four, and has a large extended family. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, and her early books had a copyright notice giving her name as "Jude White". Jude and White divorced after four years.

She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art, and she was a 5th-grade teacher prior to her debut as a writer. She began writing in 1976 as Jude Deveraux, and her first book was published in 1977. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position.

Jude later married Claude Montassir, with whom she adopted a son, Sam Alexander Montassir. Her son died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident on October 6, 2005. She and Montassir are divorced.

Deveraux has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in North Carolina and also has a home in Italy.

Her historical romances generally have storylines centered on strong, capable heroines and how they meet and fall in love with their heroes. Deveraux has also participated in romance anthologies with collections of shorter stories along with other romance authors.

Although she is best known for her medieval romances, Deveraux has also written stories set in later time periods, including post-Revolutionary America, nineteenth century Colorado, and nineteenth century New Mexico.

She has written several time-travel romances, and her latest novels have had a contemporary setting. Many of her more recent books feature paranormal storylines.

A great many of her books follow the same family, the Montgomerys, through time and across continents, leading fans to regularly try to keep track of their family tree in the novels. Their cousins, the Taggerts, also feature prominently in her stories.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Single Novels

  • The Enchanted Land (1978)
  • Casa Grande (1982)
  • Remembrance (1994)
  • An Angel for Emily (1998)
  • The Blessing (1998)
  • Temptation (2000)
  • The Mulberry Tree (2002)
  • Wild Orchids (2003)
  • Secrets (2008)

[edit] The Montgomery Dynasty

[edit] In the Beginning

  • The Black Lyon (1980)
  • The Maiden (1988)

[edit] 16th century

[edit] Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy

Follows 4 brothers, one in each book.

  1. The Velvet Promise (1981)
  2. Highland Velvet (1982)
  3. Velvet Song (1983)
  4. Velvet Angel (1983)
  • The Velvet Quartet: The Velvet Promise / Highland Velvet / Velvet Song / Velvet Angel (omnibus) (2003)
  • Velvet Song / Velvet Angel (omnibus) (2005)
[edit] Other Medieval
  • The Heiress (1995)

[edit] 18th century (Revolutionary-War Era)

  • The Raider (1987)

[edit] 19th century

  • Mountain Laurel (1990)
  • Eternity (1992)
  • The Duchess (1991) (in Great Britain)
  • The Temptress (1986)
  • Wishes (1989)

[edit] 20th century

  • The Awakening (1988)
  • The Invitation (1994) (in The Invitation)
  • The Princess (1987)
  • A Knight in Shining Armor (1989)
  • High Tide (1999)

[edit] 21st century

[edit] Forever Trilogy

Note: These three books follow the same character.

  1. Forever (2002) (Male hero's name is Adam Montgomery)
  2. Forever and Always (2003)
  3. Always (2004)
[edit] Other 21st century novels
  • Someone to Love (2007)

[edit] Taggert Dynasty

[edit] 18th century (Revolutionary-War Era)

  • The Raider

[edit] Chandler Twins Duology

  1. Twin of Fire (1985)
  2. Twin of Ice (1985)
  • Twin of Ice / Twin of Fire (omnibus) (1997)

[edit] Other novels

  • Sweet Liar (1992)
  • Holly (2003)
  • The Matchmakers (1994) (in The Invitation)
  • Just curious (1995) (in A Gift of Love) or (in Simple Gifts)

[edit] Lanconia's Royal Family

  1. The Maiden (1988)
  2. The Princess (1987)
  3. The Chronicles of Lisa and the horned Beast that she loves (1989)
  4. Lanconia's Woman who loved only Animals and is eventually tamed by a strong man to know her place (1990)

[edit] James River Saga

0. Sweetbriar (1983)
1. Counterfeit Lady (1984)
2. Lost Lady (1985)
3. River Lady (1985)
  • James River Trilogy (omnibus) (2004)

[edit] Peregrine Family

  1. The Taming (1989)
  2. The Conquest (1991)
  • The Taming / The Conquest (omnibus) (2005)

[edit] Legend, Colorado, USA

  1. Legend (1996)
  2. The teacher (1997) (in Upon a Midnight Clear)

[edit] Summerhouse Series

  1. The Summerhouse (2001)
  2. Return to Summerhouse (2008)

[edit] Edenton Trilogy

  1. First Impressions (2005)
  2. Carolina Isle (2005)

[edit] Edilean Series

  1. Lavender Morning (2009)
  2. Days of Gold (2009)

[edit] Omnibus

  • The Invitation (The Invitation / Matchmakers / A Perfect Arrangement) (1984)

[edit] Anthologies

[edit] External links

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