Laura Griffin
Laura Griffin | |
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 Laura Griffin at the Romance Writer's of America Conference, July 2015, New York, NY | |
| Pen name | Laura Griffin |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | America |
| Period | - present |
| Genre | romantic suspense |
| Notable awards | RITA award – Best Romantic Suspense 2010 Whisper of Warning RITA award – Best Romantic Suspense 2013 Scorched |
| Website | |
| www | |
Laura Griffin is a USA Today bestselling American author of romantic suspense. She has won Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense twice, as the Daphne du Maurier Award.
Biography
Griffin started her career as a journalist and preferred hard-news stories. She attributes her experience to her desire to write suspense fiction, since she's able to make justice prevail and give the characters happy endings. "As a reporter, you cover a lot of stories that go unresolved or do not end happily."[1]
She grew up reading Nancy Drew books, and as she grew older, Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell. "I love King and Cornwell because their books go above and beyond scary. To me it's the characters that make them so compelling — I care about the people, so I can't stop turning the pages to see what happens to them."[2]
In 2013, Griffin teamed up with bestselling author Allison Brennan to co-write a female detective series. Since they were both with different publishers, they decided to self-publish this series.[3]
She currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Bibliography
Borderline
- 1. One Last Breath. September 2007
- 2. One Wrong Step. April 2008
Glass Sisters
- 1. Thread of Fear. October 2008
- 2. Whisper of Warning. April 2009
Tracers
- 1. Untraceable. November 2009
- 2. Unspeakable. July 2010
- 2.5 "Unstoppable". October 2010
- 3. Unforgivable. December 2010
- 4. Snapped. September 2011
- 5. Twisted. April 2012
- 6. Scorched. November 2012
- 7. Exposed. June 2013
- 8. Beyond Limits. February 2015
Moreno & Hart Mysteries
- co-author Allison Brennan
- 1. Crash and Burn. September 2013
- 2. Hit and Run. July 2014
Stand-alone works
- Shadow Fall. September 2015
- Far Gone. April 2014
- Nightfall. April 2013
- Surrender at Dawn. June 2011
Awards and reception
- 2010: Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense for Whisper of Warning[4]
- 2013: Romance Writers of America RITA Award Finalist for Best Romantic Suspense for Twisted
- 2013: Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense for Scorched[4]
Griffin has also received several starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, as well as a Romantic Times Top Pick.
Several of her novels made the USA Today bestseller list. Twisted reached #132 in April 2012; Scorched reached #89 in November 2012; Exposed reached #139 in July 2013; and Beyond Limits reached #85 in February 2015.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ Lamb, Joyce (October 31, 2012). "Interview: Laura Griffin, author of 'Scorched'". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Lamb, Joyce (April 15, 2014). "Interview: Laura Griffin, author of 'Far Gone'". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "RS author Kendra Elliot interviews Allison Brennan, Laura Griffin". USA Today. September 2, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "myRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners". rwa.org. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Beyond Limits". February 5, 2015. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "Exposed". July 4, 2013. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "Scorched". November 8, 2012. USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "Twisted". USA Today. April 26, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
