Parris Afton Bonds
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Born | Parris Afton Bonds Tampa, Florida, United States |
Occupation | Writer, novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1972–present |
Genre | Romance Historical romance |
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Parris Afton Bonds is an American historical romantic fiction novelist. She is the co-founder of Romance Writers of America.
Parris Afton Bonds started her writing career in the early 1970s, and early in her career Time magazine called Parris Afton Bonds one of the many women who supplement their family income by writing romance novels.[1] Her genre is historical romance, a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
Parris Afton Bonds co-founded both the Romance Writers of America and the Southwest Writers Workshop.[2] The Parris Award was established in her name by the Southwest Writers Workshop to honor published writers who give outstandingly of their time and talent to other writers.[3]
Parris Afton Bonds is named after Paris, Kentucky and the River Afton in Scotland.[4] Writers she most admires are Harold Robbins, Rafael Sabatini, James A. Michener, Frank Yerby, and Edna Ferber.[4]
Works
A list of some of the works by Parris Afton Bonds.
Books
- Blue Bayou - 1986 / (Fawcett) / ISBN 0-44-912607-2
- Blue Moon - 1985 / (Ballantine) / ISBN 0-44-990154-8
- The Calling of the Clan - 2016 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B01N660FWI
- The Captive - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00GQ0BN22
- Dancing with Crazy Woman - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00C2C1RNI
- Dancing with Wild Woman - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007C7WOPI[5]
- Deep Purple - 1984 / (Fawcett) / ISBN 0-58-606633-0
- Dream Keeper - 2014 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00KC52J4S
- Dream Time - 2014 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00K8O8FKU
- Dust Devil - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00C53PH76
- The Flash Of The Firefly - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00CWI33O8
- For All Time - 1992 / (HarperCollins) / ISBN 0-06-108012-8
- Indian Affairs - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B008JLF4U8[6]
- Kingdom Come: Temptation - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00H9VCJG6
- Kingdom Come: Trespass - 2015 / ([[Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00S8G0WWO
- Lavender Blue - 1983 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00GLEXN58[7]
- Love Tide - 1980 / (Popular Library) / ISBN 0-44-504521-3
- Made For Each Other - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007Y0694U
- Man For Hire: Book II - Midsummer Madness Trilogy - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00LVI15HW
- Midsummer Midnight - October 1985 / (HarperCollins) / ISBN 0-37-307113-2
- Mood Indigo - 1988 / (Fawcett) / ISBN 0-44-990134-3
- No Telling - 2014 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00OFHDSG2
- Renegade Man - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007Y0688M
- Run To Me - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007QEA8FK
- Savage Enchantment - 1979 / (Popular Library) / ISBN 0-445-04332-6
- The Savage - 1995 / (Dorchester) / ISBN 0-8439-3784-X
- Snow And Ice - 1987 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00RSIDPNG[8]
- Spinster's Song - 1992 / (Leisure Books) / ISBN 0-84-393316-X
- Stardust - 1983 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00T5IW006
- Sweet Enchantress - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00HIR06X4
- Sweet Golden Sun - 1978 / (Popular Library) / ISBN 0-44-504226-5
- The Wildest Heart - 2014 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00NKQ9VCY
- Wanted Woman - 1987 / (HarperCollins) / ISBN 0-37-307189-2
- Widow Woman - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007SXUT80
- Wind Song] - 2013 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B007R8UUGW
Novellas and anthologies
- "Written in the Stars" in Valentine Sampler - Anthology|Valentine Sampler - 1993 / (Leisure Books) / ISBN 0-84-393378-X
- "Ravished!" in Silhouette Summer Sizzlers - Anthology|Silhouette Summer Sizzlers - 1989 / (HarperCollins) / ISBN 0-37-348217-5
- "At First Sight: A Novella" - 2017 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B06XTHWC4V
- "The Latest and the Greatest" - 2014 / (Paradise Publishing) / ASIN B00OMENP66
References
- ^ Reed, J. D. (13 April 1981). "Excerpt: From Bedroom to Boardroom". Time. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Morasco, Diane. "Bewitched, Enchanted and Hypnotized by Writer Parris Afton Bonds". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Roberts, Kathaleen. "Tony Hillerman Literary Landscape Writer's Series begins with birthday celebration honoring late author". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b Texas Monthly. Magazine. Jan 1981. Vol. 9, No. 1., P. 140. “Behind the Purple Page” Books by Stephen Harrigan
- ^ "DANCING WITH WILD WOMAN by Parris Afton Bonds". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Indian Affairs by Parris Afton Bonds". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "LAVENDER BLUE by Parris Afton Bonds Read by Julie S Halpern". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: FT-Snow and Ice by Parris Afton Bonds, Author". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.