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Sabrina Jeffries

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Sabrina Jeffries
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Sabrina Jeffries (born 1958) is an American author of romance novels, who also writes under the pen names Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas.[1][2] Entertainment Weekly calls her "one of the long-reigning leading voices in historical romance."[3]

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Early life

When Jeffries was seven years old, her parents became missionaries and moved the family to Thailand where they lived for eleven years.[4] She began making up her own stories when she was twelve.[4]

Jeffries earned a Ph.D. in English, writing her dissertation on James Joyce.[1]

Career

While serving as a visiting assistant professor of English at Tulane University, Jeffries attempted to develop an academic work from her dissertation.[4] Bored with this attempt, she began writing a romance novel instead.[4]

After realizing that she enjoyed writing more than teaching, Jeffries left the academic world to work as a technical writer, while writing novels at night.[4] Although her first attempt did not sell, after ten rejections Jeffries's second book was finally picked up by Leisure.[5]

She has published historical romances as both Sabrina Jeffries and Deborah Martin, and contemporary paranormal romantic suspense as Deborah Nicholas.[1]

Her novels Beware a Scot's Revenge and Let Sleeping Rogues Lie became New York Times Bestsellers.[1]

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Awards

  • HOLT Best Long Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for The Dangerous Lord (2000)
  • Maggie Award for Best Historical Romance for The Dangerous Lord (2000)
  • Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Best Historical Romance for A Notorious Love (2001)
  • HOLT Medallion Contest for Best Short Historical, Virginia Romance Writers for In the Prince’s Bed (2004)
  • Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Best Historical Fiction for To Pleasure a Prince (2005)
  • Best Historical K.I.S.S. Hero Award from RT Book Reviews for To Pleasure a Prince (2005)
  • More than Magic award for Best Historical for One Night with a Prince (2005)
  • More than Magic award for Best Historical for Never Seduce a Scoundrel (2006)
  • Winter Rose Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction for Never Seduce a Scoundrel (2006)
  • Maggie Award Winner for Best Historical for Only a Duke Will Do (2006)
  • K.I.S.S. Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for Don’t Bargain with the Devil (2009)
  • Career Achievement Award Winner, RT Book Reviews (2009)
  • HOLT Medallion Award of Merit, Virginia Romance Writers for The Truth About Lord Stoneville (2010)
  • K.I.S.S. Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for To Wed A Wild Lord (2011)
  • K.I.S.S. Award Winner from RT Book Reviews for How the Scoundrel Seduces (2014)

Personal life

Jeffries lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and son Nick.[1]

Publications

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Novels and novellas

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Lord Trilogy

  • The Pirate Lord (Avon, 1998) ISBN 978-0380797479
  • The Forbidden Lord (Avon, 1999) ISBN 9780380797486
  • The Dangerous Lord (Avon, 2000) ISBN 9780739409992

Swanlea Spinsters

The Royal Brotherhood

School for Heiresses

Hellions of Halstead Hall

The Duke's Men

Sinful Suitors[26]

Duke Dynasty

Designing Debutantes

  • A Duke for Diana (Zebra, 2022) ISBN 978-1-4201-5377-4[37]

Short fiction

Included in anthologies and collections

As Deborah Martin

Novels

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Wales

As Deborah Nicholas

Novels

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References

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