Juliet Burns

Most of the authors I’ve spoken with all have one thing in common. They ALWAYS wanted to be a writer. Most started writing from the time they could hold a crayon.

But not me. I’ve always loved to read. But write? Please! That was for people with a lot more intelligence, talent, and education than me!

I grew up in a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth, got married, moved to another suburb of DFW, and had 3 kids. I have always loved music.

I sang professionally at weddings and funerals, and directed my church choir.

I’m also a big murder mystery fan: Sue Grafton, Elizabeth George, and Anne Perry are my favorite authors. But I found an Amanda Quick book in the library about seven years ago, and from that moment, I was hooked on romance. I read voraciously. Krentz, Lowell, Madelyn Baker, Susan Krinard, Mary Balogh, Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Kleypas, you name ‘em, I read ‘em. My favorite authors are Deborah Simmons, Elizabeth Fairchild, and the great, awesome Laura Kinsale.

While I was pregnant with my third child, health issues required me to be on partial bed rest for the last six months. This resulted in my spending a great deal of time reading.

The more I read, the more a story of my own kept filling my head. The hero and his past, the heroine and her flaws, scenes emerged, then snatches of dialogue.

I *had* to write this story!

Ten months later I’d finished the manuscript and a bookseller cyber-friend recommended RWA^®. I joined the local chapter, North Texas, and started learning the craft.

I was lucky enough to meet a fantastic critique partner, entered my story, called BET ON LOVE, in several contests, and revised the heck out of it. It received two richly deserved rejections before finally winning first place in the 2002 Golden Rose Contest!!

I love the romance genre and believe with all my heart in the healing power of love.

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