This is the first of many pages where we introduce our wonderful Beau Monde Authors. More are coming soon. Enjoy.
Regina holds the office of President for the Beau Monde chapter for 2011- 2012 and will become Past President 2012-2013. She has been a member of the Beau Monde since 1996 and served as published author liaison and conference chair. She started writing novels in the third grade. Thankfully for literature as we know it, she didn’t actually sell her first novel until she had learned a bit more about writing. Since her first book was published in 1998, her stories have traveled the globe, with translations in many languages including Dutch, German, Italian, and Portuguese. She’s written for both adults and teens, with fourteen novels and four novellas to her credit, all set in the Regency period. She and her husband of over 20 years reside in southeast Washington State. Regina Scott is a decent fencer and owns a historical costume collection that takes up over a third of her large closet. Find her at – Website + Blog
Susan Gee Heino
Susan is the Beau Monde chapter’s President Elect from 2011-2012 and will be President form 2012-2013. She began her writing career as a Theatre student, where she discovered writing plays for others to perform was much easier than memorizing lines and showing up to rehearsal every day. After several years working in forsaken little theatres, she settled into her current role as preacher’s wife and child herder. To preserve her sanity, she took her love of Historical Romance and turned her focus back onto writing. In 2008, she won Romance Writers of America’sprestigious Golden Heart ® Award in the Regency Historical category. She is currently working on her fourth book in a series.
Find her at – Website
Elaine is our current, and wonderfully efficient, Treasurer for the Beau Monde Chapter. She is an avid historical romance junkie, with a special tendre for the Regency era. A native of the Washington, DC area, she now resides in Nashville, TN with her husband of over 20 years. When not traveling domestically for her day job, Elaine and her DH like to travel to historically rich international locales. Elaine debuted with Harlequin Historical Undone! this year with a sensual Regency romance trilogy. You can find Elaine here – Website Facebook Goodreads Twitter: @elainegolden
Ann holds the office of Past President for the Beau Monde Chapter for 2011-2012. An army brat born in England, Ann lived all over the UK in her youth. She grew up loving history, but majored in business, with history on the side. Now living in Canada, she has a husband and two lovely daughters and a Maltese Terrier called Teaser, who likes to sit on a chair beside the computer while she works. She loves the Georgian era, and within that, the period known as the long Regency. She also adores happy endings. You will find her print books in bookstores in the month of issue, as well as on line where you will also find her e-books. Find her at – Website + Regency Ramble Blog + Facebook + Twitter: @annlethbridge
Diane’s dream came true in 2003 with an unexpected phone call from England. The Harlequin Mills & Boon editor who judged her Regency Historical manuscript in the Golden Heart wanted to buy it—and it also won! Diane’s Regencies have gone on to win RWA’s most prestigious RITA award, the National Readers Choice Award, The Orange Rose (now Bookseller’s Best), the Golden Quill and Holt Medallion. A member of Beau Monde for at least a decade, Diane enjoys being among like-minded people who love the Regency as much as she does.
Find her at- Website + Diane’s Blog on Thursdays + Risky Regencies on Mondays + eHarlequin the third Wednesday of the month + Facebook + Twitter @DianeGaston.
A passion for writing began at age 8 she wrote her first short story. 
During her sophomore year in high school, she wrote her first full-length novel, which was recently published. Her writing has won or been nominated as a finalist in many writing awards including the Whitney, SARA Merritt, and Golden Quill. In between caring for six children, (7 counting her husband), her day job, and her many volunteer positions, she manages to carve out time to indulge in her writing obsession. A native of Arizona, she writes Regency Romance and Fantasy. And yes, all of her heroes are patterned after her husband of over 21 years, who continues to prove that there really is a happily ever after. Find her at- Website + Blog + Linked In
Judith Laik is the author of two Regency romances with Kensington Publishing Corp. and other works of fiction. The second edition of her co-authored book of quotations, Around the Circle Gently, has been released. Judith is a columnist for 1st Turning Point www.1stturningpoint.com. She is currently working on a Regency historical and other projects. She lives on a small farm in Washington state with her husband, daughter, and various animals. Find her at – Website + Facebook
Shannon is a past-president of the Beau Monde Chapter and a member of several other chapters of RWA. She has spoken at past writer conferences, including RWA’s national conference, and regularly gives workshops online. Currently, she writes both historical and contemporary paranormal. Her writing has won numerous awards, including a RITA nomination for Best Regency, the Grand Prize in the “Minute Maid Sensational Romance Writer” contest, RWA’s Golden Heart, the Laurel Wreath, the Winter Rose, the Bookseller’s Best, and multiple finalists in the Holt Medallion, the Colorado ACE, the Golden Quill, and others. Her work has repeatedly earned 4½ Star Top Pick reviews from Romantic Times magazine. In addition to her Regency romances, she has had novellas published in several anthologies, has had young adult horror stories published and is the author of several computer games. Her abiding passions include–besides writing–her dogs, reading, gardening, painting, belly dancing, and the ever present horses in her life. Find her at- Website + Facebook + Twitter @sdwriter
Vicky is a confirmed historical romance junkie and Anglophile.
Frequent business trips to the UK allowed her to indulge her passion for all things Regency England. Bath, Stonehenge, and Spencer House are among her favorite places. She is, however, truly sorry for accidentally setting off a security alarm in Windsor Castle. That unfortunate incident led her British colleagues to nickname her “Trouble.” When she’s not writing, Vicky enjoys reading, films, concerts, and most of all, long lunches with friends. She holds degrees in English literature and marketing. A native Texan, she shares her home with her daughter and a spoiled mini-lop rabbit that lives in a slightly gnawed cardboard cottage. Find Vicky here – Website
Sally writes the funny, hot, Regency-set Naked nobility series for Kensington Zebra. Her seventh and final (at least for now) Naked novel, The Naked King, releases June 7, 2011 and she’ll be starting a new series for Kensington in 2012. A USA Today bestselling author, Sally’s books have been translated into Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, and Spanish. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in the first class of women. She’s a Cornell Law School dropout, former federal regulation writer, recovering parent volunteer, and mother of four mostly grown sons. A native of Washington, D. C., she still resides in suburban Maryland with her husband. Find her at – Website Blog Facebook Facebook fan page Twitter or @Sally_MacKenzie
Mary has been an avid student of the Regency era since the 1970’s and is a member of the RWA and its Beau Monde and Faith, Hope and Love chapters, as well as being part of the ACFW’s historic fiction community. She’s been writing historical fiction for over fifteen years, but had to put her efforts on hold while undergoing breast cancer. Mary says … I am now even more excited about my stories as I incorporate my struggles throughout the books and I am dedicated to encouraging others in the Lord and using my talent for His glory.A native of the Washington, DC area, my husband and I now live in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in southwest Virginia. When I’m not writing, I enjoy time with my husband, reading, and weekend get-aways. Find her at – Website
Barbara Monajem
Barbara wrote her first story in third grade about apple tree gnomes. After dabbling in neighborhood musicals and teen melodrama, she published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. Now her kids are adults, and she’s writing historical and paranormal romance for grownups. She lives in Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays. Find her at – Website - Blog – Facebook Twitter: @BarbaraMonajem
Miranda Neville
Miranda grew up in England before moving to New York City to work in Sotheby’s rare books department. After many years as a journalist and editor, she decided writing fiction was more fun. She is the author of historical romances published by Avon, including the Burgundy Club series featuring Regency rare book collectors. She lives in Vermont. Find her at – WEBSITE TWITTER @Miranda_Neville
Valerie Bowman
Valerie is a PRO member of RWA and a former Vice President of the First Coast Romance Writers chapter in Jacksonville, FL. She has a B.A. in English Language and Literature with a minor in History from Smith College and has been writing and editing professionally for nearly 15 years as a technical writer and editor at a computer software company. She is a 2011 finalist in the Regency category of the prestigious Golden Heart® Awards and is professionally represented by literary agent Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Find her at – Web and Twitter
Alix Rickloff
Alix Rickloff is a writer of historical-paranormal romance. She blends her lifelong love of Austen and Tolkein to create a compelling world of magic and enchantment set during the British Regency period. Her books have been described as “sexy and intense”, “exciting and spellbinding” and “a universe you won’t ever wish to leave”. Find her at – Web and Blame It On The Muse and Facebook
J.L. Langley
JL is a full-time writer, with over ten novels to her credit. Among her hobbies she includes reading, practicing her marksmanship (she happens to be a great shot), gardening, working out (although she despises cardio), searching for the perfect chocolate dessert (so far as she can tell ALL chocolate is perfect, but it requires more research) and arguing with her husband over who the air compressor and nail gun really belongs to (they belong to JL, although she might be willing to trade him for his new chainsaw) Find her at – Web and Facebook and Twitter @JL_Langley
Shereen Vedam
Shereen writes fantasy and regency and has published several short stories. Her one and only published regency short story (with no magic involvement whatsoever) is available through The Wild Rose Press and has garnered some very nice reviews. Recently, one of her unpublished novels was chosen as one of six semi finalists in Terry Pratchett’s Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now fantasy contest. This light-hearted romance is an alternate-history fantasy that takes a quirky look at the strengths and weaknesses of love, magic and religious beliefs. Find her at – Web
Amy Corwin, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America and recently joined Mystery Writers of America.
She has been writing for the last ten years and managing a career as an enterprise systems administrator in the computer industry. She writes Regencies/historicals, mysteries, and contemporary paranormals. To be truthful, most of her books include a bit of murder and mayhem since she discovered that killing off at least one character is a highly effective way to make the remaining ones toe the plot line.
Amy’s books include the two Regency romances, SMUGGLED ROSE, and LOVE, THE CRITIC; three Regency romantic mysteries, I BID ONE AMERICAN, THE BRICKLAYER’S HELPER, and THE NECKLACE; and her first paranormal, VAMPIRE PROTECTOR.
Join her and discover that every good mystery has a touch of romance.
Find her at – Web – Blog – Facebook – Twitter
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BRONWEN EVANS
Bronwen Evans, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, is a New Zealander who loves story – telling – gobbling up movies, books and theatre.
For most of her life, her head has been filled with characters and stories, particularly lovers in angst. But she’d never had the courage to write them down. In 2007, encouraged by a close friend battling a deliberating illness, Bronwen finally started down the path to publication by joining Romance Writers of Australia and Romance Writers of New Zealand.
Bronwen’s first manuscript, INVITATION TO RUIN, was completed late 2009 and was sold by her agent, Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency, to Kensington Publishing early 2010, in a two book deal.
INVITATION TO RUIN was released in March 2011, and received a 4.5 star rating from RT Book Reviews and was well received in Publishers Weekly – Evans’s debut Regency is filled with sizzling romance… Strong characterizations, smooth plotting, and plenty of explicit sex will appeal to fans of modern Regencies. (Mar.)
Bronwen’s second book, INVITATION TO SCANDAL will be released early 2012.
Find her at Website – Blog - Face Book
Twitter: @authorbevans
Christine Wells, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, was a corporate lawyer before resigning to write romance novels.
She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and two small but very noisy boys and is a member of Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of Australia.
A 2009 RITA nominee for THE DANGEROUS DUKE, Christine was also the first Australian to win the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award.
Find her at - Web
Linda Banche is today’s featured Beau Monde Author and she is going to tell us her writing story.
How Much Do I Know About the Regency? More than I used to. *g* I will never know everything, but part of the fun is finding out new things.
About six years ago, when I got it into my head the idea to write a regency, I looked for library books on the subject. One of the books I found was What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool. I was in alt. Here was a list of lots of the things I read about in regencies, but had no idea what they were. Pounds and pence, Parliament sessions, Whitsunday and Michaelmas, quarter days and consols, pelisses, footmen and scullery maids. I was also totally confused. How would I ever remember all this stuff?
I recently reread the book. And, lo and behold, much of the information has become second nature. I guess I’ve learned a lot in the past few years. Some will scoff at the book. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew covers both the Regency and the Victorian eras, so not everything is valid for the Regency. And the information is general. But the book is a good overview and has an extensive bibliography and a great glossary.
I will always make errors, and I hope my readers will be forgiving because I try to get things right.
Welcome to My World of Historical Hilarity! http://www.lindabanche.com/
Darlene Marshall, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, longs for more swashbuckling in her life. To fill that void, she writes award-winning historical romance about piracy, privateering and smuggling in 19th C. Florida. Her novels are published in English, German, and Estonian, in digital and print editions.
She loves having a job where driving to the beach in a convertible and drinking mojitos at the end of the day is research, though after the caving trip for The Bride and The Buccaneer she asked them to just leave the bottle. Darlene has lived in North Florida most of her life and is a graduate of the University of Florida. She worked in broadcast news for ten years before realizing she’d much rather make up stories for a living.
She shares her home with her native Floridian husband, two sons who occasionally return to the nest and make snarky comments about pirate porn, a snake who had a cameo role in Smuggler’s Bride, and a dachshund who’s constantly on guard against squirrel encroachment.
Titles: (all Regency era historicals) – Sea Change (June 2011), 
The Bride and the Buccaneer,
Captain Sinister’s Lady,
Smuggler’s Bride,
Pirate’s Price
Awards:
2006–placed in Lories competition, published work, single title category: Smuggler’s Bride
2007–Epic Award (Electronic Publishing), historical romance, Captain Sinister’s Lady (tied with Pirate’s Price)
2007–Epic Award (Electronic Publishing), historical romance, Pirate’s Price (tied with Captain Sinister’s Lady)
2010–FCRW Beacon Award, historical, The Bride and the Buccaneer
You can find Darlene Marshall at – Website Twitter Facebook Blog: Darlene’s Digest
Or email: darlenemarshall@darlenemarshall.com
Jillian Kent, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, has been writing for years and now her dream is coming true.
She is also a full-time counselor for nursing students, has a masters degree in social work, and is fascinated with human behavior and how our minds work. Because she works in contemporary society she thought it would be fun and interesting to explore what might have happened in a lunatic asylum in Regency England. That’s just a snippet of how her story idea was conceived and she hopes you will escape into the past with her and find faith for the future. You’ll enjoy this journey.
Jillian is more than enthusiastic about the release of her first book, Secrets of the Heart, The Ravensmoore Chronicles, Book One ( Coming May 2011) and is thrilled that Romantic Times gave Secrets of the Heart 4 STARS! 
If you want to read the first chapter of this novel to see if it’s your kind of read, please visit her website at http://jilliankent.com/books.html . You’ll find a great book trailer waiting for you there. Jillian also invites you to join in conversation on her blog anytime, plus, about twice a month she blogs with other Realms buddies at http://justthewritecharisma.blogspot.com/ You can find Jillian at -Web and Facebook and Twitter @jillkentauthor.com
Louise M. Gouge, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, is an Award-winning Florida author who writes historical fiction, calling her stories “threads of grace woven through time.”
In addition to numerous other awards, Louise is the recipient of the prestigious Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award. Married to David Gouge for forty-six years, Louise is a mother of four and grandmother of six children. As well as writing, she teaches English and humanities at Valencia College in Kissimmee , Florida.
Currently, Louise is writing a three-book series of set in Regency England for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Historical imprint. To learn more about Louise, visit her website.
Louise’s Books – At the Captain’s Command, Love Inspired Historical, April 2011, #67 Amazon Kindle historical romance; RT 4-Star Review
The Gentleman Takes a Bride, in The Wedding Season, LIH, June 2011, #52 Amazon Kindle romance anthology; RT 4-Star Review
The Captain’s Lady, Love Inspired Historical, March 2010 – RT 4-Star Review
Louise M. Gouge http://blog.Louisemgouge.com
Stefanie Sloane, today’s Featured Beau Monde Author, is a native Northwesterner with the pale skin to prove it.
Stefanie credits her parents’ eclectic reading habits—not to mention their decision to live in the middle of nowhere—for her love of books. A childhood spent lost in the pages of countless novels led Stefanie to college where she majored in English.
No one was more surprised than Stefanie when she actually put her degree to use and landed a job in Amazon.com’s Books editorial department. She spent over five years reading for a living before retiring to concentrate on her own stories.
Stefanie currently resides with her family in Seattle.
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