Anna DeStefano
Subgenres:
Paranormal Romance
Contemporary Series Romance
Contemporary Single Title Romance
Bio: Anna DeStefano is a best selling author of long contemporary romance for Harlequin Superromance, and single title romance for Harlequin, New York. She's a multiple Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award nominee and winner, a National Reader's Choice, Bookseller's Best and Book Buyers Best finalist, won the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, and an unpublished Maggie Award of Excellence winner and a published finalist. An honors graduate form Georgia Tech, Anna worked in corporate IT for ten years, finally settling into a career as a Senior Tech Writer. Her dream to publish fiction refused to be ignored, however, and six years after joining RWA, she's the president of Georgia Romance Writers and is working on her 10th full-length novel. She's invited to present her workshops on planning through character, drafting/improvisation, and revision at meetings, conferences, and all-day workshops nationwide--including Romance Writers of America's National Conference, the Romantic Times confernce, the Harriete Austin Writers Conference at the University of Georgia, the Surrey Writers Conference in British Colombia, and the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference in Seattle. And she's recently embarked on presenting a series of communication workshops with her agent Michelle Grajkowski, from Three Seas Literary Agency.
Anna DeStefano's Books:
To Protect the Child (released 6/1/2008)
Subgenre: Contemporary Series Romance
Book II in the HOT Atlanta Heroes Series. Deep Cover FBI Agent Alexa Vega can't rememnber who's hunting her. Then, nightmares tell her to return to the mobster who tried to kill her, or an innocent child will be his next victim. Alexa's surgeon, Robert Livingston (from Because of a Boy), will risk everything to help her--and to keep Alexa's heart forever. --4 1/2 Stars TOP PICK Romantic Times Review Atlanta Heroes--you can stake your life on them!!!
Mothers of the Year (released 4/1/2008)
Subgenre: Contemporary Single Title Romance
In this "Snow White and Grumpy" themed novella, Baby Steps, it takes a troubled little boy to help a woman take baby steps toward a loving future with her husband. "This trio of charming stories...is heartwarming and well written. All three authors are masters of their craft..." --Romantic Times BOOKreviews
Because of a Boy (released 10/1/2007)
Subgenre: Contemporary Series Romance
She never meant it to go so far... Pediatric nurse Kate Rhodes teams up with legal aid lawyer Stephen Creighton because it's the only way to save her patient--a sick little boy whose father is on the run from both the DEA and a Colombian drug lord. Now Kate and Stephen are in danger of losing their lives as well as their hearts! Anna DeStefano turns up the heat--her southern-set, award-winning stories go uptown in Atlanta Heroes! Some of your favorite characters from The Perfect Daugther and The Prodigal's Return are back, joined by every-day heroes you'll love. Atlanta Heroes--you can stake your life on them!!! "Remarkably realistic characters and a fast-paced story make Anna DeStefano's Because of a Boy hard to put down..." --Romantic Times BOOKreviews
