Emma Darcy


Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan and Frank Brennan, they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy now writes the books on her own. Wendy lives in New South Wales, Australia.
Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averaged six new books per year.
In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel Who Killed Angelique? won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, Who Killed Bianca, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.

Personal life

Wendy Brennan

Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia, she has an Honours degree in Latin and worked as a high school English teacher. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in the southern hemisphere.

Frank Brennan

Frank Brennan was a businessman. He died in 1995.

The marriage

Frank Brennan and Wendy married, and she left her job. The marriage had three sons. They are voracious readers, and they decided to write their own novels under the pseudonym Emma Darcy.
Widowed, Wendy now lives in New South Wales, Australia with 5 grandchildren and 3 adult sons.

Writing career

As Emma Darcy, they sold her first novels in 1983. Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averaged six new books per year.
In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel Who Killed Angelique? won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, Who Killed Bianca, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.

Emma Darcy Award Contest

In 1993 Frank and Wendy Brennan created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. It had a prize of $2,000 and a guarantee that the manuscript would be seen by an acquiring editor.
Winners:
  1. Ride the Storm
  2. Dark Heritage
  3. The Shining of Love
  4. The Bedroom Surrender

    Kings of the Outback Series

  5. The Cattle King's Mistress
  6. The Playboy King's Wife
  7. The Pleasure King's Bride
  1. Who Killed Angelique?
  2. Who Killed Bianca?
  3. Who Killed Camilla?

    Kings of Australia Series

  4. The Arranged Marriage
  5. The Bridal Bargain
  6. The Honeymoon Contract
  1. The Outback Marriage Ransom
  2. The Outback Wedding Takeover
  3. The Outback Bridal Rescue

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Expecting! Series Multi-Author

Italian Husbands Series Multi-Author