Heather Graham Pozzessere
Heather Graham Pozzessere is a best-selling American writer, who writes primarily romance novels. She also writes under her maiden name Heather Graham as well as the pen name Shannon Drake.
She has written over 150 novels and novellas, has been published in approximately 25 languages, and has had over 75 million copies printed.
Biography
Born Heather Graham on March 15, 1953, she grew up in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She married Dennis Pozzessere shortly after her high school graduation. After high school, she went on and earned a degree in theater arts from the University of South Florida. She spent several years after that working in dinner theater, singing backup vocals, and bartending. After the birth of her third child, Pozzessere decided she could not afford to go to work anymore. She chose to stay at home, and, to fill her time, began to write horror stories and romances. After two years, in 1982, she sold her first novel, When Next We Love.In the years since then, she has written more than 100 novels and novellas. These novels run the gamut of the romance genre, from historical fiction to category, from romantic suspense to time travel, and from vampire fiction to Christmas stories. She has been the launch author for Dell's Ecstasy Supreme line, Silhouette's Shadows line, and for Harlequin's mainstream brand, Mira Books. Her books have been published in 20-plus languages.
Romance Writers of America presented her with the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Novelists Inc, the Horror Writers Association, and has received the Thriller Writer's Silver Bullet for charitable enterprises.
Pozzessere is a founder of the Florida chapter of the Romance Writers of America, and since 1999 has hosted the annual Romantic Times Vampire Ball for charity. In 2006, she hosted the first Writers for New Orleans on Labor Day, with workshops and a dinner theater event to benefit the city and the libraries. Labor Day of 2007 made it an annual event. She is the founder of the Slushpile players and Slushpile band.
In November 2016, it was announced that Pozzessere would co-author Chad Michael Murray in writing his second novel titled American Drifter. It is due to be released in November 2017.
Family
She and her husband have five children.As Heather Graham
Stand-alone novels
- When Next We Love
- Tender Taming
- A Season for Love
- Quiet Walks the Tiger
- Night, Sea and Stars
- Hours to Cherish
- Tender Deception
- Red Midnight
- Arabian Nights
- Serena's Magic
- Hold Close the Memory
- A Circumstantial Affair
- Dante's Daughter
- Handful of Dreams
- The Maverick and the Lady
- Eden's Spell
- Liar's Moon
- Siren from the Sea
- Every Time I Love You
- The Devil's Mistress
- Spirit of the Season
- Renegades
- A Magical Christmas
- Queen of Hearts
- The Last Cavalier
- Tempestuous Eden
- Night of the Blackbird
- A Matter of Circumstance
- A Season of Miracles
- In the Dark
- Suspicious
- Kiss Of Darkness
- The Island
- Blood Red
- The Last Noel
- Nightwalker
- Dust to Dust
- There Be Dragons
- Home in Time for Christmas
- The Killing Edge
- The Rising
- American Drifter
- "The Ghost of You"
- Undercover Connection
- Tangled Threat
- Witness to Death
Donna Miro and Lorna Doria Series
- Sensuous Angel
- An Angel's Share
MacAuliffe Vikings Trilogy
- Golden Surrender
- The Viking's Woman
- Lord of the Wolves
Camerons Saga
- Sweet Savage Eden
- A Pirate's Pleasure
- Love Not a Rebel
- One Wore Blue
- And One Wore Gray
- And One Rode West
Camerons Saga: North American Woman Trilogy
- Sweet Savage Eden
- A Pirate's Pleasure
- Love Not a Rebel
Camerons Saga: Civil War Trilogy
- One Wore Blue
- And One Wore Gray
- And One Rode West
Old Florida's MacKenzies Series
- Runaway
- Captive
- Rebel
- Surrender
- Glory
- Triumph
Suspense Series
- Drop Dead Gorgeous
- Tall, Dark, and Deadly
- Long, Lean and Lethal
- Dying to Have Her
- Hurricane Bay
- Picture Me Dead
- Dead on the Dance Floor
- The Presence
- Killing Kelly
Suspense Series: Soap Opera
- Long, Lean and Lethal
- Dying to Have Her
- Killing Kelly
Suspense Series: The O'Casey Brothers
- Dead on the Dance Floor
- Killing Kelly
Harrison Investigation Series
- Haunted
- The Presence
- Ghost Walk
- The Vision
- The Seance
- The Dead Room
- The Death Dealer
- Unhallowed Ground
- Nightwalker
- The Killing Edge
The Flynn Brothers Trilogy
- Deadly Night
- Deadly Harvest
- Deadly Gift
Prophecy Series
- Dust to Dust
Vampire Hunters Series
- Night of the Wolves
- Night of the Vampires
- Bride of the Night
The Bone Island Series
- Ghost Memories
- Ghost Shadow
- Ghost Night
- Ghost Moon
Krewe of Hunters
- Phantom Evil
- Heart of Evil
- Sacred Evil
- The Evil Inside
- The Unseen
- The Unholy
- The Unspoken
- The Uninvited
- The Night is Watching
- The Night is Alive
- The Night is Forever
- "Crimson Twilight"
- The Cursed
- The Hexed
- The Betrayed
- "When Irish Eyes are Haunting"
- The Silenced
- The Forgotten
- "All Hallows Eve"
- The Hidden
- Haunted Destiny
- Deadly Fate
- Darkest Journey
- Dying Breath
- Dark Rites
- Doomed Legacy
- "Hallow Be the Haunt"
- Wicked Deeds
- Fade to Black
- Pale as Death
- Echoes of Evil
- "Haunted By the Holidays"
- "Christmas, The Krewe and a Large White Rabbit"
- The Summoning
- The Seekers
- The Stalking
- "Blood Night"
- "Horror-Ween"
- "The Best Christmas Ever"
- Seeing Darkness
- Deadly Touch
- "The Dead Heat of Summer"
- Dreaming Death
Cafferty & Quinn
- Let the Dead Sleep
- Waking the Dead
- "Infernal Night: Michael Quinn vs. Repairman Jack"
- The Dead Play On
- "Blood on the Bayou"
- "Toys in the Attic"
- "Big Easy Evil"
- Bitter Reckoning
New York Confidential
- Flawless
- A Perfect Obsession
- A Dangerous Game
- A Lethal Legacy
- The Final Deception
Finnegan Connection
- Law and Disorder
- Shadows in the Night
- Out of the Darkness
Non-fiction
- Some Wore Blue & Some Wore Gray
- Why I Love New Orleans
Collections
- The Best of Heather Graham: Tender Taming / When Next We Love
- The Best of Heather Graham: A Season for Love / Quiet Walks the Tiger
- Untamed Maverick Hearts
- Tender Taming / When Next We Love
- Three Complete Novels: Sweet Savage Eden / A Pirate's Pleasure / Love Not a Rebel
- A Season for Love and Quiet Walks the Tiger
Omnibus in collaboration
- All in the Family: West Virginia/Betrayed By Love
- Love's Legacy
- Lovers Dark and Dangerous
- Daughters Of Destiny
- Lonesome Rider/The Heart's Desire
- Home and Family: All in the Family/Tell Me a Story/Saturday's Child/Wedding of the Year/Seize the Fire
- Reckless Hearts
- Beautiful Stranger: The Last Cavalier/Mystery Child
- Lucia in Love/Lion on the Prowl
- With a Southern Touch
- On the Edge
- Forbidden Stranger
- The Ultimate Treasure
- Snowy Nights
- Forces of Nature
- In the Dark/Get Blondie - Intimate
- I'd Kill for That
- Warrior without Rules/Suspicious
- A Bride by Christmas
- More Than Words Volume 5
- Holiday with a Vampire 4
- * The Gatekeeper
As Heather Graham Pozzessere
Stand-alone novels
- Night Moves
- Double Entendre
- The Di Medici Bride
- The Game of Love
- King of the Castle
- A Circumstantial Affair
- All in the Family
- Lucia in Love
- Strangers in Paradise
- This Rough Magic
- Home for Christmas
- A Perilous Eden
- Forever My Love
- Wedding Bell Blues
- Forbidden Fire
- Snowfire
- The Christmas Bride
- Hatfield and McCoy
- Mistress of Magic
- Between Roc and a Hard Place
- Last Cavalier
- Lonesome Rider
- The Trouble with Andrew
- Wilde imaginings
- Slow Burn
- An Angel's Touch
- Eyes of Fire
- For All of Her Life
- Seize the Wind
- Down in New Orleans
- If Looks Could Kill
- Never Sleep with Strangers
- Night Heat
Angel Hawk Series
- Bride of the Tiger
- Angel of Mercy
- Borrowed Angel
- Night Heat: Bride of the Tiger/Angel of Mercy/ Borrowed Angel
Slater's Summer Fires Series
- Dark Stranger
- Rides a Hero
- Apache Summer
- Summer Fires: Dark Stranger, Rides a Hero and Apache Summer
Omnibus in collaboration
- Brave Hearts
- Destined for Love
- Forever Mine
- Summer Sensations
- Always and Forever
- Legacies of Love Collection: Legacy, No Stranger and Wedding Bell Blues
As Shannon Drake
Stand-alone novels
- Tomorrow the Glory
- Blue Heaven, Black Night
- Ondine
- Lie Down in Roses
- Emerald Embrace
- And I Will Love You Forever
- Gifts of Love
- Damsel in Distress
- Bride of the Wind
- Vanquish the Night
- Lovers and Demons
- One Little Miracle
- Branded Hearts
- The King's Pleasure
- The Pirate Bride
Fire Series
- Princess of Fire
- Knight of Fire
No Other Series
- No Other Man
- No Other Woman
- No Other Love
Vampires Series
- Beneath a Blood Red Moon
- When Darkness Falls
- Deep Midnight
- Realm of Shadows
- The Awakening
- Dead by Dusk
- Kiss Of Darkness
- Blood Red
Graham Family Series
- Come the Morning
- Conquer the Night
- Seize the Dawn
- Knight Triumphant
- The Lion in Glory
- When We Touch
- The Queen's Lady
Victorian Fairy Tale Series
- Wicked
- Reckless
- Beguiled
Omnibus in collaboration
- Haunting Love Stories
- Christmas Love Stories
- Night Magic
- Under the Mistletoe