Lisa Kleypas


Lisa Kleypas is a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City.

Biography

Lisa Kleypas was born on 5 November 1964 in Temple, Texas, daughter of daughter of Linda and Lloyd Kleypas, an architect. She began writing her own romance novels during her summer breaks from studying political science at Wellesley College. Her parents agreed to support her for a few months after her graduation so that she could finish her latest manuscript. Approximately two months later, at age 21, Kleypas sold her first novel.
At approximately the same time, the 5'2" Kleypas was named Miss Massachusetts. During her competition at the Miss America pageant, Kleypas sang a song she had written, earning her a "talented nonfinalist" award.
Kleypas has been a full-time romance writer since selling that first book. Her novels have ranked high on major best-seller lists, sold millions of copies around the globe and have been translated into fourteen different languages.
In October 1998, Kleypas's Texas home flooded within a matter of hours after heavy rains inundated their town. She and her family lost everything except the clothes they were wearing and her purse. Within days, her colleagues at Avon sent boxes of clothes and books to help the family recover. For Kleypas, though, the defining moment was the after the flood, when she and her mother, made a quick trip to the store to purchase toothbrushes, clean clothes, and other necessities. Separately, each of them had also chosen a romance novel, a necessity to them in helping them escape the stress they were currently under. To Kleypas, this realization validated her decision to write romance novels instead of more literary works.
Though primarily known for her historical romance novels, Kleypas made an announcement in early 2006 concerning her momentary departure from historical romances to delve into the contemporary romance genre. She has stated that she plans to write historical romances again in the future.
Lisa lives in Washington with her husband, Greg Ellis, and their two children: Griffin and Lindsay.

Berkley-Falkner series

  1. Where Passion Leads
  2. Forever My Love

    Only Vallerand series

  3. Only in Your Arms = When Strangers Marry
  4. Only with Your Love

    Gamblers of Craven's series

  5. Then Came You
  6. Dreaming of You

    Stokehurst Family series

  7. Midnight Angel
  8. Prince of Dreams

    Capitol Theatre series

  9. Somewhere I'll Find You
  10. Because You're Mine
  11. I Will in the anthology Wish List with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands

    Bow-Street Runners series

  12. Someone to Watch Over Me
  13. Lady Sophia's Lover
  14. Worth Any Price
  15. Against the Odds in the Anthology Where's My Hero with Julia Quinn and Kinley MacGregor

    Wallflower series

  16. Secrets of a Summer Night
  17. It Happened One Autumn
  18. Devil in Winter
  19. Scandal in Spring
  20. A Wallflower Christmas

    The Hathaways series

  21. Mine Till Midnight
  22. Seduce Me at Sunrise
  23. A Hathaway Wedding
  24. Tempt Me at Twilight
  25. Married By Morning
  26. Love In The Afternoon

    The Ravenels series

  27. Cold-Hearted Rake
  28. Marrying Winterborne
  29. Devil in Spring
  30. Hello Stranger
  31. Devil's Daughter
  32. Chasing Cassandra

    Other historical romance novels

  1. Sugar Daddy
  2. Blue Eyed Devil
  3. Smooth Talking Stranger
  4. Brown-Eyed Girl

    Friday Harbor">Friday Harbor (series)">Friday Harbor (contemporary)

  5. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
  6. Rainshadow Road
  7. Dream Lake
  8. Crystal Cove

    Awards