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Susan Napier's Biography
The fact that I was born on St Valentine's day is wonderful PR for a romance writer, but the accident of my birth didn't endow me with any magical sense of destiny.
I did, however, always want to be a writer of some
kind - any kind, as long as I could make a living at it. I was born and brought
up in Auckland - New Zealand's most populous city - and as a child was a voracious
reader and writer of stories. I was often criticised for having my 'head in a
book' when I could have been out playing in the fresh air. Now I actually get
paid for always having my head in a book. What bliss!
After I graduated from high school
I worked as a journalist on Auckland's leading newspaper (where in fine romantic
tradition I met, fell in love with and married the Chief Reporter!) before
moving on to a film production company as a script writer/researcher/production
assistant. After my two sons were born I decided that the time was ripe to
attempt my secret dream - to write a novel. I chose the romance genre because
I enjoyed reading romantic fiction myself. It took me two years to write
SWEET VIXEN, which was accepted by Mills & Boon
in London and published in the U.S. under the Harlequin imprint.
So far I have
written 33 romances for Harlequin, and my books are published in 21 languages
in over 36 countries.
My sons are
now grown, my wonderful husband is still my archetypal warm and witty, tall,
dark and handsome hero (...well, maybe the "dark" bit is now more of a fond
memory than a strictly accurate description). We live in the house we bought
soon after our marriage, adjacent to a wetland nature reserve in a leafy suburb
of Auckland. Extensive renotations have provided for our expanding lives -
a book-crammed office for me, sprawling living quarters, and a large, solar-heated
swimming pool in the back yard to help off-set the physical effects of a sedentary
occupation!
As to the future, there are still an awful lot of stories inside me clamoring to be written and I hope to find time to write them all.
Susan Napier
Auckland, New Zealand
If you'd like to contact me you can address your emails to snapier@pl.net
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