Jackie Diamond Hyman Explained

Jackie Diamond Hyman Wilson
Pseudonym:Jacqueline Diamond,
Jacqueline Topaz,
Jacqueline Jade,
Jackie Hyman,
Jackie Diamond Hyman
Birth Name:Jackie Diamond Hyman
Birth Date:3 April 1949
Birth Place:Menard, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Language:English
Alma Mater:Brandeis University
Period:1982–present
Genre:Romance
Spouse:Kurt Wilson (1978–present)
Children:2

Jackie Diamond Hyman (born April 3, 1949, in Menard, Texas, United States) is an American writer and former Associated Press reporter and columnist. Since 1982, she has written more than ninety novels in genres including romance, horror, fantasy and mystery under the pen names Jacqueline Diamond, Jacqueline Topaz, Jacqueline Jade, Jackie Hyman, and Jackie Diamond Hyman.

Biography

Personal life

Jackie Diamond Hyman was born on April 3, 1949, in Menard, Texas, United States. She is the daughter of Maurice Hyman, M.D., former chief of psychiatry at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and ceramic sculptor Sylvia Hyman.[1]

Hyman was married in 1978 to Kurt Wilson and has two sons.

Career

Hyman graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to travel and write in Europe.

After moving to Orange County, California, in 1972, she worked as a reporter and editor for The Orange Coast Daily Pilot and as a copy editor for the Orange County Register. She worked as a reporter and editor the Associated Press (AP) in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1983, and continued to write theater-related articles for the AP until 1999. In 1993–1994, she wrote a weekly television column for AP that was nationally distributed. She teaches short story, article and novel writing through Long Ridge Writers Group, and is the author of How to Write a Novel in One (Not-so-easy) Lesson.

She sold her first in 1982.[1] Her book publishers include Harlequin Enterprises Ltd, William Morrow, St. Martin's Press, Five Star Press, Walker and Company, DAW Books and Berkley Books. Since 2010, she has been reissuing her early novels, including Regency romances and mysteries, in digital editions.

Hyman is a former national board member of Romance Writers of America and has also served on the board of the Orange County, California chapter. She is a two-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award and received a career achievement award from Romantic Times Book Club magazine.

Bibliography

As Jacqueline Diamond

Historical romance novels

Contemporary romance novels

The Runaway Heiress Series

  1. Unlikely Partners (1987)
  2. Capers and Rainbows (1988)

Babies of Doctors Circle Series

  1. Diagnosis: Expecting Boss's Baby (2003)
  2. Prescription: Marry Her Immediately (2003)
  3. Prognosis: A Baby? Maybe (2003)

Downhome Doctors Series

  1. The Police Chief's Lady (2005)
  2. Nine-Month Surprise (2006)
  3. A Family at Last (2006)
  4. Dad by Default (2006)
  5. The Doctor + Four (2006)

Harmony Circle Series

  1. The Family Next Door (2008)
  2. Baby in Waiting (2008)
  3. Million-dollar Nanny (2009)

Safe Harbor Medical Series

  1. The Would-Be Mommy (2010)
  2. His Hired Baby (2010)
  3. The Holiday Triplets (2010)
  4. Officer Daddy (2011)
  5. Falling for the Nanny (2011)
  6. The Surgeon's Surprise Twins (2011)
  7. The Detective's Accidental Baby (2012)
  8. The Baby Dilemma (2012)
  9. The M.D.'s Secret Daughter (2012)
  10. The Baby Jackpot (2013)
  11. His Baby Dream (2013)
  12. The Surprise Holiday Dad (2014)
  13. A Baby for the Doctor (2014)
  14. The Surprise Triplets (2014)
  15. The Baby Bonanza (2015)
  16. The Doctor's Accidental Family (2015)
  17. The Would-Be Daddy (2016)

Brides Of Grazer's Corner multi-author series

  1. The Cowboy and the Shotgun Bride (1998)

The Wedding Party multi-author series

3. Assignment: Groom! (1999)

Maitland Maternity multi-author series

2. I Do! I Do! (2000)

Forrester Square multi-author series

9. Illegally Yours (2004)

Code Red multi-author series

11. The Trigger (2005)

Omnibus

Collections in collaboration

Non-fiction

As Jacqueline Topaz

Contemporary romance novels

As Jacqueline Jade

Contemporary romance novels

As Jackie Hyman

Fantasy novels

Mystery novels

As Jackie Diamond Hyman

Mystery novels

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jaqueline Diamond's Biography. jacquelinediamond.com . 2011-12-05.