Jennifer Archer Explained

Jennifer Archer
Caption:	Jennifer Archer
Birth Name:	Jennifer Browder
Birth Place:	Cleburne, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:	Novelist
Alma Mater:	West Texas A&M University
Period:	1998–present
Notableworks:	What I Left Behind, A Change of Seasons

Jennifer Archer (born 1957) is an author of young adult fiction or teen fiction, women's fiction and romance novels. She was born in Cleburne, north central Texas.

Education and career

Archer holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Texas A&M University, and after graduating she worked in the fields of oil and gas, accounting, real estate management, and the pharmacy and medical equipment industries, before becoming a full-time writer.^[1] She is a speaker on the topics of creative writing and pursuing dreams, and has presented talks and workshops for educators, students, writers' organizations and bookstores. Her novels for adults have been published with Dorchester Publishing and Harlequin Books, and her novels for teens with Harper Teen. She is also the co-author of Happiness Rehab: 8 Creative Steps to a More Joyful Life.

Novels and awards

Body and Soul, Archer's debut novel, was released in 1999. Once Upon a Dream, her second novel, spent several weeks on Borders Books' bestseller list for Paranormal Romance, and was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the 'Best New Romances' for the month of January 2001,^[2] and was a 2001 P.E.A.R.L. Finalist (Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature).^[3] Archer finished in the finals twice in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart competition, was a 2006 finalist for the Rita Award with her mainstream women's fiction novel The Me I Used to Be,^[4] and her novel Sandwiched was a 2006 nominee for a Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award.^[5] The Texas Library Association selected her novel Through Her Eyes for the TAYSHAS high school reading list, and for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program - Middle School.

Archer lives in Amarillo, Texas.

Published works

• Body and Soul (1999). New York: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub. (Wink and a Kiss series)
• Once Upon a Dream (2001). New York: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub.
• Shocking Behavior (2002). New York: Love Spell; Dorchester Pub.
• Sandwiched (2005). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. (The Next Novel series)
• The Me I Used to Be (2005). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. (The Next Novel series)
• My Perfectly Imperfect Life (2006). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. (The Next Novel series)
• Off Her Rocker (2006). Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin. (The Next Novel series)
• Annie on the Lam: A Christmas Caper (2007). Don Mills, Ont., Canada: Harlequin. (The Next Novel series)
• Through Her Eyes (2011). New York: HarperCollins.
• The Shadow Girl (2013). New York: HarperCollins.

Omnibus contributions

• "Blame It on the Baby" (1999), in Eugenia Riley; Kimberly Raye; Jennifer Archer (eds.) New Year's Babies. New York: Dorchester Pub. Co.
• "Breaking the Rules" (2003), in Katie MacAlister; Jennifer Archer; Sheridon Smythe (eds.) Heat Wave. New York: Dorchester Pub. Co.
• A Mother's Day (2007, with Susan Mallery). Richmond: Mills & Boon.
• "Hannah's Hugs" (2008), in Linda Lael Miller, Sherryl Woods, Curtiss Ann Matlock, Jennifer Archer, Kathleen O'Brien (eds.) More Than Words: Volume 4. New York: Harlequin.

External links

• • • • • Jennifer Archer at Fantastic Fiction's Website
• Jennifer Archer at Harlequin Enterprises Ltd's Website
• Jennifer Archer at Harper Collins' Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Author Interview - Jennifer Archer - A My Town Monday Post . Erwin, Travis . 20 April 2009 . One Word, One Rung, One Day . Blogspot . 28 October 2009.
2. Book: Once upon a Dream (Mass Market Paperback) . Archer, Jennifer . January 2001 . Jennifer Archer: Books . 050552418X .
3. Web site: Jennifer Archer . Gentle, Desiree . 31 August 2002 . Author Reviews . ParaNormalRomance . 28 October 2009.
4. Web site: 2006 RITA Award Winners . Kassl, Alex . 31 August 2009 . RITA Award Winners . The Book Report . 28 October 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094024/http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards-rita.asp . 29 September 2007 .
5. Web site: Jennifer Archer . Harris, Lynn Raye . March 2006 . Words of Paradise . Romance Writers of America . 28 October 2009.