| Maggie Shayne | |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Genre: | Romance |
| Notableworks: | Sleep With the Lights On, Eternity, Twilight Phantasies, Girl Blue |
Maggie Shayne an American author of more than 70 novels. Shayne has won multiple awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, multiple Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice and Career Achievement Awards, The Readers' Choice Award, and the P.E.A.R.L. Award.
Shayne lived in Syracuse, New York, before moving to Chenango County, New York. She worked as a waitress prior to becoming an author.[1]
As a child, Shayne liked to tell stories and rewrite the endings of books and horror movies. Her first attempt at a novel came when she was older, when she mentally wrote a romance story while trying to comfort a sick baby; she soon transferred the story to a yellow pad. Shayne took a job watching a neighbor's horses so that she could earn the money to buy her first typewriter. She soon finished three manuscripts, which she was unable to sell. Harlequin launched their Shadows Line, and Shayne sent a query letter that said, "I'm just jumping up and down; so happy that you have created a line especially for me!" Although the editor rejected that book, Shayne's second book was purchased.[2] The novel became the first of Shayne's Wings in the Night series, which she continued writing even after the Shadows Line was closed.[3]
Shayne has had over 70 novels published, including women's fiction, thrillers, romantic suspense, paranormal, and category romance. She has also published several non-fiction titles in the area of spiritual self-help.[2] She has written for five publishers including Avon Books, St. Martin's Press, Penguin Putnam, Spilled Candy Books, and MIRA Books.[4] Her paranormal romances combine romance and horror, where the redemption of the monster is through love.[4] Many of her novels "[blend] mysticism into everyday life in a good vs. evil scenario."[5]
Shayne also worked as a writer for the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns and considered accepting the position of co-head-writer before deciding to devote her time to her novels.[6] [7]
Shayne's novels have appeared on the USA Today, Booksense and Waldenbooks bestseller lists, and Twilight Hunger reached Number 18 on the New York Times Bestseller List.[2] Many of her books have been chosen by Doubleday Bookclub, the Mystery Guild, and Rhapsody Bookclub.[8] On her thirteenth nomination for a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Shayne won the award. She has also won three Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine.[8]
Shayne has interest in the culture and religion of ancient Sumer, and included some of her research in her novels, including Destiny.[2] [5] After several years of study at the Black Forest Clan, a chartered Wiccan seminary, Shayne became a high priestess and an elder in the Wicca religion and has been licensed as a minister. Shayne founded her own coven, the Hawks of RavenMyst, in a tradition, similar to a denomination, known as the RavenMyst Circle, that she helped found.[6] [2]
Shayne has five grown daughters.[2] She married Lance on Valentine's Day in 2014. She resides in a small town in upstate New York.[9]
Also called Bliss in Big Falls.
| Anthology or Collection | Contents | Publication Date | With | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Vows[12] | Forgotten Vows | 1994 | Lindsay McKenna | |
| Strangers In The Night[13] | Beyond Twilight | Oct 1995 | Anne Stuart, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro | |
| A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust[14] | Fairies Make Wishes, Too | Sep 1996 | Elizabeth Bevarly, Elaine Crawford, Marylyle Rogers | |
| Bewitched[15] | Everything She Does Is Magick | Oct 1997 | Lisa Higdon, Susan Krinard, Amy Saunders | |
| Brides of the Night[16] | Twilight Vows | Sep 1998 | Marilyn Tracy | |
| Moonglow[17] | Musketeer by Moonlight | Oct 1998 | Lindsay Longford, Angie Ray and Katherine Sutcliffe | |
| Silhouette Sensational: Forgotten Vows...? / License to Love / Cowboy Daddy / Babies On His Mind[18] | Forgotten Vows | Mar 1999 | Barbara Boswell, Marie Ferrarella, Susan Mallery | |
| Veils of Time[19] | The Con and the Crusader | Jul 1999 | Lynn Kurland, Angie Ray and Ingrid Weaver | |
| Sinful[20] | Leather and Lace | Jan 2000 | Suzanne Forster, Lori Foster, Kimberly Randell | |
| After Midnight[21] | Miranda's VikingKiss of the Shadow Man Out-of-This-World Marriage | Aug 2000 | ||
| Wings in the Night | Twilight Phantasies Twilight Memories Twilight Illusions | Nov 2001 | ||
| Who Do You Love?[22] | Two Hearts | Sep 2000 | Marilyn Pappano | |
| Two Novels[23] | Witch Moon Rising | Apr 2001 | Lorna Tedder | |
| Out of This World[24] | Immortality | Aug 2001 | Laurell K. Hamilton, Susan Krinard, J D Robb | |
| The Texas Brand: In the Beginning | The Littlest CowboyThe Baddest Virgin in Texas Badlands Bad Boy | Sep 2001 | ||
| At Twilight | Born in Twilight Beyond Twilight | Feb 2002 | ||
| Broken Silence[25] | The Invisible Virgin | Apr 2003 | Eileen Wilks and Anne Marie Winston | |
| Hot Summer Nights[26] | Jun 2003 | Lindsay McKenna, Dallas Schulze | ||
| Midnight Pleasures[27] | Under Her Spell | Nov 2003 | Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Ronda Thompson | |
| Pregnant With His Child[28] | The Baddest Virgin in Texas | Jan 2004 | Marilyn Pappano | |
| Danger in the Shadows[29] | May 2004 | Linda Turner | ||
| Special Delivery: Doorstep Babies[30] | The Littlest Cowboy | Jun 2004 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | |
| Stranger in Town | The Brands Who Came for Christmas Brand-New Heartache | Jul 2004 | ||
| Hot Blooded | Awaiting Moonrise | Aug 2004 | Christine Feehan, Emma Holly and Angela Knight | |
| Twilight Begins | Twilight Phantasies Twilight Memories | Sep 2004 | ||
| Man of My Dreams[31] | Daydream Believer | Oct 2004 | Suzanne Forster, Virginia Kantra, Sherrilyn Kenyon | |
| Night's Edge | Her Best Enemy | Oct 2004 | Barbara Hambly, Charlaine Harris | |
| Burning Bright[32] | Return of the Light | Oct 2004 | Judith Arnold and Anne Stuart | |
| An Expected Family[33] | Forever, Dad | Nov 2004 | Caroline Cross | |
| Kick Ass[34] | The Bride Wore a .44 | Sep 2005 | Mary Janice Davidson, Jacey Ford, Angela Knight | |
| Two By Twilight | Twilight Vows Run from Twilight | Sep 2005 | ||
| Moon Fever[35] | The Darkness Within | Sep 2007 | Lori Handeland, Caridad Piñeiro, and Susan Sizemore | |
| Wings in the Night Part 1 | Twilight Phantasies Twilight Memories Twilight Illusions Beyond Twilight Born in Twilight Twilight Vows | Sep 2007 | ||
| An Enchanted Season | Melting Frosty | Oct 2007 | Jean Johnson, Erin McCarthy and Nalini Singh | |
| Wings in the Night Part 2 | Twilight Hunter Embrace the Twilight Run From Twilight Edge of Twilight Blue Twilight Prince of Twilight | Nov 2007 | ||
| Eternal Love | Eternity Infinity | Nov 2007 | ||
| Immortal Desire | DestinyImmortality | Dec 2007 | ||
| Weddings from Hell | Till Death | May 2008 | Jeaniene Frost, Terri Garey and Kathryn Smith | |
| Hearts of Darkness | Love Me to Death | Jan 2010 | Susan Krinard and Gena Showalter | |
| Darkness Divine[36] | Voodoo | Sep 2010 | P.C. Cast, Rhyannon Byrd and Gena Showalter | |
| The Heart of Winter | The Toughest Girl in Town | Dec 2010 | Linda Winstead Jones and Day Leclaire | |
| Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio | Melting Frosty | Dec 2010 | Jean Johnson, Erin McCarthy and Nalini Singh | |
| Vampires In Paradise/Immortal | Vampires in Paradise[37] | Mar 2012 | ||
| Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series | Eternity Infinity Destiny | Mar 2014 | ||
| Once Upon a Time | Fairytale Forever Enchanted | Jun 2014 | ||
| Edge of Darkness | Dead By Twilight | Aug 2015 | Christine Feehan and Lori Herter | |
| A Brand of Christmas | The Brands Who Came for ChristmasThe Littlest Cowboy | Oct 2015 | ||
| Buckles, Boots and Mistletoe | Christmas Blues | Dec 2015 | Miranda’s Shayne, River Shayne and Jessica Lewis | |
| Baby By Christmas | Christmas Blues | Nov 2017 | ||
| Brown and de Luca Collection Volume 1 | Sleep with the Lights OnDream of Danger Wake to Darkness | Jul 2019 | ||
| Brown and de Luca Collection Volume 2 | Innocent Prey Deadly Obsession | Sep 2019 |