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Tara Taylor Quinn

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female

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http://www.tarataylorquinn.com/

genre

Romance, Psychological Suspense

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Tara Taylor Quinn began her love affair with Harlequin when she was fourteen years old and picked up a free promotional copy of a Harlequin Romance in a hometown grocery store. The relationship was solidified the year she was suspended from her high school typing class for hiding a Harlequin Romance behind the keys of her electric typewriter. Unaware that her instructor loomed close by, Ms. Quinn read blissfully on with one finger resting on the automatic repeating period key. She finished the book in the principal’s office. Forced to leave her romances in her locker after that, Ms. Quinn’s typing skills improved - a fact for which she is eternally grateful.

With over 50 original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor Q...more Tara Taylor Quinn began her love affair with Harlequin when she was fourteen years old and picked up a free promotional copy of a Harlequin Romance in a hometown grocery store. The relationship was solidified the year she was suspended from her high school typing class for hiding a Harlequin Romance behind the keys of her electric typewriter. Unaware that her instructor loomed close by, Ms. Quinn read blissfully on with one finger resting on the automatic repeating period key. She finished the book in the principal’s office. Forced to leave her romances in her locker after that, Ms. Quinn’s typing skills improved - a fact for which she is eternally grateful.

With over 50 original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author with more than six million copies sold. She is a winner of the 2008 National Reader's Choice Award, four time finalist for the RWA Rita Award, a finalist for the Reviewer’s Choice Award, the Bookseller’s Best Award, the Holt Medallion and appears regularly on the Waldenbooks bestsellers list. Ms. Quinn writes for Harlequin and MIRA Books. Reviewer, Cindy Penn, wordweaving.com says, “Amazing character development is the hallmark of author Tara Taylor Quinn’s work. Indeed, Taylor’s profound observations of human nature and intimate understanding of values and priorities lends extraordinary psychological depth to all her work.”

Tara Taylor Quinn was born and raised in Ohio. Though she wrote her first story at the age of seven, her professional writing career began ten years later when she was hired as a stringer with the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Wright State University and graduated from Harding College in Arkansas with a degree in English and Journalism. She published several magazine articles before turning to writing as a full-time occupation.

Ms. Quinn is a Past President of the Romance Writers of America and served for eight years on the Board of Directors of that association. She has a wide range of experience as a public speaker and workshop presenter for writers groups around the country.

When she’s not home with her owners, Jerry Lee and Taylor Marie, or fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara loves to travel with her husband, stopping wherever the spirit takes them. They’ve been spotted in casinos and quaint little small town antique shops all across the country.. (less)

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Books by Tara Taylor Quinn

Average rating: 3.44 · 670 ratings · 99 reviews · 68 distinct works

	In Plain Sight 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Behind Closed Doors 3.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The First Wife (Harlequin Super Romance, #1656) 3.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Second Lie (The Chapman Files, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cassidy's Kids (Maitland Maternity 2) 3.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sophie's Secret 2.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Third Secret (The Chapman Files, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Fourth Victim (The Champman Files #4) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Baby Gamble (Texas Hold'em, Book 1) (Harlequin Superromance, No 1446) 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Where the Road Ends 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Tara Taylor Quinn

The Champman Files (4 books)
by Tara Taylor Quinn

3.58 avg rating — 90 ratings

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