about this author
The only thing diminutive about bestselling novelist Lori Foster is her size. At 5’3,” she’s not exactly tiny, but the only family members she towers over these days are her toddler grandson and Tootsie, their Chihuahua, and their cats. Everything else she does is supersized, from her commitment to having her work published and the standards she has set for her writing, to her philanthropy, love of family and her joy in helping others. Even her characters are larger-than-life—alpha men and women who break boundaries and bring passion to everything they do.
Lori’s mighty imposing herself, undoubtedly possessed of more than her share of alpha traits and energy. She never gave up on her desire to see her work in print, completing ten novels before her first book, Impetuous, was sold and then published in 1996. She’s maintained a hectic pace, often writing six or more novels a year. She first hit national bestseller lists with Jamie in 2005. Now,her novels,and anthologies featuring her work, have claimed a combined 115 weeks on The New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. Hard to Handle was number two on the New York Times’ list. She’s been honored with the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for both Contemporary Romance and Series Romantic Fantasy.
“I love alphas,period. Men,women, young or old, I enjoy characters that take charge of their lives,help others when they can, who are productive members of society. Alphas are,in the purest sense, leaders,” says Lori.
There’s no doubt that the trio of heroes she’s created for her back-to-back novels, WHEN YOU DARE, TRACE OF FEVER and SAVOR THE DANGER, just out in May, June and July 2011, are strong, skilled, relentless and kind of scary. Her male protagonists—Dare, Trace and Jackson—are an undercover mercenaries, committed and specially trained to fight and win. They combat corruption by whatever meansnecessary. And they don't expect to fall in love. But the women Lori has created and put in extreme, dangerous situations, are not like anyone—mercenary, government or “civilian”—that Dare, Trace or Jackson have imagined. Molly, Priscilla and Alani are stronger and more courageous than even they know. Behind their soft exteriors lie three women ready to do anything necessary to protect those they love. They just haven’t realized it yet.
Recently, Lori’s novella, Ready, Set, Jett was featured in the anthology The Guy Next Door and gave readers a sneak peek at a character that appears in WHEN YOU DARE.
Has success changed Lori? Well, she did become a clue and answer to both “20 Down” in the August 14, 2004 New York Times crossword puzzle and USA Today’s October 13, 2010 Quick Cross game, so that may have gone to her head. Of course, there’s also the time her novel Fallen Angel grabbed Ellen DeGeneres’s attention during a poolside location shoot and ended up adding to the fun of the comedian’s March 31st, 2008 program. . And there’s Lori’s bestseller streak, which shows no sign of abating. Her big diva moment came when she and her husband Allen indulged in a 38’ RV so they could travel with their dogs. When asked, Lori sums up how success has changed her life, saying “we were all pretty happy before I ever published, and if I never published again, we’d still be a happy, close family. But success has enabled me to reach out to a lot of people. I love helping others in ways that I think are productive. And before being published, I was still kind of shy. Public speaking would have given me the hives. Now, I love it.”
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