Deirdre Martin

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New York Times Bestselling Author Deirdre Martin was six when she wrote her first "book,”a Peanuts parody. In addition to penning bad, maudlin poetry in junior high school and serving as the Arts Editor on her high school newspaper, she was also the Arts Editor at her college newspaper at the University of New York at Buffalo, where she earned her BA in English in 1985. While writing for the student newspaper there, she sold her first freelance magazine article and won a city wide play writing contest. Her play, Spin Cycle, about two lonely people at a laundromat, was subsequently performed in a theater space in downt...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

New York Times Bestselling Author Deirdre Martin was six when she wrote her first "book,”a Peanuts parody. In addition to penning bad, maudlin poetry in junior high school and serving as the Arts Editor on her high school newspaper, she was also the Arts Editor at her college newspaper at the University of New York at Buffalo, where she earned her BA in English in 1985. While writing for the student newspaper there, she sold her first freelance magazine article and won a city wide play writing contest. Her play, Spin Cycle, about two lonely people at a laundromat, was subsequently performed in a theater space in downtown Buffalo.

Ater graduating college, Deirdre worked at a series of trade magazines before landing a job at Soap Opera Digest. While she says it was fun working in a place where she got to watch TV all afternoon, she longed to branch out, and after two years, left to begin freelancing full time. Over the course of her twelve year freelance career, her work appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Seventeen, YM, McCall's, Fitness, New Woman, Bride's, Bridal Guide, Inside Sports, Woman's World, Modern Maturity, Islands, Newsday, and the New York Times. In 1998, her first non fiction book was published: Investing for Retirement (Avon). She also contributed to Lifescripts for Managers, Lifescripts for Employees, and Lifescripts for the Self Employed. (MacMillan, 1999).

A fan of the romance genre and of soap opera ("If Dickens were alive today, he'd be writing for a soap," Deirdre maintains), she decided to try her own hand at writing a romance novel. The result, BODY CHECK, was published in March, 2003, followed by USA Today Bestseller FAIR PLAY in 2004, TOTAL RUSH in 2005, THE PENALTY BOX in 2006, and USA Today Bestseller CHASING STANLEY in 2008.

2008 also saw the publication of JUST A TASTE, which made The New York Times Bestseller List. Deirdre returned to the world of the Blades in 2009 with POWERPLAY. 2009 was also when she launched a new series, The Wild Hart Saga, centering around a large Irish American family who own a pub in Manhattan. The first book in the series, WITH A TWIST, was quickly followed by STRAIGHT UP in 2010, and there are plans for at least two more. But the New York Blades keep calling her back: her next book, ICEBREAKER, will be published in 2011.

A resident of Ithaca, NY, Deirdre enjoys hiking and biking with her husband, Mark Levine, co author of the financial bestsellers, Die Broke and Live Rich. When not busy lavishing affection on her beloved Newfie, Rocky, she also enjoys reading, baking, listening to music, yoga, photography, and hanging out with her friends from acting class. She's had the same best friend since she was ten and adores the color purple.(less)

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Average rating: 3.71 · 9,508 ratings · 640 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Body Check (New York Blades, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,254 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fair Play (New York Blades, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Penalty Box (New York Blades, #4) 3.70 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Chasing Stanley (New York Blades, #6) 3.67 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Total Rush (New York Blades, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 718 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Power Play (New York Blades, #8) 3.77 avg rating — 616 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Icebreaker (New York Blades, #10) 3.72 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Just A Taste (New York Blades, #7) 3.60 avg rating — 537 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hot Ticket (contains New York Blades #5) by Deirdre Martin, Julia London (Goodreads Author), Annette Blair (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 384 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Straight Up (Wild Hart Saga #3) 3.66 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:

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New York Blades (10 books)
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“I lend you a thousand bucks to pay for a date with myself. I let you talk me into wearing a damn tuxedo. The least you could do is hold my hand.' - Paul van Dorn”
― Deirdre Martin, The Penalty Box

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“Let's talk about the homoerotic undertones in sports," she said.
Paul thrust his head forward as if he hadn't heard right. "Excuse me?”
― Deirdre Martin

tags: hockey , homoerotic , homophobia , humor

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