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Chris Paynter

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Born
in Banbury, Oxfordshire, The United Kingdom
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Gay and Lesbian, Romance, Fiction

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Chris Paynter is the author of nine novels, including "Survived by Her Longtime Companion," the winner of the 2013 Golden Crown Literary Society Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award and Finalist for the 2013 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Romance. Her latest release is "Just a Touch Away," a romance set in Indiana about a grieving children’s book author and the illustrator who captures her heart. She has been a three-time GCLS Finalist for the Ann Bannon Award, and her novels have won five Rainbow Awards Honorable Mentions. She was also a GCLS Finalist in Traditional Lesbian Romance for "Come Back to Me." ...more

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
Chris Paynter I'm assuming we're talking about my own books. I'd have to say Eleanor and Daphne from "Survived by Her Longtime Companion"... especially Eleanor. I'v…moreI'm assuming we're talking about my own books. I'd have to say Eleanor and Daphne from "Survived by Her Longtime Companion"... especially Eleanor. I've never had a character speak to me so clearly as she did. It was like I was writing someone's life story as I sit and listened to them tell me. Maybe it's because that's how that book was written. Eleanor told Bailey and Chelsea about the love she shared with Daphne, the movie star. Eleanor and Daphne overcame a lot together and their love was stronger for it.(less)
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Chris Paynter I'm working on an edit and rewrite of "More Than a Song," a romance about a bookstore owner, a hot singer in the Melissa Etheridge mode, and a kind an…moreI'm working on an edit and rewrite of "More Than a Song," a romance about a bookstore owner, a hot singer in the Melissa Etheridge mode, and a kind and gentle vet. It's based in the fictional town of Francis, Georgia, more or less based on Decatur, Georgia.(less)
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Survived by Her Longtime Co...
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Come Back to Me
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The ongoing saga of Janice Sophia the Groundhog

I'm about to pull into our drive when I notice an animal under our neighbor's car. I slowed to stop before I pulled into the drive. First thought, "That's an awfully big-ass cat!" Second thought, "With a weird tail." Third thought, "And it sure as hell looks like Janice Sophia." I back into our drive, get out of the car... slowly... and moved to the rear of the car. Janice scampers... well, lumber Read more of this blog post »
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“Roses are for our eyes to adore, but they mean nothing unless you give them to someone you love.”
― Chris Paynter, Survived by Her Longtime Companion
tags: inspirational, lesbian, love, meaning-of-life
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