'Biding time . . . gets you nowhere'

 

“If you can't laugh at your owncharacters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no oneelse will either.” – Johanna Lindsey

 

Born in Frankfurt, West Germany onthis date in 1952, Lindsey had a legitimate claim as “Queen of Americanhistorical romance writers,” writing more than 60 Number One New YorkTimes bestsellers in the genre, starting with 1977’s Captive Bride.  Her last book, Temptation’s Darling,came out just before her death (from lung cancer) in 2019.

 

Born into a U.S. military family,she had the usual “Army Brat” experience of numerous moves before settling inHawaii, living and writing there and in New England where she died. 

 

Translated into over a dozenlanguages, Lindsey's books span various eras of history, but by far the mostpopular are her stories about the Malory-Anderson family.  Set in the 1700s and 1800s, the series ended with2017’s massive bestseller Beautiful Tempest, released about thesame time she was diagnosed with cancer.  She didn’t let the illness stopher, writing constantly until her death and releasing 3 more books during thattime.

 

 “Biding time is easy,” Lindsey said, “and getsyou nowhere.”