Writing; music (I'm learning the classical guitar and piano); books; fossicking about in castles, ruins, stately homes, the North Norfolk coast, the local record office and the like; dogs.
Music
Very eclectic taste and I have a *lot* of CDs! Great loves include Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Led Zeppelin, Kathryn Williams, Nick Drake, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd...
Movies
When Harry Met Sally, Amadeus, It's a Wonderful Life
Television
Life on Mars, Everybody Loves Raymond, Dr Who
Books
Reading - I have a couple of thousand books, so yes... I read a lot.
Current and upcoming fiction releases include:
Sold to the Highest Bidder (UK Mar 08, Aus April 08)
The Doctor's Royal Love-Child (UK April 08, Aus May 08, US June 08)
In Bed With Her Italian Boss (US April 08 - this is the US title for my award-winning book Breakfast at Giovanni's)
The Spanish Consultant's Love-Child (UK August 08, Aust Sept 08, US Oct 08)
One Night, One Baby (US Aug 08)
Hotly Bedded, Conveniently Wedded (UK Sept 08, Aus Oct 08, US date tbc)
Current and upcoming nonfiction releases include:
Norwich Street by Street (Breedon Books)
How To Research Local History (How To Books)
How To Research Your House (How To Books - March 07)
The Norfolk Poisoners (Halsgrove - April 07)
The Norfolk Almanac of Disasters (Breedon Books - June 07)
For a list of my books with their ISBNs, see the books page on my website.
Heroes
Antonio Banderas, David Duchovny, Keith Urban, Rufus Sewell, Robert Lindsay
Kate Hardy's Details
Status:
Married
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Children:
Proud parent
Kate Hardy's Schools
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Minor: Victorian Studies
I write romance novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon (Medicals and Modern Heat); my 25th title for them, BREAKFAST AT GIOVANNI'S, won the RNA Romance Prize 2008. I'm currently working on my 34th.
I love cooking (though not the dieting that goes with it!) and most of my books contain a recipe - you can see them on my website.
I also write local history books as Pamela Brooks; and when I'm not writing I'm usually found practising the piano or guitar, fossicking in the archives, or out having fun with my husband, two children and a mad spaniel.
Blogging - ah, yes. Hobby of many romance authors. Mine's here if you want to come and say hello or see what I'm up to at the moment.
It's the weekend again!! Thank Goodness!! I needed the break. It was a busy week what with the release of Mirage and the DH being out of town. I actually had to play Mom again! LOL Hope the rest of the weekend is great for you!
Monica
Monica Burns - http://www.monicaburns.com | http://www.myspace.com/monicaburns Mirage, Samhain, 10/07 | Dangerous, Samhain 03/08 Come Enjoy the Ahh...Sensation
Just sending out a big Alaskan HELLO and THANK YOU for being my friend.
Been working on my second book in the Dunvegan Wolf Clan series. The first,
HEART OF THE WINTER WOLF, has just been released in PAPERBACK at
www.newconceptspublishing.com. I'm excited and grateful -- MANY THANKS
to all my readers, friends and mentors for making this possible.
It's been a long summer but salmon fishing season ends this month and I'm hoping that life will have a "normal" routine again. (LOL -- Is there really any such thing as "normal"?)
Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend, and that this short week is a good one for you!
Thanks, Kate! I'm definitely going to take your advice (especially since I didn't even really think I'd written a romance - but now I think about it, that's what my ed was gunning for - she's so clever!!!)
Lovely to see you here! And thanks for the congrats. Germany have just accepted novel number 3 - yay! And BIG congrats on your 25th - that's fantastic!
