Missing: Joan Smith

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Joan Smith is a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Education. She has taught French and English in high school and English in college. When she began writing, her interest in Jane Austen and Lord Byron led to her first choice of genre, the Regency, which she especially liked for its wit and humor.

She is the author of over a hundred books, including Regencies, many with a background of mystery, for Fawcett and Walker, contemporary mysteries for Berkley, historical mysteries for Fawcett and St. Martin's, romances for Silhouette, along with a few historicals and gothics. She has had books in the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, been on Walden's Bestseller list, had two Regencies selected for the Romantic Times ten best ever Regencies, and had one book condensed in a magazine.

Her favorite travel destination is England, where she researches her books. Her hobbies are gardening, painting, sculpture and reading. She is married and has three children. A prolific writer, she is currently working on Regencies and various mysteries at her home in Georgetown, Ontario.

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Comments

[joeannk.livejournal.com]

Wow, Joan Smith! Now there's a blast from the past. Back when I was a young teen and a fledgling bookworm, I was a *voracious* reader of Regency romances. Joan Smith was one of my favorite authors along with Clare D'arcy and of course, the queen of the Regency romance: Georgette Heyer. Those were good times and I still have a lingering fondness for the well written Regency although it no longer occupies my bookshelves in large numbers. I'm glad Ms. Smith is still going strong. Her books are a happy memory for me and I hope many new readers are discovering her writing.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

As most of the Regency romance writers she is a bit out of the spotlight in this moment, but it's nice to know that she is still writing. Elisa