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Our very own Deanna Raybourn won the RITA for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements for Silent in the Grave her debut novel of the wildly successful and brilliantly written Lady Grey series for MIRA books. Of course after hearing about her shopping expedition and finding the perfect shoes to match her dress as if by miracle at half price AND the only pair left in the store being her size, I'm thinking she owes her award partly to Jimmy Choo...ok, Jimmy and some phenomenal writing talent.
Did I mention that she was up against Nora Roberts? Can I mention that it's Deanna's FIRST book?? Dare I say....AWESOME and it couldn't happen to a nicer person.
Other incredible wins this night were:
2008 RITA Winner for Contemporary Series Romance:
Suspense/Adventure
Treasure by Helen Brenna
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance -
(0373714033)
Johanna Raisanen, editor
2008 RITA Winner for Contemporary Series Romance
Snowbound by Janice Johnson
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance
(0-373-71454-8)
Laura Shin, editor
2008 RITA Winner for Best Inspirational Romance
A Touch of Grace by Linda Goodnight
Harlequin Enterprises, Steeple Hill Love Inspired
(978-0-373-87426-2)
Allison Lyons, editor
2008 RITA Winner for Best Romance Novella
“Born in My Heart” in Like Mother, Like Daughter by Jennifer Greene
Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin NEXT
(0-373-88134)
Melissa Jeglinski, editor
2008 RITA Winner for Best Romantic Suspense
Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
Harlequin Enterprises, MIRA
(0778324788)
2008 RITA Winner for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance
Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
Harlequin Enterprises, HQN
(0-373-7724-6)
Tracy Farrell and Keyren Gerlach, editors
Congratulations to everyone!
Jayne
Congratulations to
Congratulations to everyone!!
Tiffany
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Congratulations to Deanna
and everyone else who won the RITA at RWA Saturday night.
If you haven't been to the RWA awards ceremony, you've missed something special. I remember being there in Denver and you could just feel the excitement and anticipation in the air that night. The ladies who won the Golden Heart awards and the RITAs. It was a special evening.
Congratulations to all those who were nominated and to those who won! Cheers!
Jamie
MAJOR Congratulations!
Superromance really cleaned up! Big yays for that!
Congrats to everyone else as well -- I hear it was a very nice ceremony.
Since DC is drivable for me, I plan to see for myself next year. :)
Great job, ladies!
Sam
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Silent In
The Grave was awesome and didn't read like a first novel. I'm so glad that something I've read won an award. I've read Snowbound too and it was a great read too. Will have to read the others. Congrats to everyone ! I think you're all winners.
The D2K Paranormal Junkies ~ 2008 Book Challenge Blog
Congrats to all the winners!
So nice to see two debut authors with a win ... Deanna Raybourn and Helen Brenna
once again ... congrats to all the winners!
KatherineT-eHarlequin ~ Book Challenge Host
I'm a Harlequin Addict, and I'm proud of it! ~ Quiet Canadians Blog
congrats
to all the winners
Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Challenge Blog
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