Nalini Singh (author)

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For the Indian journalist of the same name, see Nalini Singh.
Nalini Singh
File:Nalini Singh discusses her characters..JPG
Singh at a book signing in 2013
Born 1977
Fiji
Genre Paranormal Romance
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
Website
nalinisingh.com
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Nalini Singh is a New Zealand author of numerous paranormal romance novels.

Early life

Of Indian descent, Nalini Singh was born in 1977 in Fiji, and moved to New Zealand as a child. She attended Mount Roskill Grammar School.

Writing

In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's "Clendon Award". Then in 2001 her manuscript "Coaxing the Sheik" won the Jane Porter Award for highest-placed Mills and Boon, as well as the Clendon Award's Readers' Choice Award that year.[1] It went on to be her first book sale as "Desert Warrior", sold to Silhouette Desire in September 2002 (published in 2003).

Her books have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list,[2] the USA Today best-sellers list,[3] and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list.[4]

She has won several other awards including the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009) .[5]

She has had over two dozen novels published,[6] including:

Bibliography

Psy-Changeling Series

Novels

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Nalini Singh discusses Heart of Obsidian in New York.
  1. Slave To Sensation: (Lucas / Sascha) (September 2006) ISBN 0-425-21286-6
  2. Visions of Heat: (Vaughn / Faith) (March 2007) ISBN 978-0-425-21575-3
  3. Caressed By Ice: (Judd / Brenna) (September 2007) ISBN 978-0-425-21842-6
  4. Mine to Possess: (Clay / Talin) (Feb 2008) ISBN 978-0-425-22016-0
  5. Hostage to Pleasure: (Dorian / Ashaya) (September 2008) ISBN 978-0-425-22325-3
  6. Branded By Fire: (Riley / Mercy) (July 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-22673-5
  7. Blaze of Memory: (Dev / Katya) (November 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-23111-1
  8. Bonds of Justice: (Max / Sophia) (July 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23544-7
  9. Play of Passion: (Drew / Indigo) (November 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23779-3
  10. Kiss of Snow: (Hawke / Sienna) (May 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24209-4 (Hardcover), 978-0-425-24489-0 (Mass-Market Paperback)
  11. Tangle of Need: (Riaz / Adria) (May 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-24756-3 (Hardcover), 978-0-425-25109-6 (Mass-Market Paperback)
  12. Heart of Obsidian: (Kaleb / Sahara) (June 2013) ISBN 978-0-425-26399-0 (Hardcover), 978-0-425-26400-3 (Mass-Market Paperback)
  13. Shield of Winter: (Vasic / Ivy) (June 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-26401-0 (Hardcover), 978-0-425-26402-7 (Mass-Market Paperback)
  14. Shards of Hope: (Aden / Zaira) (June 2015) ISBN 978-0-425-26403-4 (Hardcover), 978-0-425-26404-1 (Mass-Market Paperback)
  15. Allegiance of Honor (June 14, 2016) ISBN 978-1-101-98776-6 (Hardcover)

Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Beat of Temptation (in An Enchanted Season & in Wild Invitation)
  2. Whisper of Sin (in Burning Up)
  3. The Shower – deleted scene
  4. The Cannibal Princess – free short story
  5. Miss Leozandra’s – deleted scene
  6. Stroke of Enticement (in The Magical Christmas Cat & Wild Invitation)
  7. A Conversation – free short story
  8. A Gift for Kit – free short story
  9. Movie Night – free short story
  10. The Party (deleted scene from Branded By Fire)
  11. Christmas in the Kitchen – free short story
  12. Wolf School (deleted scene from Play of Passion)
  13. Clean and Dirty – free short story
  14. Declaration of Courtship (in Wild Invitation)
  15. Home (newsletter short story)
  16. Wild Night (newsletter short story)
  17. Naya’s Most Important Visitors (newsletter short story)
  18. Grocery Shopping (newsletter short story)
  19. Stalking Hawke – free short story
  20. Texture of Intimacy (in Wild Invitation)
  21. Pancakes (newsletter short story)
  22. Dancing with Cooper (newsletter short story)
  23. Poker Night (newsletter short story)
  24. Sunday Morning (newsletter short story)
  25. Secrets at Midnight (in Night Shift)
  26. Making Dinner (newsletter short story)
  27. Hide and Seek (newsletter short story)
  28. New Year’s Kisses (newsletter short story)
  29. Echo of Silence (in Wild Embrace)
  30. Dorian (in Wild Embrace)
  31. Partners of Persuasion (in Wild Embrace)
  32. Flirtation of Fate (in Wild Embrace)

Guild Hunter Series

Novels

  1. Angels' Blood (March 2009) ISBN 978-0-425-22692-6
  2. Archangel's Kiss (February 2010) ISBN 978-0-425-23336-8
  3. Archangel's Consort (January 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24013-7
  4. Archangel's Blade (September 2011) ISBN 978-0-425-24391-6
  5. Archangel's Storm (September 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-24658-0
  6. Archangel's Legion (October 2013) ISBN 978-0-425-25124-9
  7. Archangel's Shadows (October 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-25117-1
  8. Archangel's Enigma (September 2015) ISBN 978-0-425-25126-3

Novellas

  1. Angel's Pawn e-Special and in Angels' Flight
  2. Angel's Judgment (in Must Love Hellhounds, November 2009 and in Angels' Flight, February 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-22959-0
  3. Angel's Wolf (in Angels of Darkness, October 2011 and Angels' Flight, February 2012) ISBN 978-0-425-24312-1
  4. Angel's Dance (e-book and in Angels' Flight, February 2012)

Rock Kiss Series

Novels

  1. Rock Addiction (September 2014)
  2. Rock Hard (March 2015)
  3. Rock Redemption (October 2015)

Novellas

  1. Rock Courtship (June 2015)

Collections

  1. Angels' Flight (February 2012) Contains all Guild Hunter Novellas
  2. Wild Invitation (March 2013) Contains four Psy-Changeling Novellas: Beat of Temptation, Stroke of Enticement, Declaration of Courtship, and Texture of Intimacy ISBN 978-0-425-25513-1
  3. Wild Embrace (August 23, 2016) Contains four new Psy-Changling Novellas: Echo of Silence, Dorian, Partners in Persuasion, and Flirtation of Fate ISBN 978-1-101-98971-5

Other Books

  1. Desert Warrior (August 2003) ISBN 0-373-76529-0
  2. Awaken To Pleasure (August 2004) ISBN 0-373-76602-5
  3. Awaken The Senses (May 2005) ISBN 0-373-76651-3
  4. Craving Beauty (July 2005) ISBN 0-373-76667-X
  5. Secrets In The Marriage Bed (March 2006) ISBN 0-373-76716-1
  6. Bound By Marriage (February 2007) ISBN 0-373-76781-1
  7. Lord of the Abyss (December 2011) ISBN 978-0-373-61872-9

Other work

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Singh engaging audience at book signing in New York.

Nalini Singh spent three years working in Japan as an English teacher and touring other parts of Asia. At other times she has also worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, and a bank temp, but "not necessarily in that order".[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://barbarasbooks.co.nz/competitions.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/bestseller/bestpapermassfiction.html New York Times best-sellers list for 21 November 2010
  3. ↑ http://books.usatoday.com/list/search-results?t=author&k=Nalini+Singh USA Today best-sellers list
  4. ↑ http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/bestsellers/mass-market-paper/20100215.html Publishers' Weekly best-sellers for 15 February 2010
  5. ↑ http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvResults-2009.shtml Sir Julius Vogel awards 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.nalinisingh.com/booklist.php list of books sourced from Nalini Singh's own web site, but verifiable on most publication databases
  7. ↑ http://www.nalinisingh.com/bio.php (personal biography)

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