Eileen Dreyer

Dreyer was born in St. Louis, Missouri and at the age of nineteen she began work as a trauma nurse.{{cite web|url=https://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2013/10/13/eileen-dreyer-interview-once-a-rake/|title=Interview: Eileen Dreyer, 'Once a Rake'|date=October 13, 2013|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}

She is trained in forensic nursing and death investigation and lives in Brentwood, Missouri with her husband and children.{{cite web|url=http://eileendreyer.com/about-eileen/|title=About Eileen | Eileen Dreyer|accessdate=February 28, 2019}} Her great-grandfather was a member of the IRA.{{cite web|url=https://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2014/11/25/eileen-dreyer-jeopardy-twice-tempted/|title=Eileen Dreyer: Everything I needed to know for Jeopardy! I learned from romance novels|date=November 25, 2014|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}

She published her first novel as Kathleen Korbel in 1986, writing for Harlequin's Silhouette category imprint. She said that "as a trauma nurse...she enjoyed writing romance because she liked to see good things happen to people, and scripting the story, she could be sure of that."{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/st-louis-author-on-jeopardy/article_755e9bab-51ba-5244-96ec-4b542fe97cc3.html|title=St. Louis author on 'Jeopardy'|first=Gail|last=Pennington|website=stltoday.com|accessdate=February 28, 2019}} Having grown up in a non-dysfunctional family, she said that working in the ER helped to show her the definition of a hero. "It constantly amazes me the people I've met who have had terrible things happen to them, but who live their lives well, loving and nurturing those around them. Those are my heroes. People who survive, who thrive, who triumph when there is no way they should."

Dreyer was a contestant on the October 30, 2014, episode of Jeopardy!, though she didn't win. She credited her ability to make it on the show and compete with reading a wide range of genres, but especially romance – "I think I picked up the best information from romance." This was especially true for Final Jeopardy!. As she related in an interview, "So the Final Jeopardy! category was English Monarchs, and I had to place my bet before I knew the answer. I had $6,400 at the time. I bet $6,200 because I had a strong feeling after my own history with historical romance, I would know this one. The answer was, 'The name of two kings, fifth and eighth, who were notable for being king but not crowned.' (Cue music.) And yes, I knew that the two kings, one of the boys Richard III allegedly killed in the Tower, and the king who abdicated for Wallace Simpson, were named Edward. I didn't win. Unfortunately, the other two players knew it, too. But I knew the answer. And I knew it because I read and write historical romance."

1. {{cite book| title = Barely a Lady | origyear = 2010 | date = July 2010 | publisher = Grand Central | isbn = 9780446542081 | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780446542081 }}

2. {{cite book | title =Never a Gentleman | origyear = 2011 |date=April 2011| publisher = Grand Central|isbn=9780446542067}}

3. {{cite book|title=Always a Temptress|origyear=2011|date=October 2011|publisher=Grand Central|isbn=9780446542050|url=https://archive.org/details/alwaystemptress00drey}}

3.5. {{cite book | title =It Begins with a Kiss | origyear = 2012 |date=July 2012| publisher = Grand Central|isbn= 9781455519316}}

4. {{cite book | title =Once a Rake | origyear = 2013 |date=November 2013| publisher = Grand Central|isbn=9781455519323}}

5. {{cite book|title=Twice Tempted|origyear=2014|date=November 2014|publisher=Grand Central|isbn=9781455519347|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/twicetempted0000drey}}

1. {{cite book | title =Bad Medicine | origyear =1995 | date =July 1995 | publisher =HarperCollins | isbn =9780061042768 | url =https://archive.org/details/badmedicine00drey }}
2. {{cite book | title =Head Games | origyear = 2004 |date=March 2004| publisher = St. Martin's|isbn= 9780312265786}}

• {{cite book | title =A Man to Die For | url =https://archive.org/details/mantodiefor00drey | url-access =registration | origyear = 1991 |date=June 1991| publisher = HarperTorch|isbn=9780061040559}}
• {{cite book | title =If Looks Could Kill | origyear = 1992 |date=October 1992 |isbn=9781614174851| last1 = Dreyer | first1 = Eileen }}
• {{cite book| title =Nothing Personal | origyear =1994 | date =March 1994 | publisher =HarperTorch | isbn =9780061042751 | url =https://archive.org/details/nothingpersonal0000drey }}
• {{cite book| title =Brain Dead | origyear =1997 | date =August 1997 | publisher =HarperCollins | isbn =9780061010958 | url =https://archive.org/details/braindead00eile }}
• {{cite book| title =With a Vengeance | origyear =2003 | date =March 2003 | publisher =St. Martin's | isbn =9780312265779 | url =https://archive.org/details/withvengeance00drey }}
• {{cite book| title =Sinners and Saints | origyear =2005 | date =September 2005 | publisher =St. Martin's | isbn =9780312330682 | url =https://archive.org/details/sinnerssaints00drey }}

• {{cite book | title =Double Jeopardy | origyear = 1996 |date=May 1996| publisher = Pocket|isbn= 9780671896324}} in Phyllis A. Whitney Presents Malice Domestic 5
• {{cite book | title =Variations on a Theme | origyear = 2000 |date=April 2000| publisher = NAL|isbn= 9780451200099}} in Mothers and Sons

Paranormal Romance

1. {{cite book|title=Dangerous Temptation|origyear=2006|date=October 2006|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373617494|url=https://archive.org/details/dangeroustemptat00kath}}
2. {{cite book|title=Dark Seduction|origyear=2008|date=February 2008|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373617814|url=https://archive.org/details/darkseduction00korb}}
3. {{cite book|title=Deadly Redemption|origyear=2008|date=September 2008|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373617944|url=https://archive.org/details/deadlyredemption00korb}}

• {{cite book | title =Playing the Game | origyear = 1986 |date=May 1986| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373052868}}
• {{cite book | title =A Stranger's Smile | origyear = 1986 |date=September 1986| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373071630}}
• {{cite book | title =Edge of the World| origyear = 1987publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373072224| last1=Korbel | first1=Kathleen | year=1996 }}
• {{cite book | title =Worth Any Risk | origyear = 1987 |date=April 1987| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373071913}}
• {{cite book|title=A Prince of a Guy|origyear=1987|date=October 1987|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373053896|url=https://archive.org/details/princeofguy00korb}}
• {{cite book | title =The Princess and the Pea | origyear = 1988 |date=September 1988| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373054558}}
• {{cite book | title =Perchance to Dream | origyear = 1989 |date=January 1989| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373072767}}
• {{cite book | title =The Ice Cream Man | origyear = 1989 |date=November 1989| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373073092}}
• {{cite book | title =Hotshot| url =https://archive.org/details/hotshot00kath| url-access =registration| origyear = 1990 |date=June 1990| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373055821}}
• {{cite book | title =Lightning Strikes | origyear = 1990 |date=August 1990| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373073511}}
• {{cite book | title =A Rose for Maggie | origyear = 1991 |date=July 1991| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373073962}}
• {{cite book | title =A Fine Madness | origyear = 1991 |date=September 1991| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373056682}}
• {{cite book|title=Jake's Way|origyear=1991|date=December 1991|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373074136|url=https://archive.org/details/jakesway00korb}}
• {{cite book | title =Isn't It Romantic? | year = 1992 |publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373586301}}
• {{cite book | title =A Walk on the Wild Side | origyear = 1992 |date=October 1992| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373074570}}
• {{cite book | title =Simple Gifts | origyear = 1994|date=May 1994| publisher = Silhouette|isbn=9780373075713}}
• {{cite book | title =A Soldier's Heart | origyear = 1994 |date=October 1994| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373076024}}
• {{cite book | title =Don't Fence Me In | origyear = 1996 |date=July 1996| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373760152}}
• {{cite book | title =Sail Away | origyear = 1999 |date=November 1999| publisher = Silhouette|isbn= 9780373762545}}
• {{cite book| title =Some Men's Dreams | origyear =2003 | date =August 2003 | publisher =Silhouette | isbn =9780373273072 | url =https://archive.org/details/somemensdreams00korb }}

• {{cite book|title=The Road to Mandalay|origyear=1989|date=June 1989|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373482177|url=https://archive.org/details/christmasmagic00broa}} in Silhouette Summer Sizzlers
• {{cite book|title=Timeless|origyear=1993|date=September 1993|publisher=Silhouette|isbn=9780373482634|url=https://archive.org/details/shadows93romanti00korb}} in Silhouette Shadows '93

• 1987 - RT Bookclub named her Best New Contemporary Romance Author
• 1989 - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Silhouette Desire for Hotshot
• 1990 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Long Contemporary Series for The Ice Cream Man{{Cite web |url=https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=535 |title=MyRWA : RITA Awards : RITA Winners |access-date=2015-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109102946/https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=535 |archive-date=2016-01-09 |url-status=dead }}
• 1990 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense for Perchance to Dream
• 1992 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Single Title Contemporary for A Man to Die For
• 1992 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Long Contemporary Series Romance for A Rose for Maggie
• 1993 – Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Series Romance Book of the Year for A Walk on the Wild Side
• 1995 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Long Contemporary Series Romance for A Soldier's Heart
• 1996 – Anthony Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original for Bad Medicine
• 2003 – Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Silhouette Intimate Moments for Some Men's Dreams
• 2003 – Romance Readers Anonymous (RRA) Award for Some Men's Dreams
• 2005 – Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner – Suspense{{Cite web |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/award/2005/suspense-0 |title=Suspense | RT Book Reviews |access-date=2015-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528053224/http://www.rtbookreviews.com/award/2005/suspense-0 |archive-date=2015-05-28 |url-status=dead }}
• 2010 – Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Historical for Barely a Lady

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• [http://EileenDreyer.com Official website]

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