Jeannie Lin
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{{Infobox writer
| image = JeannieLin2023.jpg
| caption = Jeannie Lin in 2023
| birth_place = Simi Valley, California, U.S.
| occupation = Writer
| period = 2005-present
| genre = Historical romance
| notableworks = Butterfly Swords
| awards = Golden Heart Award for Historical Fiction
}}
Jeannie Lin is an author of historical romance novels. Her debut novel Butterfly Swords won the Golden Heart award for Historical fiction from the Romance Writers of America association.
Early life
Before becoming a novelist, Lin was a high school teacher in South Central Los Angeles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.writerspace.com/author/jeannie-lin/|title=Books by Jeannie Lin {{!}} Writerspace|date=2018-09-26|work=Writerspace|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}
Career
Lin's writing was influenced by her early love of Western epic fantasy, martial arts, and romance novels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/251896/jeannie-lin|title=Jeannie Lin {{!}} Penguin Random House|website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-04}} Her historical romance novels, published with Harlequin, are set in Tang Dynasty China,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/books/romance-novels-diversity.html|title=The Changing Face of Romance Novels|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en}} and have been praised for their historical accuracy and detail.{{Cite journal|last=Fox|first=Rose|date=2013|title=Occupy Romance.(Romance & Erotica)(Book Review)|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=260|issue=25|pages=59}}
Lin won the Golden Heart award for Historical fiction from the Romance Writers of America in 2009, for her debut novel Butterfly Swords.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=542|title=myRWA : Golden Heart Award : Golden Heart Winners|website=www.rwa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-07}} The award recognises new, unpublished romance authors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rwa.org/page/goldenheart|title=myRWA : Golden Heart Award : The Golden Heart Award|website=www.rwa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-07}}
Lin's other novels include The Dragon and the Pearl, My Fair Concubine, and The Lotus Palace. Library Journal listed The Dragon and the Pearl as one of the best books published in 2011.{{Cite journal|last=Bette-Lee|first=Fox|date=2011|title=Best books 2011|journal=Library Journal|volume=136|issue=20}} In 2014 The Lotus Palace reached the USA Today Bestseller list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-daily-blog/jeannie-lin-tells-us-how-my-worst-seller-became-bestseller-and-what-it-means-write-%E2%80%9Cdi|title=Jeannie Lin Tells Us: How My Worst Seller Became a Bestseller and What it Means to Write "Different"|work=RT Book Reviews|access-date=2018-10-08|language=en}} In 2013 it was announced that The Jade Temptress, the sequel to The Lotus Palace, would be published digitally only.
In 2014 Lin began writing the Gunpowder Chronicles, a series of novels in the steampunk genre, set during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. The first book in the series Gunpowder Alchemy was praised for its depiction of a strong and complex protagonist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hypable.com/books-diverse-strong-female-characters/|title='Tremontaine' and more: 10 books for women who take no shit|date=2017-10-16|work=Hypable|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}