Lisa Kleypas

Lisa Kleypas was born on November 5, 1964 in Temple, Texas, to Linda and Lloyd Kleypas, an architect. She began writing her own romance novels during her summer breaks from studying political science at Wellesley College. Her parents agreed to support her for a few months after her graduation so that she could finish her latest manuscript. Approximately two months later, at age 21, Kleypas sold her first novel.

The same year she sold her first novel, Kleypas was named Miss Massachusetts. During her competition at the Miss America pageant, Kleypas performed a song she had written, earning her a "talented nonfinalist" award.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Kleypas has been a full-time romance writer since 1985.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

In October 1998, Kleypas's Texas home flooded within a matter of hours after heavy rains inundated their town. She and her family lost everything except the clothes they were wearing and her purse. Within days, her colleagues at Avon sent boxes of clothes and books to help the family recover. For Kleypas though, the defining moment was after the flood, when she and her mother (whose home had also flooded), made a quick trip to the store to purchase toothbrushes, clean clothes, and other necessities. Separately, each of them had also chosen a romance novel, a necessity to them in helping them escape the stress they were currently under. To Kleypas, this realization validated her decision to write romance novels instead of more literary works.{{Cite web |last=Grinnan |first=Dabney |title=Interview with Lisa Kleypas |url=https://allaboutromance.com/author-interviews/interview-with-lisa-kleypas/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=All About Romance |language=en-US}}

Though primarily known for her historical romance novels, Kleypas made an announcement in early 2006 concerning her momentary departure from historical romances to delve into the contemporary romance genre.[http://www.likesbooks.com/kleypasint.html AAR Interview with Lisa Kleypas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711192449/http://www.likesbooks.com/kleypasint.html |date=2006-07-11 }} Kleypas has since written two additional historical romance series: "The Hathaways" and "The Ravenels", as well as an additional contemporary romance series, the "Travis Series."{{Cite web|title=Historicals {{!}} Lisa Kleypas, New York Times Bestselling Author|url=https://lisakleypas.com/historicals/|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en-US}}

Kleypas lives in Washington with her husband, Gregory Ellis, and their two children, Griffin and Lindsay.

Many of Kleypas's works are arranged into series. However, even books in different series often have common elements, such as the Westcliffs, Mrs. Bradshaw, Jenner's, Mathilda, and the Wallflowers.

1. Where Passion Leads (1987)
2. Forever My Love (1988)

1. Only in Your Arms (1992) (republished as When Strangers Marry (2002)) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213013342/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookwhenstrangers.asp annotation]
2. Only with Your Love (1992) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206050303/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookonlywith.asp annotation]

1. Then Came You (1993) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210061953/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookthencameyou.asp annotation]
2. Dreaming of You (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309231355/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookdreamingofyou.asp annotation]
3. Against the Odds in the Anthology Where's My Hero with Julia Quinn and Kinley MacGregor (2003) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210061958/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookwheresmyhero.asp annotation]

1. Midnight Angel (1995) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105155915/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookmidnightangel.asp annotation]
2. Prince of Dreams (1995) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104182306/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookprincedreams.asp annotation]

1. Somewhere I'll Find You (1996) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102041847/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksomewherefind.asp annotation]
2. Because You're Mine (1997) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206043219/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookbecauseyourmine.asp annotation]
3. I Will in the anthology Wish List with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands (2001) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206045905/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookiwillwishlist.asp annotation]

1. Someone to Watch Over Me (1999) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130312070451/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksomeonetowatch.asp annotation]
2. Lady Sophia's Lover (2002) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208094255/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookladysophia.asp annotation]
3. Worth Any Price (2003) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210061841/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookworthanyprice.asp annotation]

1. Again the Magic (2004) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309231046/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksecretsofsummer.asp annotation]
2. Secrets of a Summer Night (2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309231046/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksecretsofsummer.asp annotation]
3. It Happened One Autumn (2005) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208094633/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookithapautumn.asp annotation]
4. Devil in Winter (2006) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116082309/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookdevilinwinter.asp annotation]
5. Scandal in Spring (2006) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121216203225/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookscandal.asp annotation]
6. A Wallflower Christmas (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206043224/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookwallflowerchristmas.asp annotation]

{{Main|The Hathaways series}}

1. Mine Till Midnight (2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130113041658/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookminetillmid.asp annotation]
2. Seduce Me at Sunrise (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210061618/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookseduceme.asp annotation]
3. A Hathaway Wedding [http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPage.aspx?isbn=9780312949822&m_type=4&m_contentid=16337 (short story)] (2009)
4. Tempt Me at Twilight (2009) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130205114609/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booktemptme.asp annotation]
5. Married By Morning (2010) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210062823/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookmarriedbymorning.asp annotation]
6. Love In The Afternoon (2010) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130202021227/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookloveinafternoon.asp annotation]

1. Cold-Hearted Rake (2015) [http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookcoldheartedrake.asp annotation]
2. Marrying Winterborne (2016) [http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookmarrying_winterborne.asp annotation]
3. Devil in Spring (2017)
4. Hello Stranger (2018)
5. Devil's Daughter (2019)
6. Chasing Cassandra (2020)
7. Devil in Disguise (2021)

• Love, Come to Me (1988) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210062734/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booklovecometome.asp annotation]
• Give Me Tonight (1989)
• Stranger in My Arms (1998) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123015925/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookstrangerinmyarms.asp annotation]
• Where Dreams Begin (2000) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130102061448/http://lisakleypas.com/bookwheredreams.asp annotation]
• Suddenly You (2001) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210061623/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksuddenlyyou.asp annotation]
• Again the Magic (2004) is the story of the sisters of the main character, Earl of Westcliff of It Happened One Autumn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208093631/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookagainMagic.asp annotation]

• Surrender (1991, novella) in the anthology "Christmas Love Stories" (1991) with Diane Wicker Davis, Shannon Drake, Kay Hooper
• Surrender in the 1994 anthology "A Christmas Present" with Loretta Chase and Judith E French
• Promises (1995, novella) in the anthology "Three Weddings and a Kiss" with Catherine Anderson, Loretta Chase and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
• I Will (2001, novella) in the anthology Wish List with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands
• Against the Odds (2003, novella) part of the Craven series, in the anthology "Where's My Hero?" with Kinley MacGregor and Julia Quinn
• Surrender in the 2006 anthology "Gifts of Love" with Kay Hooper
• I Will in the 2008 anthology "A Historical Christmas Present" with Leigh Greenwood and Lynsay Sands
• I Will in the 2017 anthology "A Christmas to Remember" with Vivienne Lorret, Megan Frampton and Lorraine Heath

1. Sugar Daddy (2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210062828/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksugardaddy.asp annotation]
2. Blue Eyed Devil (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123015920/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookblueeyeddevil.asp annotation]
3. Smooth Talking Stranger (2009) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130102061105/http://www.lisakleypas.com/booksmoothtalking.asp annotation]
4. Brown-Eyed Girl (2015) [http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookbrown-eyed_girl.asp annotation]

1. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Oct 26, 2010) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130202020620/http://lisakleypas.com/bookChristmasEveatFH.asp annotation]
2. Rainshadow Road (Feb 28, 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130104221310/http://www.lisakleypas.com/bookrainshadowroad.asp annotation]
3. Dream Lake (Aug 2012) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203012751/http://lisakleypas.com/bookdreamlake.asp annotation]
4. Crystal Cove (Feb 2013) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224110651/http://lisakleypas.com/bookcrystalc.asp annotation]

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• 1998 – Waldenbooks Award for greatest sales growth, Someone to Watch Over Me
• 1999 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Someone to Watch Over Me
• 2002 – Romance Writers of American RITA Award finalist, Suddenly You
• 2002 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner for her Christmas anthology novella in Wish List
• 2002 – Romantic Times Magazine Best Sensuous Historical Romance, Lady Sophia's Lover
• 2002 – Publishers Weekly starred reviews for Lady Sophia's Lover and When Strangers Marry
• 2003 – Publishers Weekly starred review, Worth Any Price
• 2003 – Amazon Editor's Top Ten Picks forBest Romance of 2003, Where's My Hero and Worth Any Price
• 2004 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for best Short Historical, Worth Any Price
• 2004 – Publishers Weekly starred review, Secrets of a Summer Night
• 2006 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Short Historical Category, It Happened One Autumn
• 2007 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist, Short Historical Category, The Devil in Winter and Scandal in Spring

• 2012 – Christmas with Holly, based on the novel Christmas at Friday Harbor [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2355762/ annotation]

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Category:Lisa Kleypas

• [http://www.lisakleypas.com Official Lisa Kleypas website]
• [https://www.harpercollins.com/authors/17270 Chapter excerpts and title list] (Official publisher web page)
• [https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec98/a-conversation-with-lisa-kleypas-12981 A Conversation with Lisa Kleypas] (Interview with Author)

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