Suzanne Brockmann#Troubleshooters

{{short description|American romantic fiction writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = United States

| occupation = Novelist

| nationality = American

| period = 1993–present

| genre = Romance, military/romantic suspense

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| awards = 2 RITA Awards

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| website = {{URL|http://www.suzannebrockmann.com/}}

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Suzanne Brockmann (born 1960) is an American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband, Ed Gaffney, and their two children, Melanie and Jason T. Gaffney. She has also written works under the name Anne Brock.

Biography

Brockmann attended Boston University's School of Broadcasting and Film majoring in film and minoring in creative writing before dropping out to join a band. Afterwards, she met her husband and started a family. It was after having her second child that Brockmann started writing. Initially, she focused on television scripts, screen plays and Star Trek novels but after doing research she decided to focus her efforts on the romance genre. Her first published novel, Future Perfect in 1993, was written along with nine other manuscripts in 1992 after her decision to publish a romance novel.{{cite web |date=February 19, 2001 |title=A Chat with Suzanne Brockmann |url=http://www.likesbooks.com/suzannebrockmann.html |publisher= |work=All About Romance |first=Claudia |last=Terrones |access-date=January 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222063719/http://www.likesbooks.com/suzannebrockmann.html |archive-date=February 22, 2001 }}

In 1996, Brockmann published the first in her Tall, Dark & Dangerous series. The series develops among a fictional group of US Navy SEALs. The books following in the series, and that of the Troubleshooters, Inc. series, are all classified in a subgenre known as "military/romantic suspense".{{cite news|date=January 23, 2005 |title=TBR: Inside the List |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7DA1438F930A15752C0A9639C8B63 |first=Dwight |last=Garner |work=The New York Times |accessdate=January 21, 2010}}

Brockmann has attracted the attention of magazines such as Out and Bay Windows,{{cite web |date=February 21, 2008 |title=Courting equality with romance, thrills, and suspense |url=http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=guest_opinion&sc2=&sc3=&id=56517 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223224925/http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=guest_opinion&sc2=&sc3=&id=56517 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 23, 2010 |work=Bay Windows |first=Patricia A. |last=Gozemba |author-link=Pat Gozemba |accessdate=January 21, 2010 }} both of which serve the gay community, due to a subplot dealing with the romance of an openly gay character in her Troubleshooters, Inc. series.{{cite web|title=Ready, Aim... |url=http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=8051 |work=Out |first=Matthew |last=Breen |accessdate=January 21, 2010}} Brockmann has said that she is a PFLAG mom, supporting her gay son, Jason, and dedicating her 2004 book Hot Target to him.{{cite web|year=2005 |title=A Conversation With Suzanne Brockmann |url=http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/feb05/brockmann.htm |publisher= |website=Writers Write |first=Claire E. |last=White |accessdate=January 21, 2010}} In 2007, Brockmann donated the profits of her holiday{{ambig|date=March 2019}} novella, All Through the Night, to MassEquality.{{cite news|date=November 12, 2007 |title=Author donates book profits to MassEquality |url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=52156 |first=Laura |last=Kiritsy |work=EDGE Boston |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}

In 2014, she began writing a young adult paranormal trilogy, Night Sky, with her daughter, Melanie Brockmann.

Awards

Brockmann is twice winner of the RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America.{{cite web |year=2009 |title=RITA Awards: Past Winners |url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners |publisher=Romance Writers of America |access-date=December 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043913/http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}
- {{cite news|date=July 21, 2003 |title='Romance Novels,' She Said Adoringly; With Trembling Hand, She Reached Out and Caressed the Autograph |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/books/romance-novels-she-said-adoringly-with-trembling-hand-she-reached-caressed.html?scp=1&sq= |work=The New York Times |first=Lola |last=Ogunnaike |accessdate=December 26, 2009}} She has also appeared on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for having appeared on both the USA Today and the New York Times Best Sellers lists.{{cite web |title=Authors and Books: RWA Honor Roll |url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/authors_and_books/rwa_honor_roll |publisher=Romance Writers of America |access-date=December 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228040753/http://www.rwanational.org/cs/authors_and_books/rwa_honor_roll |archive-date=December 28, 2009 }}
- {{cite web|title=Author Suzanne Brockmann |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=3312 |publisher=Random House |accessdate=December 26, 2009}} She has been the recipient of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards in 1996,{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1996 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1996 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807001523/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1996 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 7, 2007 }} 1998{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1998 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808032938/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1998 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }} and 1999,{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1999 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808033718/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }} as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Series Romance in 1997,{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1997 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808032933/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1997 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }} 2000{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 2000 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807000718/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 7, 2007 }} and 2002.{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 2002 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-awards/nominees-and-winners?award_type=author&year=2002 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=October 30, 2010}}

List of works

Tall, Dark and Dangerous

Prince Joe, Silhouette Intimate Moments, June 1996, reissued by Mira, May 2002
Forever Blue, Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1996, reissued by Mira, February 2003
Frisco's Kid, Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 1997, reissued by Mira, June 2003
Everyday, Average Jones, Silhouette Intimate Moments, August 1998
Harvard's Education, Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1998
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Revised in 2005 to "Hawken's Heart"), Silhouette Intimate Moments, December 1998
Admiral's Bride, Silhouette Intimate Moments, November 1999
Identity: Unknown, Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 2000
Get Lucky, Silhouette Intimate Moments, March 2000
Taylor's Temptation, Silhouette Intimate Moments, July 2001
Night Watch, Silhouette Intimate Moments, September 2003
SEAL Camp, 2018
King's Ransom, 2020