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about iris johansen:
iris johansen is an american author. she specializes in romance and crime novels and has had a high level of success. She was born on April 7, 1938, she is married and has a son named Roy, with whom she collaborates on some of her later novels, and a daughter named Tamara who now works as her research assistant.
a late start
johansen did not start writing until later in life. he needed something to do once his children left home. what started as a hobby quickly turned into a very successful career and he still publishes today. She started out writing romance novels and was first published in 1984 with Touch the Horizon. The book is about the romance between Billie Callahan and David Bradford.
billie is an actress who travels to the desert to work on a movie and david is a mysterious cowboy who has ulterior motives for being in the desert. the book was very successful and was compared to lorenzo de arabia. The book reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and set the stage for her to become a best-selling author.
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make the change
johansen had just under 40 published novels when he decided to move from romance novels to crime fiction. the reason for his change was not made public until a fan asked the question on his website. She stated that she started writing romance novels because she liked happy endings and then switched from it because she wanted more plot twists and character depths that were more challenging for her.
He also said that he still tries to put a romantic element into his crime novels now, to feel like he has the best of both worlds. Her crime novels have brought her great success and she has had 17 consecutive New York Times bestsellers.
a criminal beginning
Her first novel as a crime writer was The Ugly Duckling, which was published in 1996. The novel is about the story of Nell Calder. she suffered a brutal attack, which should have killed her, but she survived. With her attacker still on the loose, she is protected by someone who is determined to save her and catch the killer at the same time.
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The book made the New York Times bestseller list and he went on to write another 113 stand-alone novels in the crime genre. her last standalone novel was published in 2009 and was titled storm cycle.
eva duncan
In 1998, she published her first Eve Duncan novel called The Face of Deceit. Johansen is still writing books for the Eve Duncan series now, with the last three novels, Taking Eve, Hunting Eve, and Silenced Eve, all published in 2013. So far, there are 18 novels in the Eve Duncan series.
who is eve duncan?
eve duncan is a woman who has faced many evils in her life and yet has survived. She was an illegitimate child when she was born and followed in her mother’s footsteps when she had her own child, named Bonnie, at age 18. This should have ruined her life, but she made the most of it and was working at the university when Bonnie was kidnapped and murdered. this is something that has shaped her life.
they never caught the killer and they never found bonnie’s body. Since that tragic murder, Eve has dedicated her life to closing her relationship with other parents. she works as a forensic sculptor and spends much of her time at work. She never had any more children, but she does have an adopted daughter named Jane, whom she rescued from the streets. She lives with Ella’s lover Joe Quinn and they have built a loving family for themselves.
Eve Duncan’s critically acclaimed series keeps readers glued to every page and eagerly awaiting the next novel. novels in this series are usually published in trilogies, with a theme running through all three books.
joe quinn
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joe quinn is an fbi agent and met eve when he was assigned to the bonnie duncan case. She instantly fell in love with Eve and left the FBI to join the Atlanta Police Department so she could build a life with Eve.
Their relationship is an intense love story, but they go through tense moments because Eve is obsessed with finding her daughter’s killer. She has a leading role in six of the 18 Eve Duncan novels; she countdown, dead end, body of lies, killing game, quinn and bonnie.
jane macguire
as mentioned above, jane is the adopted daughter of eve and joe and they are all very close. Jane rescued her from a life on the streets and they have been a family ever since. In the later novels, Jane is a young woman and has her own career and life. she is an artist and often gets into her own messes.
She struggles with relationships due to her past and often has trouble trusting people. She features heavily in all three novels Eight Days to Live, Countdown and Dead End and fans of Eve Duncan’s novels are always eager to see what she is up to in her life.
the future
johansen released her latest eve duncan trilogy this year, and the conclusion was released on october 1. The trilogy has been a critical success with the first two books heading straight to the New York Times bestseller list.
Going forward, she will release the third novel in her other series that includes Kendra Michaels (written with her son) and then continue writing her Eve Duncan novels and collaborating more with her son, Roy. Roy himself is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. on his account he has written books such as answer man, beyond believe and deadly visions.
collaboration
In collaboration with her son, Roy, Iris released Close Your Eyes, which tells the story of Kendra Michaels. Kendra tracks down serial killers for the FBI with abilities she has developed due to being blind for 20 years of her life. In this story, the serial killer’s target is a former lover, so he’s taking the case very personally.
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