Trish Wylie
Trish Wylie was born and raised in County Antrim in the
North of Ireland. Being raised on a diet of Rogers and
Hammerstein movies certainly helped with her sense of
romance and imagination, and then, in her teens, she was
introduced to Harlequin. Her mother subscribed to the
Reader Service and got the titles delivered every month.
They would then be stolen from her hands by Trish. By the time she reached her late teens she already loved
creative writing and was telling all her friends that one
day she would be a writer for Harlequin. She even took
a "year out" at 18 to write, the old fashioned way, with
reams of paper and a good fountain pen. But after one unsuccessful attempt at a local television
competition to find a new writer for Harlequin to look at,
and with the realization that maybe she should live a
little before she tried writing about people falling in
love, Trish soon went out into the world and tried a
career or two. With her life more settled Trish finally sat down in front
of a computer and started to work on one of the stories
she'd first started writing when she'd taken her "year
out." Then she made the first steps toward actually
submitting it. Trish discovered the eHarlequin.com boards
and learnt everything she needed to know about partials,
synopses and how to submit. She picked up writing tips and
got to talk to authors who had been in the business for
years. Having talked to fellow wannabes on the site she knew the
chances of selling on a first submission were slim. But by
Christmas Eve she had a request for the full manuscript
(she still maintains Santa brought it) and after three
sets of revisions she got the call. "I got a message on my
mobile from the editor at Harlequin who was dealing with
my manuscript and I can remember thinking how nice it was
that they would ring to tell you they weren't taking it."
Believing that they were ringing to say they were taking
it was just too much optimism for Trish to handle. "She asked if I was sitting down and then told me they
wanted to buy the book. I screamed so hard she must have
been deaf in that ear for weeks. And even before I got off
the phone I was in tears. I had just wanted it for so
long." The rest, as they say, is history. That first submission,
The Bridal Bet, was released in the UK in April of 2003
and now Trish is living the dream she had as an 18-year-
old. She is an author for Harlequin. THE BRIDAL BET - her first book - also won her first award; the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for best first series romance of 2005.
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Series
Books:One Night With The Rebel Billionaire, June 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Manhattan Boss, Diamond Proposal, February 2009
Diamond Brides
Mass Market Paperback
Claimed By The Rogue Billionaire, January 2009
Mass Market Paperback
His Mistress, His Terms, December 2008
Kept for His Pleasure
Mass Market Paperback
The Millionaire's Proposal, September 2008
A Bride for all Seasons
Mass Market Paperback
Her Bedroom Surrender, May 2008
Nights of Passion
Paperback
At The Billionaire's Bidding, March 2008
Taken By the Millionaire
Paperback
Her One And Only Valentine, February 2008
Paperback
The Firefighter's Chosen Bride, August 2007
The Eligible Bachelors
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Bride Of The Emerald Isle, July 2007
Mass Market Paperback
Rescued: Mother-To-Be, April 2007
Baby on Board
Paperback
Project: Parenthood, November 2006
Paperback
O'Reilly's Bride, October 2006
Paperback
The Wedding Surprise, June 2006
Paperback
Marriage Lost and Found, February 2006
Paperback
The Bridal Bet, April 2005
Paperback
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