Jo Ann Ferguson
Jo Ann Ferguson is the best-selling lead author of
Regencies and historicals for Kensington, paranormals for
ImaJinn (writing as J.A. Ferguson), and historicals for
Berkley (writing as Joanna Hampton), Harper, New Concepts
Publishing, and Tudor. She also has written inspirational
contemporaries for MountainView Publishing (writing as Jo
Ann Brown). She contributed to an encyclopedia published by
Garland on the English Regency period. Her work has been
honored with award nominations by Pearl, ROMY, Romantic
Times, Rom/Con, and Affaire de Coeur, and has
been
showcased on Amazon.com. The Counterfeit Count, May
1997
Zebra Regency, won the 1998 ARTemis Award for Regency from
Romance Writers of America. She is the editor of Now
That
You've Sold Your Book ... What Next? and wrote
the clause
by clause explanation of publishing contracts included in
it. She served as national president of Romance Writers of
America from 1998-2000 and is the recipient of the Emma
Merritt National Service Award, the highest honor for
volunteer work from Romance Writers of America, and has
previously served RWA as a director, Vice President,
Professional Relations chairperson, conference and
workshops chairperson, and literacy autographing
chairperson. She also received the first Goldrick Service
Award from the New England Chapter/Romance Writers of
America. The service award of the Rhode Island Romance
Writers is named in her honor. She was awarded a
Massachusetts Art Grant to teach creative writing, and she
established the romance writing course at Brown
University.
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