Wendy Douglas
Wendy Douglas began her career as a historical romance
writer before she ever knew it...by reading every romance
she could get her hands on. It seems fateful that her
mother-in-law gave her a book to read on her honeymoon. The
rest, as they say, is history.
"Somebody else should write books like this!" thought
Wendy, and she was delighted to discover that others did
write romance novels. She spent many years reading-and
loving-thousands of such books and dreamed of writing
stories of her own. She made a few chance attempts at
writing, but "real life" had a way of keeping her too busy
to think about seriously pursuing a career at writing.
Wendy enjoyed a twenty-year career working for engineering
and architectural firms in various positions. She was a
receptionist, a secretary, an office manager, did
bookkeeping and wrote marketing proposals. At the same
time, her husband was succeeding in his own career as a
commercial bush pilot. They traveled whenever they could,
including visits to such marvelous places as Japan,
Australia and New Zealand.
Ultimately, when Wendy and her husband began their own air
charter service, she saw her chance. Working to compromise
their schedules, Wendy is able to write three hours every
day, Monday through Friday, and full-time on weekends. She
completed her first published novel this way.
Though Wendy has several completed manuscripts that she
insists will "never see the light of day," she sold her
first completed historical novel to Harlequin Historicals
in January 2001. Shades of Gray will be released in March
2002.
Wendy is currently working on her next project for
Harlequin.
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