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Lynna Banning
LYNNA BANNING combines a lifelong love of history and
literature into a satisfying career as a writer. Born in
Oregon, she has lived in Northern California most of her
life. Currently she lives in Felton, near Roaring Camp in
the Santa Cruz Mountains, with two cats and a very nervous
canary.
The Courtship will be Lynna's sixth release from Harlequin
Historicals. Her first novel, Western Rose, based on Oregon
family history, was published in 1996; Wildwood followed in
1997; Lost Acres Bride in 1998, Plum Creek Bride in 1999
and The Law and Miss Hardisson in 2000. At present she is
working on her next two books.
Lynna graduated from Watsonville High School, where her
father taught English, and from Scripps College in
Claremont, California, before embarking on her first career
as an editor and technical writer for Stanford Research
Institute and later for Lockheed. She also taught English
and journalism at Santa Cruz High School for a number of
years.
An amateur pianist and harpsichordist, Lynna performs on
psaltery, harp, and recorders with two medieval music
groups and coaches ensembles in her spare time.