Liana Laverentz is the author of two contemporary romances with The Wild Rose Press, Thin Ice and Jake’s Return.  Thin Ice is a 2007 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award winner, a 2008 EPPIE winner for Best Contemporary Romance, and a nominee for Best Romance of 2007 at Long and Short Reviews.  Her next release, Ashton’s Secret, a murder mystery romance, will be available from The Wild Rose Press in 2009. 

After that, she has another romantic suspense planned.  She is also working on some non-fiction book projects.  One, a narrative non-fiction based on the life and times of a friend currently serving his 31st year in prison, and another, based on her own experiences with health, healing and menopause.  For more information on these, go to Liana’s blog. 

Liana is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Washington Romance Writers, and  Pennwriters, Inc. In 1998, she won the Pennwriters Meritorious Service Award. Liana also hosts a monthly chat on the Long and Short Reviews Yahoo Group the first Thursday of each month, where we discuss ways to find our balance between writing and Life, which tends to get in the way of our writing more often than not. Read Liana’s articles on Finding Your Balance here then mark your calendar to join us here.

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