The novel became the first of Shayne's Wings in the Night series, and Shayne to continue writing the series after the Shadows Line was closed. Harlequin launched their Shadows Line, and Shayne sent a query letter to let them know that: "I'm just jumping up and down so happy that you have created a line especially for me!" Although the editor rejected her first book, Shayne's enthusiasm spurred her to see more novels, and the second was purchased. She soon finished three manuscripts, which she was unable to sell. Shayne took a job watching a neighbor's horses so that she could earn the money to buy her first typewriter. She soon transferred the story to a yellow pad. Her first attempt at a novel came when she was older, when she mentally wrote a story while trying to comfort a sick baby the story envisioned was a romance due to her mood. Shayne was born and raised in a rural area near Syracuse, New York.Īs a child, Shayne liked to tell stories and rewrite the endings of stories she had read as well as those of the horror movies she loved to watch. In addition to her work as a novelist, Shayne is active in the Wiccan religion. Shayne has won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, multiple Reviewers' Choice and Career Achievement Awards, The Readers' Choice Award, and the P.E.A.R.L. Maggie Shayne (born Margaret Lewis) is an American author of more than 70 novels. Sleep With the Lights On, Eternity, Twilight Phantasies, Girl Blue Women's fiction, Thrillers, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, Contemporary Romance
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