About Barbara Dawson Smith
Born 1953. Barbara Dawson Smith is a novelist.
Barbara Dawson Smith is an American writer of historical romance novels. She also writes under the pen name Olivia Drake.
Biography Barbara Dawson Smith obtained a degree in journalism at Michigan State University. Shortly after graduating she sold her first historical romance only two weeks after sending it to a publisher and joined the Romance Writers of America in 1981.
Smith lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and their two daughters.
Awards Dreamspinner: 1990 "Best Historical Romantic Suspense" from Romantic Times A Glimpse of Heaven: 1995 "Best Regency Historical" from Romantic Times Tempt Me Twice: 2002 RITA Award Best Short Historical 2009 - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award finalist, Best Historical Novels – Seducing the Heiress
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