Maggie Shayne

Maggie Shayne (born 1965) is an American author who wrote more than 70 novels. Shayne has won multiple awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, multiple Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice and Career Achievement Awards, The Readers' Choice Award, and the P.E.A.R.L. Award.

Early life Shayne lived in Syracuse, New York, before moving to Chenango County, New York. She worked as a waitress prior to becoming an author.

As a child, Shayne liked to tell stories and rewrite the endings of books and horror movies. The novel became the first of Shayne's Wings in the Night series, which she continued writing even after the Shadows Line was closed.

Career Shayne has had over 70 novels published, including women's fiction, thrillers, romantic suspense, paranormal, and category romance. She has also published several non-fiction titles in the area of spiritual self-help.

Shayne also worked as a writer for the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns and considered accepting the position of co-head-writer before deciding to devote her time to her novels.

Shayne's novels have appeared on the USA Today, Booksense and Waldenbooks bestseller lists, and Twilight Hunger reached Number 18 on the New York Times Bestseller List. On her thirteenth nomination for a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Shayne won the award. She has also won three Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine.

Awards 1992–1993 — Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best First Book, Reckless Angel 1993 — New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Best Long Contemporary, Miranda's Viking 1993–1994 — Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, Series Romantic Fantasy 1993–1994 – Affaire de Coeur Magazine Favorite Paranormal Author of the Year 1995–1996 — Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, Romantic Fantasy 1995–1995 — Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Contemporary Fantasy, Fairytale 1997–1998 — Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Mini-Series Romance, A Husband in Time 1997–1998 — Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Contemporary Fantasy, Forever Enchanted 2005 — Romance Writers of America RITA Award winner, Best Novella, "Her Best Enemy" Romantic Times Magazine Women in Search of Heroes (wISH) Award, Twilight Illusions Romantic Times Magazine WISH Award, Born in Twilight Romantic Times Gold Medallion Award, Twilight Illusions Romantic Times Gold Medallion Award, Forever Enchanted Six-time Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist (12-time nominee)