About Susan Wiggs
Born 1958. Susan Wiggs is an American writer, novelist and teacher.
Susan Wiggs (born May 17, 1958) is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels.
Early years Wiggs began writing as a child, finishing her first novel, A Book About Some Bad Kids, when she was eight. She temporarily abandoned her dream of being a novelist after graduating from Harvard University, instead becoming a math teacher. She continued to read, especially reveling in romance novels. After running out of reading material one evening in 1983, she began writing again, using the working title A Book About Some Bad Adults.
Career For three years Wiggs continued to write, and in 1987 Zebra Books published her first novel, a Western historical romance named Texas Wildflower.
In 2000, Wiggs began writing single-title women's fiction stories in addition to historical romance novels. The first, The You I Never Knew, was published in 2001.
Many of her novels are connected, allowing Wiggs to revisit established characters. Her mother maintains her web page.
Lakeshore Chronicles
Bella Vista Chronicles
Switchback, Vermont
Calhoun Chronicles
Us series
Great Chicago Fire Trilogy
Tudor Rose series
revised, reissued and renamed in 2009
Women of War series
Discovery series
Picture books The Canary Who Sailed with Columbus (1989)
Anthologies and collections Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication DateIn Collaboration
Debbie MacomberThe 10-Year ReunionHeart of the West
Nancy WarrenMore Than Words: Volume 32003Tori Carrington Karen Harper
Catherine Mann
Kasey MichaelsThe Calhoun Chronicles BundleThe Charm School
The Horsemaster's Daughter
Emilie Richards Romancing the Holidays Bundle 20092009Sherryl Woods
Lindsay McKenna
Carole MortimerSnowfall in the CityThe St. James Affair
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Susan Wiggs was born on 17 May 1958 in United States.
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