Iris Johansen
Iris Johansen was born on April 7, 1938. She worked for a major airline for many years and traveled extensively. After her two children, Tamara and Roy, left home for High School, she decided to devote her newfound free time to writing. Since she loved reading romance novels, she penned a love story, and found to her surprise that "I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader." During the 1980's, her name was emblazoned on dozens of slender volumes featuring spirited adventuresses, passionate mystery men and smoldering love scenes. These days, Iris is one of a posse of former romance writers dominating the *New York Times* bestseller lists: Jayne Ann Krentz, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Tami Hoag, Sandra Brown and Tess Gerritsen all came up through the category-romance ranks.
Iris Johansen's writing hobby became a career after she sent her first romance novel in to Bantam Love swept. Early on in her career, she developed the habit of following characters from book to book, sometimes introducing minor characters in one novel who then become major figures in another. She developed families, relationships and even fictional countries in her romance novels, which "stretched the boundaries of the standard formulas, "according to Barbara E. Kemp in *Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers*. In 1991, she broke out of category romance (a term for short books written to conform to the length, style and subject matter guidelines for a publisher's series) with *The Wind Dancer*, a romantic-suspense novel set in16th-century Italy. She followed it with two sequels, *Storm Winds* and *Reap the Wind*, to form a trilogy, then wrote several more stand-alone romance novels before *The Ugly Duckling* was published in 1996. *The Ugly Duckling*was her first book to be released in hardcover, and the first to significantly broaden her readership beyond her romance fan base. Since then, her plots have gotten tighter and more suspense-driven; critics have praised her "flesh-and-blood characters, crackling dialogue and lean, suspenseful plotting" (*Publishers Weekly*). Some of her most popular books feature forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who first appeared in *The Face of Deception* in 1998. But she seems equally comfortable with male protagonists, and her books have crossed the gender division that often characterizes popular fiction. Indeed, *Publishers Weekly* called *The Search* "that rarity: a woman's novel for men."
Now, Iris Johansen is a bestselling writer, who has more than twenty million copies of her books in print and has won many awards for her achievements inwriting. "My writing schedule is very disciplined. I try to be up in my office by nine every morning and I work until I've completed at least ten pages. Sometimes that takes four or five hours, sometimes ten or twelve. It depends on the flow, the research, and the pace at which the characters are moving the story. There are times when the story is streaking like a bullet. Then I just hang on and stay with it. I do have a research assistant, my daughter, Tamara. I wouldn't know what to do without her. She's invaluable in finding out both the small details and the big picture, though I do make her want to pull her hair out in frustration sometimes when I ask her if there isn't a way we can make a certain plot point happen. But then she starts to dig and quite often comes up with a way that can be truthful and factual and still keep my story humming."
Iris lives near Atlanta, Georgia, where she is currently at work on a new novel, while her daughter, Tamara Brooking, serves as her research assistant. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist, and they have collaborated in some projects.
Books
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Abgründe des Herzens
Across The River Of Yesterday
A Face to Die For
Always
ALWAYS
Amoureux vertige
And the Desert Blooms
And the Desert Blooms
And the Desert Blooms
And then you die--
And Then You Die
And Then You Die
And Then You Die
And Then You Die...
And Then You Die....
An unexpected song
An Unexpected Song
A Summer Smile
A Summer Smile
Avcinin Soguk Nefesi
Bien après minuit
Bir Yaz Gülüsü
BİR YAZ GÜLÜŞÜ
Blind alley
Blind Alley: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller
Blind Alley (Johansen, Iris)
Blink of an Eye
Blood game
Blood game
Blood Game
Blood Game
Blood Game
Blood Game (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers)
Blue Skies and Shining Promises
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet
Blutspiele
Bodenlose Tiefe
Body of lies
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
Bonnie
Bonnie
Bonnie
Bonnie
Bonnie
Bonnie
Bonnie
BRONZED HAWK, THE
Bullet
Cadavres menteurs
Cadavres menteurs
Callejón sin salida
Callejon Sin Salida / Blind Alley
Capitaine apprivoisé
Captive
Capture the Rainbow
Capture the Rainbow
Capture The Rainbow Valuepriced Edition
Chaos
Chaos
Chaos
Chaos Lib/E
Chasing the night
Chasing the night
Chasing the night
Chasing the Night
Chasing the Night
Chasing the Night
Chasing the Night
Chasing the Night 12- Copy Mixed Prepack
Close your eyes
Close your eyes
Close Your Eyes
Countdown
Countdown
COUNTDOWN (EVE DUNCAN)
Course à mort
Course à mort
Cuenta Atrs
Dark Rider
Dark Rider
Dark summer
Dark summer
Dark summer
Dark summer
Dark Summer
Dark Tribute
Dark Tribute
Dark Tribute
Dark Tribute
Das Auge des Tänzers
Das Schweigen der Schwäne
Das verlorene Gesicht
Das verlorene Gesicht
Dead aim
Dead aim
Dead aim
Dead Aim
Dead Aim
Dead Aim
Deadlock
Deadlock
Deadlock
Deadlock
Deadlock
De brand
De narcose
Der Geruch der Angst
Der Mädchensammler
Der Mädchensammler
Dernière cible
De schok
Des Cieux d'azur
De speurtocht
Die Spur des Feuers
Die Windbraut. Roman
Dit schenk ik jou
Double blind
Double blind
Double blind
Double Blind
Drijfzand
Edinstvennyĭ muzhchina
Een kern van leugens
Eight days to live
Eight Days to Live
Eight Days to Live
Eight Days to Live
Eight Days to Live
Einführung in die Pädagogik der früheren Kindheit. Roman
El Cuerpo del Delito
En Büyük Cilginligim
Eve
Eve
Eve
Eve
Eve
Eve
Eve Duncan Collection from Iris Johansen
Eve Quinn Bonnie Trilogy : 3 Book Bundle
Everlasting
Everlasting
EVERLASTING # 152
Everlasting Lib/E
FACE (A) DA MENTIRA -(EURO 13.97)
Face of Deception by Iris Johansen Unabridged CD Audiobook
Face of Deception (Eve Duncan)
Face to Die For
Fatal tide
Fatal Tide
Fatal Tide
Fatal Tide
Fatal Tide
Fatal Tide (Marea de Pasion)
Feng zhi wu zhe =
Final target
Final target
Final target
Final Target
Final Target
Final Target
Firestorm
Firestorm
Firestorm (Johansen, Iris)
Focus on Mixed Exercises, Answer Key
Gadkii utenok
Golden Barbarian, The
Het gezicht van de dood
Hide away
Hide Away
Hide Away
Hide Away (Thorndike Basic)
High Stakes
High Stakes
High Stakes
High Stakes Lib/E
Hindsight
Hindsight
Hindsight
Hinter gläsernen Wänden
Hunting Eve
Hunting Eve
Hunting Eve
Hunting Eve
Hunting Eve
Im Profil des Todes
Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen Collection - Silent Thunder & Shadow Zone
Iris Johansen - Collection
I togda ty umresh £
Jin se ye man ren =
Jugar A Matar
Kalbimdeki Firtina
Kaplan Prens
Kayip Yuzlerin Fisiltisi
Kern van leugens
Killer dreams
Killer Dreams
Killer Dreams
Killing Game, The
Knochenfunde
Knochenfunde. Roman
Komm, dunkle Nacht
Komm, dunkle Nacht
La cara del engaño
La Cara Del Engaño
La chanteuse de Budapest
La Dernière cible
La Hija del Presidente
La huida
Lantul mincuinilor
La route de Marasef
Last Bridge Home
Le Guerrier de minuit
L'esclave du désert
L'Esclave du désert
Le seigneur arrogant
Le trésor
Lion's Bride
Lion's Bride
Live to see tomorrow
Live to See Tomorrow
Live to See Tomorrow
Long after midnight
Long after midnight
Long after Midnight
Long After Midnight
Look behind you
Look Behind You
Look Behind You: A Novel (Kendra Michaels)
L'Orient des désirs
Loveswept Special
Luan shi feng wu
Magnificent folly
Magnificent Rogue
Man from Half Moon Bay
Marea De Pasion / Fatal Tide
Matilda, the adventuress
Midnight warrior
Midnight Warrior
Mind game
Mind game
Mind Game
Mind Game
Mind Game
Moi nezhnyi vrag
More Than Meets the Eye
Mort sur objectif
Night and day
Night and Day
Night and Day
Night and Day
Night watch
Night watch
Night Watch
Nikogda ne pozdno
No easy target
No easy target
No Easy Target
No Easy Target
No one to trust
No One to Trust
No One to Trust
No Red Roses
No Red Roses
No Red Roses
Notorious
Notorious Lib/E (Sedikhan)
One touch of topaz
One Touch of Topaz
One Touch of Topaz
One Touch of Topaz Lib/E
Onmisbaar
On the run
On the run
On the run
On the Run
On the Run (Johansen, Iris)
Ostateczny cel
Oyunun Sessiz Tanigi
Pandora's daughter
Pandora's Daughter
Pandora's Daughter
Pandoras Tochter
Perfect Witness, The
Persuasion
Persuasion
Quicksand
Quicksand
Quicksand
Quicksand
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Quinn
Reap the wind
Reap the Wind
Reap the Wind
Return to Santa Flores
Return To Santa Flores
Sans pitie
Satin Ice
Satin Ice (The Delaney's, the Untamed Years II)
Segunda Oportunidad
Shadow play
Shadow play
Shadow Play
Shadow Play
Shadow zone
Shadow zone
Shadow Zone
SHAM/
Shattered mirror
Shattered mirror
Shattered Mirror
Shattered Mirror
Shattered Mirror
Shuang fei yan
Sight unseen
Sight Unseen
Sight Unseen
Sight Unseen
Silencing Eve
Silencing Eve
Silencing Eve
Silencing Eve
Silent thunder
Silent thunder
Silent Thunder
Silent Thunder
Sleep no more
Sleep no more
Sleep no more
Sleep No More
Sleep No More
Sleep No More
Smokescreen
Smokescreen
Smokescreen
Smoke Screen
Spellbinder
Stalemate
Stalemate (Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers)
Star light, Star bright
STAR-SPANGLED BRIDE
Stikhii͡a strasti
Storm cycle
Storm Cycle
Storm winds
Storm Winds
Storm Winds (Wind Dancer)
Stormy Vows
Stormy vows ; Tempest at sea
Stormy Vows/Tempest at Sea
Strong, hot winds
Strong, Hot Winds
Sueños asesinos
Sueños asesinos
Taking eve
Taking eve
Taking Eve
Taking Eve
Taking Eve
Taking Eve
Tempest at Sea
Tempête de feu
Tender savage
Tender savage
Tender Savage
Terpkiĭ vkus strasti
Te Toca Morir
The beloved scoundrel
The beloved scoundrel
The bronzed hawk
The bronzed hawk
The Bronzed Hawk
The Bullet
The Bullet
The Death Mask
The Delaneys of Killaroo
The Delaneys, the Untamed Years
The face of deception
The Face of Deception
The Face of Deception
The Face Of Deception
The Forever Dream
The Golden Barbarian
The golden valkyrie
The Golden Valkyrie
The Golden Valkyrie
The Golden Valkyrie, Narrated By Angela Brazil, 5 Cds [Complete & Unabridged Audio Work]
The Golden Valkyrie & The Trustworthy Redhead
The killing game
The Killing Game
The Killing Game
The lady and the unicorn
The Lady & the Unicorn
The magnificent rogue
The magnificent rogue
The naked eye
The naked eye
The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
The perfect witness
The Perfect Witness
The Perfect Witness
The Perfect Witness
The Perfect Witness: A Novel
The persuasion
The Persuasion
The persuasion [large print]
The Reluctant Lark
The search
The search
The Search (Eve Duncan)
The Shamrock Trinity
The Tiger Prince
The treasure
The Treasure
The Trustworthy Redhead
The Ugly Duckling
The Wind Dancer
The Wind Dancer/Storm Winds
This Fierce Splendor
Tiger Prince
TIL THE END OF TIME
'Til the End of Time: A Loveswept Classic Romance (Sedikhan Book 10)
Tödliche Träume
Touch the horizon
Touch the Horizon
Touch The Horizon
TOUCH THE HORIZON
Touch the Horizon Lib/E
TOUGH MAN TO TAME, A
Treasure
Trustworthy Redhead
TRUSTWORTHY REDHEAD
Ty u meni Ła odna
Und dann der Tod
Und dann der Tod. Sonderausgabe
UNEXPECTED SONG, AN
Ungezähmt
Vendetta
Vendetta
Vendetta
Vent des sables
Verraderlijke trouw
Vluchtroute
What doesn't kill you
What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You
White Satin
White Satin
White Satin
White Satin
White Satin Lib/E
Wicked Jake Darcy
Wild silver
Wild Silver
Wind Dancer/Storm Winds
Winter Bride
With Open Eyes
Yalanlar yumagi
York, the renegade
Your next breath
Your next breath
Your Next Breath
Your Next Breath
Zamanin Rengi Asktir
Zhi wei ni chi mi
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