ROMANTIC TIMES 2001 CAREER ACHEIVEMENT

HISTORICAL

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE Susan Wiggs

BRITISH-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE Connie Brockway

HISTORICAL ROMANCE Maura Seger

HISTORICAL STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR Nan Ryan

REGENGY-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE Christina Dodd

INSPIRATIONAL

INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE Dee Henderson

MAINSTREAM

CONTEMPORARY NEW REALITY Lynn Kurland

CONTEMPORARY NOVEL Deborah Smith

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE Rachel Lee

CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Meryl Sawyer

MULTICULTURAL

MULTICULTURAL ROMANCE Kayla Perrin

MYSTERY

FEMALE SLEUTH Barbara Seranella

HISTORICAL MYSTERY Sharon Kay Penman

MYSTERY SERIES Faye Kellerman

SUSPENSE Nancy Pickard

REGENCY

REGENCY ROMANCE Patricia Veryan

SERIES

INNOVATIVE SERIES ROMANCE Maggie Shayne

SERIES ROMANCE Nora Roberts

SERIES ROMANCE LOVE & LAUGHTER Jacqueline Diamond

SERIES ROMANTIC ADVENTURE Merline Lovelace

SERIES ROMANTIC FANTASY Lori Foster

SERIES ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Amanda Stevens

SERIES STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR Kathryn Shay

ROMANTIC TIMES 2001 REVIEWERS' CHOICE

HISTORICAL

BEST AMERICAN-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE MOONLIGHT BECOMES HER - Meagan McKinney Kensington (November 2001)

BEST BRITISH-SET HISTORICAL ROMANCE WHISPERS OF HEAVEN - Candice Proctor Fawcett (July 2001)

BEST FIRST HISTORICAL ROMANCE DEVIL IN A KILT - Sue-Ellen Welfonder Warner (August 2001)

BEST HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY A KNIGHT'S VOW - Lynn Kurland, Patricia Potter, Deborah Simmons, Glynnis Campbell Jove (September 2001)

BEST HISTORICAL LOVE & LAUGHTER THE BLUE VIKING - Sandra Hill Leisure (February 2001)

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL THE FIERY CROSS - Diana Gabaldon Delacorte (January 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL ROMANTIC ADVENTURE HEART OF A LION - Hillary Fields St. Martin's (December 2001)

BEST HISTORICAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE PRINCESS CHARMING - Elizabeth Thornton Bantam (February 2001)

BEST INNOVATIVE HISTORICAL ROMANCE THE SWAN MAIDEN - Susan King Signet (January 2001)

BEST K.I.S.S. HERO Wolf Haywood TWILIGHT IN TEXAS - Jodi Thomas Jove (March 2001)

BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE LORD OF THE MIST - Ann Lawrence Love Spell (July 2001)

BEST REGENCY HISTORICAL ROMANCE THE CONQUEST - Edith Layton Harper (August 2001)

BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE THE HEART QUEEN - Patricia Potter Jove (July 2001)

BEST SENSUAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE SUDDENLY YOU - Lisa Kleypas Avon (June 2001)

BEST WESTERN ROMANCE THE BAD MAN'S BRIDE - Susan Kay Law Avon (June 2001)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THE YEAR MORE THAN A MISTRESS - Mary Balogh Delacorte (June 2001)

MAINSTREAM

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL FAST WOMEN - Jennifer Crusie St. Martin's (May 2001)

BEST CONTEMPORARY PARANORMAL APHRODITE'S KISS - Julie Kenner Love Spell (April 2001)

BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE TRUE CONFESSIONS - Rachel Gibson Avon (August 2001)

BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK WHITE CLOVER - Tricia McGill JacobyteBooks.com (March 2001)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL KUSHIEL'S DART - Jacqueline Carey Tor (June 2001)

BEST FUTURISTIC ROMANCE THE STAR PRINCE - Susan Grant Love Spell (November 2001)

BEST HISTORICAL NEW REALITY SECRET OF THE WOLF - Susan Krinard Berkley (October 2001)

BEST INSPIRATIONAL NOVEL BENEATH A SOUTHERN SKY - Deborah Raney WaterBrook Press (June 2001)

BEST MULTICULTURAL GOOD INTENTIONS - Crystal Wilson-Harris BET/Arabesque (January 2001)

BEST ROMANTIC INTRIGUE ANGEL FACE - Suzanne Forster Berkley (August 2001)

BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE THE GINGERBREAD MAN - Maggie Shayne Jove (October 2001)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS - Julie E. Czerneda Daw (June 2001)

BEST VAMPIRE ROMANCE DARK FIRE - Christine Feehan Love Spell (August 2001)

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

BEST AMATEUR SLEUTH ARKANSAS TRAVELER - Earlene Fowler Berkley (April 2001)

BEST CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE - Jonnie Jacobs Kensington (May 2002)

BEST FIRST MYSTERY BUBBLES UNBOUND - Sarah Strohmeyer Signet (July 2002)

BEST HISTORICAL MYSTERY MURPHY'S LAW - Rhys Bowen Minotaur (December 2002)

BEST PI NOVEL TOTAL RECALL - Sara Paretsky Delacorte (November 2001)

BEST SUSPENSE THE SURGEON - Tess Gerritsen Ballantine (August 2002)

REGENCY

BEST REGENCY NOVEL SUGARPLUM SURPRISES - Elisabeth Fairchild Signet (November 2001)

SERIES

BEST HARLEQUIN AMERICAN RENT A MILLIONAIRE GROOM - Judy Christenberry Harlequin (March 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN BLAZE THIRTY NIGHTS - JoAnn Ross Harlequin (September 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN DUET HOW THE SHERIFF WAS WON - Anne Gracie Harlequin (September 2001)

NAKED IN NEW ENGLAND - Jacquie D'Alessandro Harlequin (July 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE CONCEPTION COVER-UP - Karen Lawton Barrett Harlequin (May 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN PRESENTS THEIR CONVENIENT MARRIAGE - Mary Lyons Harlequin (March 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN ROMANCE OUTBACK WITH THE BOSS - Barbara Hannay Harlequin (September 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN SUPERROMANCE HIS CHILD OR HERS? - Dawn Stewardson Harlequin (June 2001)

BEST HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION HER ONLY CHANCE - Cheryl Anne Porter Harlequin (February 2001)

BEST MINISERIES ROMANCE THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - Cheryl St. John Silhouette (March 2001)

BEST SILHOUETTE DESIRE TAMING THE BEAST - Amy J. Fetzer Silhouette (April 2001)

BEST SILHOUETTE INTIMATE MOMENTS OUT OF NOWHERE - Beverly Bird Silhouette (July 2001)

BEST SILHOUETTE ROMANCE THE HEIRESS TAKES A HUSBAND - Cara Colter Silhouette Romance (August 2001)

BEST SILHOUETTE SPECIAL EDITION THE WOMAN FOR DUSTY CONRAD - Tori Carrington Silhouette (October 2001)

BEST STEEPLEHILL LOVE INSPIRED THE DOCTOR'S MIRACLE - Anna Schmidt Steeple Hill (August 2001)