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{{Short description|American romance novelist}}
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| birth_name = Jayne Ann Castle
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|03|28|}}
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| birth_place = [[Cobb, California]], United States
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| alma_mater = [[San Jose State University]]
| education = [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[San Jose State University]]
| occupation = [[Novelist]]
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| nationality = American
| period = 1979-present
| period = 1979 - present
| genre = [[Romance novel|Romance]], [[Suspense]], [[Fantasy]]
| genre = [[Romance novel|Romance]], [[Suspense]], [[Fantasy]]
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| spouse = Frank Krentz
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'''Jayne Ann Krentz''', née '''Jayne Castle''' (born March 28, 1948 in [[Cobb, California]], United States), is an American writer of [[romance novel]]s. Krentz is the author of a string of ''[[New York Times]]'' bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she only uses three names. Under her married name she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses '''Amanda Quick''' for her novels of [[historical romance|historical]] romantic-suspense. She uses her maiden name for futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense writing.
'''Jayne Ann Krentz''', née '''Jayne Castle''' (born March 28, 1948, in [[Cobb, California]], United States), is an American writer of [[romance novel]]s. Krentz is the author of a string of ''[[New York Times]]'' bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she only uses three names. Under her married name she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses '''Amanda Quick''' for her novels of [[historical romance|historical]] romantic-suspense. She uses her maiden name for futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense writing.


Over 35 million copies of Krentz's novels are in print. With ''Sweet Starfire'', she created the futuristic romance subgenre, and further expanded the boundaries of the genre in 1996 with ''Amaryllis'', the first paranormal futuristic romantic suspense novel. She is an outspoken advocate for the romance genre and has been the recipient of the '''Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies'''.
Over 35 million copies of Krentz's novels are in print. With ''Sweet Starfire'', she created the futuristic romance subgenre, and further expanded the boundaries of the genre in 1996 with ''Amaryllis'', the first paranormal futuristic romantic suspense novel. She is an outspoken advocate for the romance genre and has been the recipient of the '''Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies'''.
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===Personal life===
===Personal life===
Jayne Ann Castle was born on March 28, 1948 in [[Cobb, California]], United States.<ref name="webster"/> She and her two brothers were raised by their mother, Alberta, in [[Borrego Springs, California|Borrego Springs]] for the first decade of Jayne's life.
Jayne Ann Castle was born on March 28, 1948, in [[Cobb, California]], United States.<ref name="webster"/> She and her two brothers were raised by their mother, Alberta, in [[Borrego Springs, California|Borrego Springs]] for the first decade of Jayne's life.


She earned a [[Bachelor's degree|B.A]] in [[History]] at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] in 1970.<ref name="mckenna"/> Fearful that she would be unable to find a job using her degree, she elected to obtain her graduate degree in [[Library Science]] from [[San Jose State University]]. Immediately after graduation she married Frank Krentz, an engineer, whom she had met at San Jose State. The couple moved to the [[Virgin Islands]], where Krentz worked for a year as an elementary school librarian, a time she refers to as "an unmitigated career disaster".<ref name="webster">{{cite web|last=Webster|first=Dan|title=Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=SpokesmanReview.com|date=January 7, 2004|url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/interactive/bookclub/interviews/interview.asp?IntID=17|accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref> Realizing that she enjoyed being a librarian but not the aspects of teaching that working in an elementary school required, Krentz moved into the higher levels of academia, including a stint in the [[Duke University]] library system.<ref name="webster"/> Krentz and her husband later moved to [[Seattle, Washington]].
She earned a [[Bachelor's degree|B.A]] in [[History]] at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] in 1970.<ref name="mckenna"/> Fearful that she would be unable to find a job using her degree, she elected to obtain her graduate degree in [[Library Science]] from [[San Jose State University]]. Immediately after graduation she married Frank Krentz, an engineer, whom she had met at San Jose State. The couple moved to the [[Virgin Islands]], where Krentz worked for a year as an elementary school librarian, a time she refers to as "an unmitigated career disaster".<ref name="webster">{{cite web|last=Webster |first=Dan |title=Jayne Ann Krentz |publisher=SpokesmanReview.com |date=January 7, 2004 |url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/interactive/bookclub/interviews/interview.asp?IntID=17 |access-date=2007-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926214547/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/interactive/bookclub/interviews/interview.asp?IntID=17 |archive-date=September 26, 2007 }}</ref> Realizing that she enjoyed being a librarian but not the aspects of teaching that working in an elementary school required, Krentz moved into the higher levels of academia, including a stint in the [[Duke University]] library system.<ref name="webster"/> Krentz and her husband later moved to [[Seattle, Washington]].


Krentz has been generous in sharing her wealth with libraries. She established the Castle Humanities Fund at UCSC's University Library to allow the library to purchase additional books and has given money to 15 [[Seattle]]-area elementary schools to enhance their library budgets. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Writers Programs at the [[University of Washington]] extension program.<ref name="mckenna">{{cite web|last=McKenna|first=Barbara|title=USC alumna and best-selling romance novelist establishes library endowment|date=February 3, 1997|url=http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/97-02-03/krentz.htm|publisher=University of Southern California Currents |accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref><ref name="white"/>
Krentz has been generous in sharing her wealth with libraries. She established the Castle Humanities Fund at UCSC's University Library to allow the library to purchase additional books and has given money to 15 [[Seattle]]-area elementary schools to enhance their library budgets. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Writers Programs at the [[University of Washington]] extension program.<ref name="mckenna">{{cite web |last=McKenna |first=Barbara |date=February 3, 1997 |title=UCSC alumna and best-selling romance novelist establishes library endowment |url=http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/97-02-03/krentz.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128090812/http://ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/97-02-03/krentz.htm |archive-date=November 28, 2007 |access-date=2007-07-26 |publisher=University of California Santa Cruz Currents}}</ref><ref name="white"/>


===Writing career===
===Writing career===
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====Pseudonyms and genres====
====Pseudonyms and genres====
Krentz continued writing, and, in 1979, she sold her first novel, ''Gentle Pirate''.<ref name="webster"/> That novel and several that followed were published within various category romance lines, as that was the only method in which contemporary romance was published. As more publishers began to release single-title contemporary romances, Krentz shifted into writing only single-title novels.<ref name="arr">{{cite web|title=Interview with Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=A Romance Review|url=http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/jayneannkrentz.phtml|date=January 2006|accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref>
Krentz continued writing, and, in 1979, she sold her first novel, ''Gentle Pirate''.<ref name="webster"/> That novel and several that followed were published within various category romance lines, as that was the only method in which contemporary romance was published. As more publishers began to release single-title contemporary romances, Krentz shifted into writing only single-title novels.<ref name="arr">{{cite web|title=Interview with Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=A Romance Review|url=http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/jayneannkrentz.phtml|date=January 2006|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173818/http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/jayneannkrentz.phtml|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Her first novels were released under her birth name, Jayne Castle. Krentz signed a contract allowing one of her publishers to own the name, and, after leaving that publisher, Krentz was unable to use that name on new works for ten years. This led to the creation of several pseudonyms, including Jayne Taylor, Jayne Bentley, Stephanie James and Amanda Glass. By the mid-1980s she had begun using only her married name, Jayne Ann Krentz, for all of her contemporary romance novels.<ref name="webster"/>
Her first novels were released under her birth name, Jayne Castle. Krentz signed a contract allowing one of her publishers to own the name, and, after leaving that publisher, Krentz was unable to use that name on new works for ten years. This led to the creation of several pseudonyms, including Jayne Taylor, Jayne Bentley, Stephanie James and Amanda Glass. By the mid-1980s she had begun using only her married name, Jayne Ann Krentz, for all of her contemporary romance novels.<ref name="webster"/>


Her 1986 novel, ''[[Sweet Starfire]]'', was a futuristic romance, a subgenre that combined elements of romance novels and [[science fiction]]. The novel was a "classic road trip romance" which just happened to be set in a separate galaxy. In 1987 she published a second futuristic romance, ''Crystal Flame'', which again allowed for a "traditional romance plot unfold[ing] in an extraordinary world."<ref name="gelsomino">{{cite web|last=Gelsomino|first=Tara|title=Review of Smoke in Mirrors|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=14972|publisher=Romantic Times|year=2002|accessdate=2007-07-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004201147/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=14972|archivedate=2007-10-04}}</ref>
Her 1986 novel, ''[[Sweet Starfire]]'', was a futuristic romance, a subgenre that combined elements of romance novels and [[science fiction]]. The novel was a "classic road trip romance" which just happened to be set in a separate galaxy. In 1987 she published a second futuristic romance, ''Crystal Flame'', which again allowed for a "traditional romance plot unfold[ing] in an extraordinary world".<ref name="gelsomino">{{cite web|last=Gelsomino|first=Tara|title=Review of Smoke in Mirrors|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=14972|publisher=Romantic Times|year=2002|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004201147/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=14972|archive-date=2007-10-04}}</ref>
The success of these books encouraged Krentz to try to write a real historical romance with a humorous twist, which she released under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.<ref name="gelsomino"/>
The success of these books encouraged Krentz to try to write a real historical romance with a humorous twist, which she released under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.<ref name="gelsomino"/>


She began writing paranormal futuristic novels of romantic suspense in 1996. Released under her maiden name, Jayne Castle, these novels are set far in the future in a world where everyone has a psychic talent and respectable people use marriage agencies instead of choosing their own mates. As is customary in her writing, in each case the protagonists have a mystery to solve or a villain to defeat.<ref name="amaryllis">{{cite web|last=Krentz|first=Jayne Ann|title=Cameo/Exceprt from Amaryllis|publisher=Romantic Times|year=1996|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=2080|accessdate=2007-07-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231644/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=2080|archivedate=2007-10-04}}</ref>
She began writing paranormal futuristic novels of romantic suspense in 1996. Released under her maiden name, Jayne Castle, these novels are set far in the future in a world where everyone has a psychic talent and respectable people use marriage agencies instead of choosing their own mates. As is customary in her writing, in each case the protagonists have a mystery to solve or a villain to defeat.<ref name="amaryllis">{{cite web|last=Krentz|first=Jayne Ann|title=Cameo/Exceprt from Amaryllis|publisher=Romantic Times|year=1996|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=2080|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231644/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=2080|archive-date=2007-10-04}}</ref>


Psychic themes appear throughout Krentz's work. In 2006 she began a new series, called The Arcane Society, which includes books written as Amanda Quick (historical setting), Jayne Ann Krentz (contemporary setting), and Jayne Castle (futuristic setting). The books tell the stories of members of the Arcane Society for the psychically gifted, and each hero and heroine has his or her own psychic power. The books feature a mystery for the protagonists to solve while they are learning to deal with their psychic abilities.<ref name="levy">{{cite web|last=Levy|first=Faygie|title=Review of White Lies|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=30940|year=2007|accessdate=2007-07-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005015722/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=30940|archivedate=2007-10-05}}</ref> The heroes of her novels are always [[alpha male]]s who are as strong and determined as her heroines.<ref name="samuel">{{cite web|last=Samuel|first=Barbara|title=Versatile Jayne Ann Krentz creates past, present, and future of romance|publisher=Book Page| url=http://www.bookpage.com/0702bp/jayne_ann_krentz.html|date=February 2007|accessdate=2007-07-26}}</ref>
Psychic themes appear throughout Krentz's work. In 2006 she began a new series, called The Arcane Society, which includes books written as Amanda Quick (historical setting), Jayne Ann Krentz (contemporary setting), and Jayne Castle (futuristic setting). The books tell the stories of members of the Arcane Society for the psychically gifted, and each hero and heroine has his or her own psychic power. The books feature a mystery for the protagonists to solve while they are learning to deal with their psychic abilities.<ref name="levy">{{cite web|last=Levy|first=Faygie|title=Review of White Lies|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=30940|year=2007|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005015722/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&book=30940|archive-date=2007-10-05}}</ref> The heroes of her novels are always [[alpha male]]s who are as strong and determined as her heroines.<ref name="samuel">{{cite web|last=Samuel |first=Barbara |title=Versatile Jayne Ann Krentz creates past, present, and future of romance |publisher=Book Page |url=http://www.bookpage.com/0702bp/jayne_ann_krentz.html |date=February 2007 |access-date=2007-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015027/http://www.bookpage.com/0702bp/jayne_ann_krentz.html |archive-date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>


====Recognition====
====Recognition====
More than 120 of Krentz's romance novels have been published, with 32 placing on the ''[[New York Times Bestseller List]]''. In total, there are over 23 million copies of her books in print.<ref name="white">{{cite web|last=White|first=Claire E.|title=Conversation with Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=Writers Write|date=January 2003|url=http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec02/krentz.htm|accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>
More than 120 of Krentz's romance novels have been published, with 32 placing on the ''[[New York Times Bestseller List]]''. In total, there are over 23 million copies of her books in print.<ref name="white">{{cite web|last=White|first=Claire E.|title=Conversation with Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=Writers Write|date=January 2003|url=http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec02/krentz.htm|access-date=2007-07-25}}</ref>


Krentz's novel ''The Waiting Game'' was adapted for the Harlequin Romance Series teleplay in 2001.
Krentz's novel ''The Waiting Game'' was adapted for the Harlequin Romance Series teleplay in 2001.


Her books have won many awards. Krentz has been nominated 22 times for ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 1995 for ''Trust Me'' and in 2004 for ''Falling Awake''.<ref name="rt">{{cite web|title=Author Profile: Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=251|accessdate=2007-07-26 | year=2007 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004210836/http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=251 | archivedate=2007-10-04}}</ref> She has also received a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award.<ref name="rt"/>
Her books have won many awards. Krentz has been nominated 22 times for ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 1995 for ''Trust Me'' and in 2004 for ''Falling Awake''.<ref name="rt">{{cite web|title=Author Profile: Jayne Ann Krentz|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=251|access-date=2007-07-26 | year=2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004210836/http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=251 | archive-date=2007-10-04}}</ref> She has also received a ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award.<ref name="rt"/>


An outspoken advocate of the merits of romantic fiction, Krentz maintains that "[p]opular fiction encapsulates and reinforces many of our most fundamental cultural values. Romance is among the most enduring because it addresses the values of family and human emotional bonds." To help educate the public about the genre she became the editor of and a contributor to ''Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance'', a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies.<ref name="white"/> Krentz was the inspiration for, and first recipient of, the ''Romantic Times'' Jane Austen Award, created to "honor those in the romance community who have significantly impacted our genre."<ref name="pennames">{{cite web|title=Pen Names|year=1997|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_tip.php?tip=76|accessdate=2007-07-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231712/http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_tip.php?tip=76|archivedate=2007-10-04}}</ref>
An outspoken advocate of the merits of romantic fiction, Krentz maintains that "[p]opular fiction encapsulates and reinforces many of our most fundamental cultural values. Romance is among the most enduring because it addresses the values of family and human emotional bonds." To help educate the public about the genre she became the editor of and a contributor to ''Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance'', a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies.<ref name="white"/> Krentz was the inspiration for, and first recipient of, the ''Romantic Times'' Jane Austen Award, created to "honor those in the romance community who have significantly impacted our genre".<ref name="pennames">{{cite web|title=Pen Names|year=1997|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_tip.php?tip=76|access-date=2007-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004231712/http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_tip.php?tip=76|archive-date=2007-10-04}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Main|List of works by Jayne Ann Krentz}}

===Arcane Society Novels===
*Books are written across all three names
# ''Second Sight'', 2006 (as Amanda Quick)
# ''White Lies'', 2007 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Sizzle & Burn'', 2007 (as JAK)
# ''The Third Circle'', 2008 (as AQ)
# ''Running Hot'', 2008 (as JAK)
# ''The Perfect Poison'', 2009 (as AQ)
# ''Fired Up [Dreamlight Trilogy-1]'', 2009 (as JAK)
# ''Burning Lamp [Dreamlight Trilogy-2]'', 2010 (as AQ)
# ''Midnight Crystal [Dreamlight Trilogy-3]'', 2010 (as Jayne Castle)
# ''In Too Deep [Looking Glass Trilogy-1]'', 2011 (as JAK)
# ''Quicksilver [Looking Glass Trilogy-2]'', 2011 (as AQ)
# ''Canyons of the Night [Looking Glass Trilogy-3]'', 2011 (as JC)
* ''Scargill Cove Case Files'', 2011 (as JAK)

===As Jayne Castle===

====Category romance====
* ''Vintage of Surrender'', 1979
* ''Queen of Hearts'', 1979
* ''Gentle Pirate'', 1980
* ''Bargain with the Devil'', 1981
* ''Right of Possession'', 1981
* ''Wagered Weekend'', 1981
* ''A Man's Protection'', 1982
* ''A Negotiated Surrender'', 1982
* ''Affair of Risk'', 1982
* ''Power Play'', 1982
* ''Relentless Adversary'', 1982
* ''Spellbound'', 1982
* ''Conflict of Interest'', 1983

====Stand-alone novels====
* ''Double Dealing'', 1984
* ''Trading Secrets'', 1985

====Guinevere Jones series====
# ''The Desperate Game'', 1986, reissued digitally and in audio August 2012
# ''The Chilling Deception'', 1986, reissued digitally and in audio August 2012
# ''The Sinister Touch'', 1986, reissued digitally and in audio August 2012
# ''The Fatal Fortune'', 1986, reissued digitally and in audio August 2012
# ''Desperate and Deceptive: The Guinevere Jones Collection Volume 1'', 2014 [Collects ''The Desperate Game'' & ''The Chilling Deception'']
# ''Sinister and Fatal: The Guinevere Jones Collection Volume 2'', 2014 [Collects ''The Sinister Touch'' & ''The Fatal Fortune'']

====Curtain Worlds====

=====Futuristic World of St. Helen's Novels=====
# ''Amaryllis'', 1996
# ''Zinnia'', 1997
# ''Orchid'', 1998

=====Futuristic World of Harmony=====
======Ghost Hunter Novels======
# "Bridal Jitters" in ''Charmed'' (1999) and ''Harmony'' (2000)
# ''After Dark'', 2000 and in ''Harmony'' (2000)
# ''After Glow'', 2004
# ''Ghost Hunter'', 2006
# ''Silver Master'', 2007 (First mention of Arcane Society on Harmony)
# ''Dark Light'', 2008
# ''Obsidian Prey'', 2009 (ties-in with Arcane Society series)

======Rainshadow Novels======
# ''The Lost Night'', 2012 (Connected to Crystal Gardens)
# ''Deception Cove'', 2013
# ''The Hot Zone'', 2014
# ''Siren's Call'', 2015

======Illusion Town Novels======
# ''Illusion Town'', 2016

====Arcane Society Novels====

=====The Dreamlight Trilogy=====
# ''Fired Up'', 2009 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Burning Lamp'', 2010 (as Amanda Quick)
# ''Midnight Crystal'', 2010

=====The Looking Glass Trilogy=====
# ''In Too Deep'', 2010 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Quicksilver'', 2011 (as Amanda Quick)
# ''Canyons of Night'', 2011 (introduces Rainshadow Island)

===As Jayne Taylor===

====Category romance====
* ''Whirlwind Courtship'', 1979

===As Jayne Bentley===

====Category romance====
* ''A Moment Past Midnight'', 1979
* ''Hired Husband'', 1979
* ''Maiden of the Morning'', 1979
* ''Sabrina's Scheme'', 1979
* ''Turning Toward Home'', 1979

===As Stephanie James===

====Category romance====
* ''A Passionate Business''1981
* ''Corporate Affair'', 1982
* ''Dangerous Magic'', 1982
* ''Lover in Pursuit'', 1982
* ''Reckless Passion'', 1982
* ''Renaissance Man'', 1982
* ''Stormy Challenge'', 1982
* ''Velvet Touch'', 1982
* ''Affair of Honor'', 1983
* ''Battle Prize'', 1983
* ''Body Guard'', 1983
* ''Gamemaster'', 1983
* ''Price of Surrender'', 1983
* ''Raven's Prey'', 1983 (Re-issued 2013 Ebook under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)
* ''Serpent in Paradise'', 1983 (Re-issued 2013 Ebook under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)
* ''The Silver Snare'', 1983
* ''To Tame the Hunter'', 1983
* ''Gambler's Woman'', 1984
* ''Night of the Magician'', 1984
* ''Nightwalker'', 1984
* ''Golden Goddess'', 1985
* ''Wizard'', 1985
* ''Cautious Lover'', 1986
* ''Green Fire'', 1986
* ''Second Wife'', 1987
* ''Saxon's Lady'', 1987
* ''The Challoner Bride'', 1987
* ''Dangerous Affair'', 2004 (Re-issue of "Affair of Honor" and "Dangerous Magic" under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)
* ''Wildest Dreams'', 2013 (Re-issue of ''Renaissance Man'' and ''Velvet Touch'' under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)
* ''Reckless Nights'', 2013 (Re-issue of ''Stormy Challenge'' and ''Reckless Passion'' under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)
* ''Ruthless Love'', 2014 (Re-issue of ''Corporate Affair'' and ''Lover in Pursuit'' under the author name of Jayne Ann Krentz)

====Colter Novels====
# ''Fabulous Beast'', 1984
# ''The Devil to Pay'', 1985

===As Jayne Ann Krentz===

====Category romance====
* ''Uneasy Alliance'', 1984
* ''Call It Destiny'', 1984
* ''Ghost of a Chance'', 1984
* ''Man With a Past'', 1985
* ''Witchcraft'', 1985
* ''Legacy'', 1985
* ''The Waiting Game'', 1985
* ''True Colors'', 1986
* ''The Ties That Bind'', 1986
* ''Between the Lines'', 1986
* ''The Family Way'', 1987
* ''The Main Attraction'', 1987
* ''The Chance of a Lifetime'', 1987
* ''Test of Time'', 1987
* ''Full Bloom'', 1988
* ''Joy'', 1988
* ''A Woman's Touch'', 1989
* ''Lady's Choice'', 1989
* ''To Wild To Wed?'', 1991
* ''The Wedding Night'', 1991
* ''The Private Eye'', 1992

====Stand-alone novels====
* ''Twist of Fate'', 1986
* ''A Coral Kiss'', 1987
* ''Midnight Jewels'', 1987
* ''Golden Chance'', 1990
* ''Silver Linings'', 1991
* ''Sweet Fortune'', 1991
* ''Family Man'', 1992
* ''Perfect Partners'', 1992
* ''Hidden Talents'', 1993
* ''Wildest Hearts'', 1993
* ''Grand Passion'', 1994
* "Connecting Rooms" in ''Everlasting Love'', 1995 & in ''Hearts Desire'', 1998
* ''Trust Me'', 1995
* ''Absolutely, Positively'', 1996
* ''Deep Waters'', 1997
* ''[[Flash (Krentz novel)|Flash]]'', 1998
* ''[[Sharp Edges]]'', 1998
* ''Eye of the Beholder'', 1999
* ''Lost & Found'', 2000
* ''[[Soft Focus (novel)|Soft Focus]]'', 2000
* ''Smoke in Mirrors'', 2002
* ''Falling Awake'', 2004
* ''No Going Back'', 2004
* ''All Night Long'', 2005
* ''River Road'', 2014
* ''Trust No One'', 2015
* ''Secret Sisters'', 2015
* ''When All the Girls Have Gone'', November 29, 2016

====Lost Colony Novels====
# ''Crystal Flame'', 1986
# ''Sweet Starfire'', 1986
# ''Shield's Lady'', 1989 (originally published as Amanda Glass, reissued under Jayne Ann Krentz)

====Dreams Duology====
# ''Dream, Part One'', 1988
# ''Dream, Part Two'', 1988
* ''Shared Dream'', 1992 (Collects Dream Part 1 & 2)
* ''Dreams: Parts 1 and 2, 2013 (kindle re-release)

====Gifts Duology====
# ''Gift of Gold'', 1988
# ''Gift of Fire'', 1989

====Ladies and Legend Novels====
# ''The Pirate'', 1990
# ''The Adventurer'', 1990
# ''The Cowboy'', 1990

====Eclipse Bay Trilogy====
# ''Eclipse Bay'', 2000
# ''Dawn in Eclipse Bay'', 2001
# ''A Summer in Eclipse Bay'', 2002
* ''Together in Eclipse Bay'', 2003 (Collects all three books)

====Whispering Springs Novels====
# ''Light in Shadow'', 2003
# ''Truth or Dare'', 2004

====Arcane Society Novels====
* ''White Lies (Book 2)'', 2007
* ''Sizzle and Burn (Book 3)'', 2008
* ''Running Hot (Book 5)'', 2008 (ties-in with Eclipse Bay series)

=====The Dreamlight Trilogy=====
# ''Fired Up'', 2009
# ''Burning lamp'', 2010 (as Amanda Quick)
# ''Midnight Crystal'', 2010 (as Jayne Castle)

=====The Looking Glass Trilogy=====
# ''In Too Deep'', 2010
# ''Quicksilver'', 2011 (as Amanda Quick)
# ''Canyons of Night'', 2011 (as Jayne Castle)

====Dark Legacy Novels====
# ''Copper Beach'', 2012
# ''Dream Eyes'', 2013

====Non-fiction====
* ''Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance'' (also edited)

===As Amanda Glass===

====Lost Colony Novels====
# ''Crystal Flame'', 1986 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Sweet Starfire'', 1986 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Shield's Lady'', 1989 (reissued under Jayne Ann Krentz)

===As Amanda Quick===

====Stand-alone novels====
* ''Seduction'', 1990
* ''Surrender'', 1990
* ''Scandal'', 1991
* ''Rendezvous'', 1991
* ''Ravished'', 1992
* ''Reckless'', 1992
* ''Dangerous'', 1993
* ''Deception'', 1993
* ''Desire'', 1993
* ''Mistress'', 1994
* ''Mystique'', 1995
* ''Mischief'', 1996
* ''Affair'', 1997
* ''The Paid Companion'', 2004
* ''Wait Until Midnight'', 2005
* ''The River Knows'', 2007
* ''Otherwise Engaged'', 2014
* ''Garden of Lies'', 2015
* '''Til Death Do Us Part'', 2016
* ''The Girl Who Knew Too Much'', May 9, 2017

====Vanza Novels====
# ''With This Ring'', 1998
# ''I Thee Wed'', 1999
# ''Wicked Widow'', 2000
# ''Lie by Moonlight'', 2005

====Lake & March Trilogy====
# ''Slightly Shady'', 2001
# ''Don't Look Back'', 2002
# ''Late for the Wedding'', 2003

====Arcane Society Novels====
*''Second Sight'' (Book 1), 1999
*''The Third Circle'' (Book 4), 2008
*''The Perfect Poison'' (Book 6), 2009

=====The Dreamlight Trilogy=====
# ''Fired Up'', 2009 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Burning Lamp'', 2010
# ''Midnight Crystal'', 2010 (as Jayne Castle)

=====The Looking Glass Trilogy=====
# ''In Too Deep'', 2010 (as Jayne Ann Krentz)
# ''Quicksilver'', 2011
# ''Canyons of Night'', 2011 (as Jayne Castle)

* Also See Jayne Ann Krentz and Jayne Castle for More Arcane Society Novels

====Ladies of Lantern Street Novels====
# ''Crystal Gardens'', 2012
# ''The Mystery Woman'', 2013


==References==
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"Amanda Quick" redirects here. For the comic book character, see Amanda Quick (comics).
Jayne Ann Castle Krentz
BornJayne Ann Castle
(1948-03-28) March 28, 1948 (age 76)
Cobb, California, U.S.
Pen nameJayne Castle
Jayne Taylor
Jayne Bentley
Stephanie James
Jayne Ann Krentz
Amanda Glass
Amanda Quick
OccupationNovelist
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
San Jose State University
Period1979-present
GenreRomance, Suspense, Fantasy
SpouseFrank Krentz
Signature
Website
www.krentz-quick.com

Jayne Ann Krentz, née Jayne Castle (born March 28, 1948, in Cobb, California, United States), is an American writer of romance novels. Krentz is the author of a string of New York Times bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she only uses three names. Under her married name she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses Amanda Quick for her novels of historical romantic-suspense. She uses her maiden name for futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense writing.

Over 35 million copies of Krentz's novels are in print. With Sweet Starfire, she created the futuristic romance subgenre, and further expanded the boundaries of the genre in 1996 with Amaryllis, the first paranormal futuristic romantic suspense novel. She is an outspoken advocate for the romance genre and has been the recipient of the Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies.

Biography

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Personal life

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Jayne Ann Castle was born on March 28, 1948, in Cobb, California, United States.[1] She and her two brothers were raised by their mother, Alberta, in Borrego Springs for the first decade of Jayne's life.

She earned a B.A in History at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1970.[2] Fearful that she would be unable to find a job using her degree, she elected to obtain her graduate degree in Library Science from San Jose State University. Immediately after graduation she married Frank Krentz, an engineer, whom she had met at San Jose State. The couple moved to the Virgin Islands, where Krentz worked for a year as an elementary school librarian, a time she refers to as "an unmitigated career disaster".[1] Realizing that she enjoyed being a librarian but not the aspects of teaching that working in an elementary school required, Krentz moved into the higher levels of academia, including a stint in the Duke University library system.[1] Krentz and her husband later moved to Seattle, Washington.

Krentz has been generous in sharing her wealth with libraries. She established the Castle Humanities Fund at UCSC's University Library to allow the library to purchase additional books and has given money to 15 Seattle-area elementary schools to enhance their library budgets. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Writers Programs at the University of Washington extension program.[2][3]

Writing career

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Early years

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While working at Duke, Krentz began writing stories her way, combining elements of romance novels with paranormal twists. For six years she wrote and mailed proposals for new novels, consistently receiving rejection letters.[1] She claims to have tried to stop writing several times during that period, but that it became a "compulsion".[3] During this time she and her family moved to Seattle, Washington to further her husband's aerospace career.

Pseudonyms and genres

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Krentz continued writing, and, in 1979, she sold her first novel, Gentle Pirate.[1] That novel and several that followed were published within various category romance lines, as that was the only method in which contemporary romance was published. As more publishers began to release single-title contemporary romances, Krentz shifted into writing only single-title novels.[4]

Her first novels were released under her birth name, Jayne Castle. Krentz signed a contract allowing one of her publishers to own the name, and, after leaving that publisher, Krentz was unable to use that name on new works for ten years. This led to the creation of several pseudonyms, including Jayne Taylor, Jayne Bentley, Stephanie James and Amanda Glass. By the mid-1980s she had begun using only her married name, Jayne Ann Krentz, for all of her contemporary romance novels.[1]

Her 1986 novel, Sweet Starfire, was a futuristic romance, a subgenre that combined elements of romance novels and science fiction. The novel was a "classic road trip romance" which just happened to be set in a separate galaxy. In 1987 she published a second futuristic romance, Crystal Flame, which again allowed for a "traditional romance plot unfold[ing] in an extraordinary world".[5] The success of these books encouraged Krentz to try to write a real historical romance with a humorous twist, which she released under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.[5]

She began writing paranormal futuristic novels of romantic suspense in 1996. Released under her maiden name, Jayne Castle, these novels are set far in the future in a world where everyone has a psychic talent and respectable people use marriage agencies instead of choosing their own mates. As is customary in her writing, in each case the protagonists have a mystery to solve or a villain to defeat.[6]

Psychic themes appear throughout Krentz's work. In 2006 she began a new series, called The Arcane Society, which includes books written as Amanda Quick (historical setting), Jayne Ann Krentz (contemporary setting), and Jayne Castle (futuristic setting). The books tell the stories of members of the Arcane Society for the psychically gifted, and each hero and heroine has his or her own psychic power. The books feature a mystery for the protagonists to solve while they are learning to deal with their psychic abilities.[7] The heroes of her novels are always alpha males who are as strong and determined as her heroines.[8]

Recognition

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More than 120 of Krentz's romance novels have been published, with 32 placing on the New York Times Bestseller List. In total, there are over 23 million copies of her books in print.[3]

Krentz's novel The Waiting Game was adapted for the Harlequin Romance Series teleplay in 2001.

Her books have won many awards. Krentz has been nominated 22 times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 1995 for Trust Me and in 2004 for Falling Awake.[9] She has also received a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.[9]

An outspoken advocate of the merits of romantic fiction, Krentz maintains that "[p]opular fiction encapsulates and reinforces many of our most fundamental cultural values. Romance is among the most enduring because it addresses the values of family and human emotional bonds." To help educate the public about the genre she became the editor of and a contributor to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance, a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies.[3] Krentz was the inspiration for, and first recipient of, the Romantic Times Jane Austen Award, created to "honor those in the romance community who have significantly impacted our genre".[10]

Bibliography

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Main article: List of works by Jayne Ann Krentz

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Webster, Dan (January 7, 2004). "Jayne Ann Krentz". SpokesmanReview.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  2. ^ a b McKenna, Barbara (February 3, 1997). "UCSC alumna and best-selling romance novelist establishes library endowment". University of California Santa Cruz Currents. Archived from the original on November 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  3. ^ a b c d White, Claire E. (January 2003). "Conversation with Jayne Ann Krentz". Writers Write. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  4. ^ "Interview with Jayne Ann Krentz". A Romance Review. January 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  5. ^ a b Gelsomino, Tara (2002). "Review of Smoke in Mirrors". Romantic Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  6. ^ Krentz, Jayne Ann (1996). "Cameo/Exceprt from Amaryllis". Romantic Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  7. ^ Levy, Faygie (2007). "Review of White Lies". Romantic Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  8. ^ Samuel, Barbara (February 2007). "Versatile Jayne Ann Krentz creates past, present, and future of romance". Book Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  9. ^ a b "Author Profile: Jayne Ann Krentz". Romantic Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  10. ^ "Pen Names". Romantic Times. 1997. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
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