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Mia Zachary | |
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2003–present |
Genre | Contemporary romance |
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Mia Zachary is an American author of contemporary romance novels.
Zachary first began writing as a child, creating picture books with simple dialogue for her younger brother. [1] In the late 1980s, she began her first novel, a medieval historical romance, but did not finish it because of the research it necessitated. In 1998, she formed an online publishing company. [2] At a Romance Writers of America conference in 2000, she was inspired by a story told by a fellow author, Kelsey Roberts, about finding a single red shoe under the bed of her hotel room. She wrote a manuscript, Red Shoes And a Diary, which did not sell well through her online company. She rewrote the story and submitted it to Harlequin Temptation, which rejected the story. [2] Zachary entered two of the love scenes from her novel into Harlequin's Summer Blaze writing contest. She won the contest, a chance to have an editor read her full manuscript. The editor purchased the novel, [1] which was published in April 2003. [2]
Zachary says that she writes "romance fiction [because it] is stories about friendship and intimacy, love and respect, commitment, and responsibility". [1]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
general notability guideline. (October 2022) |
Mia Zachary | |
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2003–present |
Genre | Contemporary romance |
Website | |
www |
Mia Zachary is an American author of contemporary romance novels.
Zachary first began writing as a child, creating picture books with simple dialogue for her younger brother. [1] In the late 1980s, she began her first novel, a medieval historical romance, but did not finish it because of the research it necessitated. In 1998, she formed an online publishing company. [2] At a Romance Writers of America conference in 2000, she was inspired by a story told by a fellow author, Kelsey Roberts, about finding a single red shoe under the bed of her hotel room. She wrote a manuscript, Red Shoes And a Diary, which did not sell well through her online company. She rewrote the story and submitted it to Harlequin Temptation, which rejected the story. [2] Zachary entered two of the love scenes from her novel into Harlequin's Summer Blaze writing contest. She won the contest, a chance to have an editor read her full manuscript. The editor purchased the novel, [1] which was published in April 2003. [2]
Zachary says that she writes "romance fiction [because it] is stories about friendship and intimacy, love and respect, commitment, and responsibility". [1]