Jeffrey McClanahan | |
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Born | Texas, United States |
Pen name | Sadie Callahan, Dixie Cash, and Anna Jeffrey |
Occupation | [1] |
Website | |
annajeffrey |
Jeffrey McClanahan is an American novelist from Texas who writes with her sister, Pam Cumbie, under the joint pen name of Dixie Cash. [2] McClanahan is also an “award-winning author of six western romance novels under the name of Anna Jeffrey.” [2] For her 2009 novel, McClanahan has taken on a third pseudonym, Sadie Callahan. [3]
McClanahan “grew up in West Texas during the great oil boom. Pam has always had a zany sense of humor, and Jeffrey has always had a dry wit. Surrounded by cowboys and steeped in country-western music, when they can stop laughing long enough, they work together creating hilarity on paper.” [4]
Jeffery lives with her husband, [5] in “a small town not far from Fort Worth,” Texas and worked as “both a real estate professional and a retailer for most of her adult life, also professions that beg for a sense of humor.” [1]
Cumbie asserts that McClanahan “loves books... like I love earrings and anything liquid that contains liquor. Her home looks like a library. She writes beautiful prose and steamy sex, and then I come along and junk it up with trash." [2]
Glenn Dromgoole writes that “Cumbie makes up the stories and characters…then McClanahan edits and rewrites.” [2] Cumbie explains that the sisters send pages back and forth between them as they work on a novel. [2]
Affaire de Coeur, Medwest Book Review, All About Romance, and Romance Reade at Heart, for example, have all praised Salvation, Texas, calling it "A first-class Romantic suspense tale," a "fine thriller," "a treat to read a good book set in Texas that really felt authentic," and "A good solid read, with great characters and a fast paced plot," respectively. Another reviewer, declared, "This book is like “Dallas” crossed with a police procedural. We’ve got wealth, we’ve got crime, we’ve got greed and we’ve got hot sex. And all the men wear cowboy hats. I like view of small town Texas life where everybody knows just about everything about each other and everybody lives for Friday night high school football and weekend rodeos." [8] Marilyn Weigel writes, "Readers, however, will delight in the scene-setting descriptions, where the prose is especially vivid and enjoyable." [9] One other reviewer graded the book as a B+. [10]
Sweet Water by Anna Jeffrey won a number of awards, including Golden Quill Contest Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; More Than Magic Contest Finalist, Romance Writers Ink, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; Desert Rose Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; and Write Touch Readers Award Winner, Single Title Contemporary, 2007. [1] Sweet Return won a similar number of awards, including Award of Excellence Contest Finalist, Colorado Romance Writers, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contest Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; More Than Magic Contest Winner, Romance Writers Ink, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; and Aspen Gold Winner, Single Title Contemporary, 2008. [1]
Jeffrey McClanahan | |
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Born | Texas, United States |
Pen name | Sadie Callahan, Dixie Cash, and Anna Jeffrey |
Occupation | [1] |
Website | |
annajeffrey |
Jeffrey McClanahan is an American novelist from Texas who writes with her sister, Pam Cumbie, under the joint pen name of Dixie Cash. [2] McClanahan is also an “award-winning author of six western romance novels under the name of Anna Jeffrey.” [2] For her 2009 novel, McClanahan has taken on a third pseudonym, Sadie Callahan. [3]
McClanahan “grew up in West Texas during the great oil boom. Pam has always had a zany sense of humor, and Jeffrey has always had a dry wit. Surrounded by cowboys and steeped in country-western music, when they can stop laughing long enough, they work together creating hilarity on paper.” [4]
Jeffery lives with her husband, [5] in “a small town not far from Fort Worth,” Texas and worked as “both a real estate professional and a retailer for most of her adult life, also professions that beg for a sense of humor.” [1]
Cumbie asserts that McClanahan “loves books... like I love earrings and anything liquid that contains liquor. Her home looks like a library. She writes beautiful prose and steamy sex, and then I come along and junk it up with trash." [2]
Glenn Dromgoole writes that “Cumbie makes up the stories and characters…then McClanahan edits and rewrites.” [2] Cumbie explains that the sisters send pages back and forth between them as they work on a novel. [2]
Affaire de Coeur, Medwest Book Review, All About Romance, and Romance Reade at Heart, for example, have all praised Salvation, Texas, calling it "A first-class Romantic suspense tale," a "fine thriller," "a treat to read a good book set in Texas that really felt authentic," and "A good solid read, with great characters and a fast paced plot," respectively. Another reviewer, declared, "This book is like “Dallas” crossed with a police procedural. We’ve got wealth, we’ve got crime, we’ve got greed and we’ve got hot sex. And all the men wear cowboy hats. I like view of small town Texas life where everybody knows just about everything about each other and everybody lives for Friday night high school football and weekend rodeos." [8] Marilyn Weigel writes, "Readers, however, will delight in the scene-setting descriptions, where the prose is especially vivid and enjoyable." [9] One other reviewer graded the book as a B+. [10]
Sweet Water by Anna Jeffrey won a number of awards, including Golden Quill Contest Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; More Than Magic Contest Finalist, Romance Writers Ink, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; Desert Rose Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2007; and Write Touch Readers Award Winner, Single Title Contemporary, 2007. [1] Sweet Return won a similar number of awards, including Award of Excellence Contest Finalist, Colorado Romance Writers, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contest Finalist, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; More Than Magic Contest Winner, Romance Writers Ink, Single Title Contemporary, 2008; and Aspen Gold Winner, Single Title Contemporary, 2008. [1]