Diana Palmer
ALL ABOUT DIANA PALMER
Full Name: Susan Spaeth Kyle
Date of Birth: 1946
Bio:
Susan Spaeth Kyle, aka Diana Palmer, is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. She began selling romance novels in 1979 and now writes as Diana Palmer for three New York publishing houses: Mira Books (mainstream romances), Silhouette Books (contemporary series romances), and Fawcett Books (historical romances). Kyle has over 95 books in print, translated and published around the world. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards. In 1998, a Japanese Harlequin reader poll gave her Silhouette Desire novel, The Patient Nurse, its favorite book of the year award.
She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who’s Who of Authors and
Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love’s Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk.
She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen’s Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff’s Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music. She has been married to James Kyle since 1972. They have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980, who is pursing a law enforcement career in college. She has a sister, Dannis Cole, who lives in Utah and is also back at college, finishing her degree. Dannis has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter, a high school senior planning a career as a physician, and Maggie, who is in grammar school.
Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45, inspired by her husband James, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming. He retired from his own computer business in 1998 and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. Susan graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, in 1995 with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean’s List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master’s degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies.
Series:
Cowboy and the Lady
Cowboy and the Lady (1982)
Heather’s Song (1982)
Passion Flower (1984)
Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers (1983)
Rage of Passion (1987)
Soldiers of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune (1985)
The Tender Stranger (1985)
Enamoured (1988)
Mercenary’s Woman (2000)
The Winter Soldier (2001)
The Last Mercenary (2001)
Desperado (2002)
Rawhide and Lace
Rawhide and Lace (1986)
Unlikely Lover (1986)
Fit for a King
Fit for a King (1987)
Reluctant Father (1988)
Long Tall Texans
Calhoun (1988)
Justin (1988)
Tyler (1988)
Sutton’s Way (1989)
Connal (1990)
Ethan (1990)
Evan (1991)
Harden (1991)
Donavan (1992)
Emmett (1993)
Regan’s Pride (1994)
Coltrain’s Proposal (1995)
Long, Tall Texans 2 (omnibus) (1995)
Redbird (1995)
That Burke Man (1995)
Long Tall Texan Summer (omnibus) (1997)
Long, Tall Texans III (omnibus) (1997)
The Princess Bride (1998)
Beloved (1999)
Callaghan’s Bride (1999)
Emmett Regan and Burke (omnibus) (1999)
Love with a Long Tall Texan (omnibus) (1999)
Matt Caldwell, Texas Tycoon (2000)
Calhoun / Justin / Tyler (omnibus) (2001)
Long, Tall Texan Weddings (2001)
Lionhearted (2002)
A Man of Means (2002)
Man in Control (2003)
Carrera’s Bride (2004)
Cattleman’s Pride (2004)
The Founding Father (2004)
Boss Man (2005)
Burke and Coltrain: That Burke Man / Coltrain’s Proposal (omnibus) (2005)
Emmett and Regan: Emmett / Regan’s Pride (omnibus) (2005)
Heartbreaker (2006)
Winter Roses (2007)
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday (1989)
Hunter (1990)
Long Tall Texans: Most Wanted
The Case of the Confirmed Bachelor (1992)
The Case of the Mesmerizing Boss (1992)
The Case of the Missing Secretary (1992)
Night of Love
Night of Love (1993)
King’s Ransom (1993)
Secret Agent Man (1993)
Maggie’s Dad
Maggie’s Dad (1995)
Man of Ice (1996)
Maggie’s Dad and Man of Ice (omnibus) (2004)
Novels:
To Have and To Hold (1979)
Bound by a Promise (1979)
Now and Forever (1979)
Storm Over the Lake (1979)
Sweet Enemy (1979)
September Morning (1982)
Darling Enemy (1983)
Fire and Ice (1983)
Snow Kisses (1983)
Heart of Ice (1984)
Blind Promises (1984)
Slow Kisses (1984)
Lady Love (1984)
Diamond Girl (1984)
The Rawhide Man (1984)
Cattleman’s Choice (1985)
The Australian (1985)
Roomful of Roses (1985)
The Humbug Man (1986)
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Love by Proxy (1986)
Loveplay (1986)
After the Music (1986)
Betrayed by Love (1987)
Nelson’s Brand (1990)
The Best Is Yet to Come (1991)
Lacy (1991)
Trilby (1992)
To Mother With Love (1993)
Amelia (1993)
Take Three Women (1994)
Nora (1994)
Christmas Memories (1994)
Woman Hater (1995)
Noelle (1995)
Husbands on Horseback (1996) (with Margaret Way)
Magnolia (1996)
The Patient Nurse (1997)
Mystery Man (1997)
The Savage Heart (1997)
Champagne Girl (1997)
Midnight Rider (1998)
Once in Paris (1998)
Paper Rose (1999)
Circle Of Gold (2000)
The Wedding in White (2000)
Most Wanted (2000)
Lord of the Desert (2000)
The Texas Ranger (2001)
Diamond Spur (2002)
Dream’s end (2002)
Love on Trial (2002)
To Love and Cherish (2002)
The Marrying Kind (2003)
Texan Lovers (2003)
After Midnight (2003)
If Winter Comes (2003)
Lawless (2003)
Sutton (2004)
Renegade (2004)
True Colors (2004)
Before Sunrise (2005)
Outsider (2006)
One Night in New York (2006)
Tycoon Lovers (2006)
Lawman (2007)
The Morcai Battalion (2007)
Iron Cowboy (2008)
Omnibus:
Now and Forever / Meeting At Midnight / Castaway Heart (1979) (with Sandra Phillipson and Heather Shaw)
Encore Romances: Three Complete Love Stories (1979)
Storm Over the Lake / to Have and to Hold / Sweet Enemy (1979)
All in the Family: West Virginia / Betrayed By Love (1987) (with Heather Graham)
Silhouette Christmas Stories, 1987: Bluebird Winter / Henry the Ninth / Season of Miracles / Humbug Man (1987) (with Dixie Browning, Ginna Gray, Linda Howard)
Storm over the Lake / To Love and Cherish (1990)
Sweet Enemy / Love on Trial (1990)
If Winter Comes / Now and Forever (1990)
Silhouette Summer Sizzlers, Book 2 (1990) (with Patricia Coughlin and Sherryl Woods)
After the Music / Dreams End (1990)
Bound by a Promise / Passion Flower (1990)
To Have and to Hold / The Cowboy and the Lady (1990)
Rawhide and Lace and Unlikely Lover (1992)
Cowboy and the Lady / Passion Flower / After the Music (1993)
Brave Hearts (1994) (with Kathleen Eagle, Heather Graham)
Lover Come Back (1994) (with Patricia Gardner Evans, Lisa Jackson)
Abduction and Seduction: Redbird, Bluest Eyes in Texas, The Bounty (1995)
Love’s Legacy (1996) (with Madeline Baker, Mary Balogh, Elaine Barbieri, Lori Copeland, Cassie Edwards, Heather Graham, Catherine Hart, Virginia Henley, Penelope Neri and Janelle Taylor)
A Baby Maybe (1996) (with Marie Ferrarella, Ann Major)
Royal Weddings (1996) (with Kathleen Korbel and Marion Smith Collins)
Harlequin (1997) (with Linda Howard, Debbie Macomber)
Lone Star Christmas (1997) (with Joan Johnston)
The Father Factor (1998) (with Debbie Macomber, Ann Major)
Maverick Hearts: Rogue Stallion / The Widow And the Rodeo Man / Sleeping with the Enemy (1999) (with Jackie Merritt and Myrna Temte)
Montana Brides (1999) (with Ann Major, Susan Mallery)
Lone Star Christmas … and Other Gifts (1999) (with Joan Johnston)
Do You Take This Man? (1999) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Annette Broadrick)
Power of Love (1999) (with Jayne Ann Krentz, Debbie Macomber)
Take This Man (2000) (with Marie Ferrarella and Nora Roberts)
Weddings in White: Unlikely Lover, the Princess Bride, Callaghan’s Bride (3 Novel Volume) (2000)
Soldiers of Fortune (2000)
Once in Paris / Rage of Passion / Paper Rose (2000)
Tender Love Stories: Yesterday Once More / Adam’s Image / Roomful of Roses / Woman Hater / Always a Bridesmaid (2001) (with Patricia Knoll, Debbie Macomber)
Winter Loving (2001) (with Joan Hohl)
Crowned Hearts (2001) (with Joan Elliott Pickart and Linda Turner)
With a Southern Touch (2002) (with Jennifer Blake, Heather Graham)
Brides to Be: The Australian/heart of Ice (2002)
Unlikely Alliances: Independent Wife / Diamond Girl / Annie and the Outlaw (2002) (with Linda Howard and Sharon Sala)
Texans at Heart: Sutton’s Way / Ethan / Connal (2003)
A Man of Means / The Millionaire’s Pregnant Bride (2003) (with Dixie Browning)
Blessings in Disguise (2003) (with Loree Lough and Lenora Worth)
A Hero’s Kiss (2003) (with Mary Burton and Judith Stacy)
Man in Control / Tempting the Tycoon (2003) (with Cindy Gerard)
Lionhearted / Instinctive Male (2004) (with Cait London)
Men of Honour (2004) (with Suzanne Brockmann)
Men of the West (2004)
Man in Control / Thorn’s Challenge (2004) (with Brenda Jackson)
The Men of Medicine Ridge: Wedding in White / Circle of Gold (2004)
The Millionaire Affair (2004) (with Tracy Sinclair)
Champagne Girl / Mystery Man (2004)
More Than Words (2004) (with Susan Mallery, Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak and Emilie Richards)
Redbird / Cattleman’s Prid (2004)
Cattleman’s Pride / Wild in the Moonlight (2005) (with Jennifer Greene)
Motherhood (2005) (with Elizabeth Bevarly, Candace Camp)
The Hart Brothers Rey and Leo: A Man of Means / Lionhearted (2005)
The Hart Brothers Simon and Callaghan: Beloved / Callaghan’s Bride (2005)
Irresistible (2005) (with Linda Howard)
Boss Man / The Rugged Loner (2006)
Bound by Honor: Mercenary’s Woman / The Winter Soldier (2006)
Heart of a Stranger: Soldier of Fortune / The Tender Stranger (2006)
A Matter of Trust: The Case of the Mesmerizing Boss / The Case of the Confirmed Bachelor (2006)
Second Chances: Enamored / Mystery Man (2006)
She Needs a Hero (2006) (with Ginna Gray)
Boss Man / Tanner Ties (2006) (with Peggy Moreland)
Heart Of Winter: Woman Hater / If Winter Comes (2006)
Under the Mistletoe (2006) (with Joan Johnston)
Bachelor Heroes (2006) (with Merline Lovelace)
Hard To Handle: Hunter / Man In Control (2007)
One Hot Summer (2007) (with Joan Johnston, Barbara McCauley)
Heartbreaker / Scandals from the Third Bride (2007) (with Sara Orwig)
Man Of The Hour: Night Of Love / Secret Agent Man (2008)
Series contributed to:
Men at Work
Hoodwinked (1989)
Montana Mavericks
Rogue Stallion (1994)
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