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Denise Hunter

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Denise Hunter
Denise Hunter, 2021
Denise Hunter, 2021
BornDenise Ann Waters
(1968-12-02) December 2, 1968 (age 56)
Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1998–present
GenreRomance, Women's fiction
Spouse(1989-present)- Kevin Hunter
Children3
Website
www.denisehunterbooks.com

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Denise Hunter is an internationally published, bestselling American author of romance novels. She has written more than forty novels and has appeared on the Amazon[1], ECPA.[2], and Publishers Weekly[3] bestsellers lists. Three of her books have been adapted into Hallmark movies[4]: The Convenient Groom[5][6][7] , A December Bride[6][7][8] , and The Goodbye Bride[9] . She has appeared on the 700 Club[10] and received awards such as The Holt Medallion Award[11], The Carol Award[12], The Reader's Choice Award, and The Foreword Book of the Year Award[13]. Hunter writes small-town love stories peopled with layered characters who have real-life issues.[14][15]

Life and career[edit]

Early life[edit]

Hunter was born in 1968 in Middletown, Ohio. She attended Madison High School, where she says she incurred more than her share of library late fees. Following graduation, she attended Sinclair Community College, where she majored in graphic art for two years. In 1989 she married Kevin Hunter and subsequently moved to Indiana, where is she began attending IPFW, changing her major to secondary education.[10] But three years later, Hunter decided to leave college to stay home with her two boys. During this time, Hunter states that she began to dream of writing a novel, but because life as a young mother was busy, she put her dream on the back burner.[10]

Early career[edit]

In 1996, inspired by the death of her grandfather, Hunter began writing her first novel (Stranger’s Bride)[16]. It was published by Barbour Publishing in 1998, the same year she birthed her third son. She published four novels (historicals) and three novellas (contemporary) with Barbour. Hunter states that her early works were written while her children napped.[16][17]

Career[edit]

Hunter published three contemporary women’s fiction novels with Howard Publishing before moving to Thomas Nelson in 2006, where she has remained ever since.

In 2016 two of Hunter’s novels were adapted into Hallmark movies: The Convenient Groom[5][6][7] (staring Vanessa Marcil and David Sutcliffe) and A December Bride[6][7][8] (staring Jessica Lowndes and Daniel Lissing.)

In 2019 Hunter’s novel The Goodbye Bride was adapted to film and aired as Christmas on My Mind[9] (starring Ashley Greene and Andrew Walker) on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel.

Personal[edit]

Hunter and her husband have raised their three boys and are currently enjoying an empty nest in northern Indiana.[4] Hunter is still busy writing novels, and her husband owns a home improvement company, which, she says, explains all her handyman heroes.[10]

Bibliography[edit]

Riverbend Series[edit]

  1. Riverbend Gap (October 2021 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

Bluebell Inn Series[edit]

  1. Lake Season (November 2019 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  2. Carolina Breeze (May 2020 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  3. Autumn Skies (October 2020 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

Blue Ridge Series[edit]

  1. Sweetbriar Cottage (June 13, 2017 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  2. Blue Ridge Sunrise (November 2017 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  3. Honeysuckle Dreams (May 2018 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  4. On Magnolia Lane (November 2018 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

Single Titles[edit]

  • Sweetwater Gap (Dec 2008 Thomas Nelson)
  • Summer by the Tides (May 21, 2019 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  • Bookshop by the Sea (April 13, 2021 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

Summer Harbor Series[edit]

  1. Falling Like Snowflakes (September 8, 2015 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  2. The Goodbye Bride (March 8, 2016 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
  3. Just a Kiss (September 6, 2016 HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

The Chapel Springs Series[edit]

  1. Barefoot Summer (June 2013 Thomas Nelson)
  2. A December Bride (Novella, Dec, 2013, ebook only, Thomas Nelson)
  3. Dancing With Fireflies (March 2014 Thomas Nelson)The Wishing Season (Dec 9, 2014 Thomas Nelson)
  4. Married ’til Monday (June 9, 2015 Thomas Nelson)Smitten Series (with authors Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, and Diann Hunt)

Smitten Series[edit]

  1. Smitten (Dec 2011 Thomas Nelson)
  2. Secretly Smitten (Jan 2013 Thomas Nelson)
  3. Smitten Book Club (Jan 2014 Thomas Nelson)

Big Sky Series[edit]

  1. A Cowboy’s Touch (April 2011 Thomas Nelson)
  2. The Accidental Bride (Jan 2012 Thomas Nelson)
  3. The Trouble with Cowboys (Oct 2012 Thomas Nelson)

Nantucket Series[edit]

  1. Surrender Bay (2007 Thomas Nelson)
  2. The Convenient Groom (2008 Thomas Nelson)
  3. Seaside Letters (2009 Thomas Nelson)
  4. Driftwood Lane (2010 Thomas Nelson)

New Heights Series[edit]

  1. Mending Places (2004 Howard Books)
  2. Saving Grace (2005 Howard Books)
  3. Finding Faith (2006 Howard Books)

Historical[edit]

Kansas Brides (2004 Barbour Publishing) which includes the following four stories:

  • Stranger’s Bride (2000 Barbour Publishing)
  • Never a Bride (2001 Barbour Publishing)
  • Bittersweet Bride (2002 Barbour Publishing)
  • His Brother’s Bride (2003 Barbour Publishing)

Novellas[edit]

  • Truth or Dare (2012, ebook only)
  • Game of Love (2013, ebook only)
  • The Perfect Match (2013, ebook only)
  • Winter Brides (Nov 25, 2014 Zondervan) Includes “A December Bride” and novellas by Deborah Raney and Betsy St. Amant

Screen adaptations[edit]

Hallmark Channel[edit]

  • The Convenient Groom (2016)
  • A December Bride (2016)
  • The Goodbye Bride (2019)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Allen Co. romance author's newest novel tops Amazon's chart best-selling books list". WANE 15. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ↑ "ECPA Fiction Bestsellers". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Religion and Spirituality Bestsellers: April 2021". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pumilia, Janine. "'No Regrets' for this Successful Author". Smart Living Fort Wayne. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Indiana author Denise Hunter discusses trilogy". wthr.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Christian Fiction Keeps Its Allure". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Desk, BWW News. "Denise Hunter to Release Final 'Summer Harbor' Story This Fall; Gets Hallmark Channel Movies". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Her dream, in writing | Living | Journal Gazette". www.journalgazette.net. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Beals, Daniel (2019-12-18). "Christmas on Her Mind: third book-to-movie for Fort Wayne author". WPTA21. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Weaving Faith Into Fiction". CBN.com - The Christian Broadcasting Network. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  11. ↑ "HOLT Medallion Past Winners". Virginia Romance Writers. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  12. ↑ Genres, Ross Cluver (2015-09-21). "2015 Carol Award Winners Announced". Family Fiction. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Full List of 2005 Foreword INDIES Winners". www.forewordreviews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  14. ↑ Sandy Van Dusen | (2015-10-30). "Gripping story follows character's return home". Sterling Journal-Advocate. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  15. ↑ "Author Interview - Denise Hunter, author of Blue Ridge Sunrise". BookPage.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Bestselling romance author is Positively Fort Wayne". WANE 15. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  17. ↑ Writer, Courtney Dobrzykowski Staff. "Busy moms can be writers, too: Small-town romance author shares writing journey". The Pilot News. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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