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Nicole Burnham is the author of several romance novels and books for teens. She writes romances under the name Nicole Burnham and young adult novels under the name Niki Burnham. BiographyNicole Burnham is originally from Colorado, but was born in Key West, Florida, while her father was briefly stationed there with the military. She graduated from Mannheim American High School in 1988, then obtained her B.A. in political science magna cum laude in 1991 from Colorado State University, where she was Phi Beta Kappa. She earned both an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1994. She clerked for a federal magistrate in Colorado and practiced law in St. Louis, Missouri before turning to writing full-time. While at Michigan Law School Burnham was in the same section as Cynthia Leitich Smith, Eric Lefkofsky, and Pat DeWine.[1] Burnham was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart in 2000. One of those two finalist manuscripts was Going to the Castle, which went on to become her first published novel the following year. She won the 2004 RITA in the Best Short Contemporary Series category for The Knight's Kiss, her third published novel. She was a RITA finalist again in 2005 for The Bowen Bride and in 2015 for Slow Tango With a Prince. Burnham served on the Board of Directors of the Romance Writers of America for four years, first as Region One Director, then as the PAN Liaison. Burnham currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an avid baseball fan and maintains a blog called The Go-Ahead in which she discusses writing, health, and her favorite baseball teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies. She appeared on Jeopardy! in July 2000, losing to eventual Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions runner-up Tad Carithers. List of worksRomance novels - Nicole BurnhamThe Royal Scandals series
These romances follow the Barrali royal family of the fictional island nation of Sarcaccia. The books are set in various locations around the world. The San Rimini series
These romances follow the diTalora royal family of the fictional Mediterranean country of San Rimini. Other romance fiction
Young adult novels - Niki BurnhamThe Valerie Winslow series
This series of romantic comedies centers on high school sophomore Valerie Winslow, whose parents are getting a divorce. Her father is offered a job with the royal family in the fictional European country of Schwerinborg. Valerie opts to go along, where she ends up falling for the royal family's teenage son, Prince Georg. Anthologies
Other young adult fiction
Honors and awards
References1. ^Children's and YA Author Cynthia Leitich Smith 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-08-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043913/http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/rita_awards/past_winners |archivedate=2007-09-27 |df= }} RWA RITA Award Winners 3. ^https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1546#RITAContempLong 2015 RWA RITA Award Finalists 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/05quickpicks.cfm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724233510/http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/05quickpicks.cfm |archivedate=2008-07-24 |df= }} 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers List 5. ^http://teenlink.nypl.org/booksfortheteenage.pdf NYPL's 2005 Books for the Teen Age (PDF File) See also{{Portal|Children's literature}}
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