Connie Flynn
is the bestselling author of ten romance novels, including romantic suspense,
romantic adventure, romantic comedy and paranormal romance. With the publication
of the "fabulous" and "remarkable" Shadow
on the Moon by Penguin/Topaz in March of 1997, critics called
Connie Flynn "a talented writer" and "a rising star." The tale of a tormented
werewolf recluse and the exceptional woman who redeems him, Shadow
on the Moon, which was featured in Waldenbooks and B. Dalton's in-house magazines
also finaled in three national writing contests and was followed
by three more paranormal romances. Shadow of the Wolf, a sequel to Shadow
on the Moon, which featured that book's villainess, Lily, as the heroine.
"A risky act," declared Romantic Times, the top review magazine in
the romance genre, addomg that Flynn "succeeds brilliantly."
The
Fire Opal, a dark paranormal featuring a deadly
phantom, made several national bestseller lists and was one of Ingram
Books' (a top national book distributor) 50 most requested titles.
Next was The
Dragon Hour, a time travel novel with a twist in which 17th century
Scotland mysteriously opens up onto modern-day Central Park. The
Dragon Hour received a 4-1/2 Star, Top Pick recommendation
from Romantic Times and won The PRISM Award from RWA"s paranormal
chapter for that year's best time travel.
Connie began her career
under the pseudonym of Casey Roberts amd wrote for Harlequin Superromance.
Filled with romance and suspense, these books received their own quiet acclaim,
including a spot on the Waldenbooks bestseller list for her second book and a film option offer for her third.
She went on to write two shorter romantic comedies.
Then life got in the way.
A divorce and a need to return to a day job to keep the roof over her head and food on her table interrupted
Connie's career. But she's been busy during her time away from actively publishing
and her current work in progress is a female detective suspense series featuring a bad cop's daughter
who now runs a elite team of glamorous women bodyguards,
while being a single mom and nurturing her widowed mother. The first book is The
Stiletto Squad. where she hunts down the butcher who killed the governor's wife
while trying to prove her late father really wasn't a dirty cop.
Connie began teaching fiction
writing at Phoenix College in 2003 and now conducts a three-semester on-line class
that moves from planning and structuring the novel through the revisions process. Phoenix
College is getting a reputation for producing excellent creative writers and she
is proud to be part of that process.
Before selling her first novel, Connie was a graphic artist who later moved into
management and she thanks the down-sizing trend for launching her career. Her
uncertain job future sent her searching for "what I wanted to be when I grew
up." After a series of aptitude tests, she re-discovered the writing talent
she'd abandoned in the fourth grade, and went directly to the computer. In
1988, Harlequin purchased the results Homecoming
a contemporary Romeo-and-Juliet story set on a Wyoming ranch.
A member of Romance
Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Connie is active in the local chapters
of both organizations. She also teaches independant workshops and gives presentations
to local writing on novel writing groups. Connie makes her home in Scottsdale, Arizona,
one of the state's rare natives. Every summer she swears she'll move to a cooler
climate. Then comes winter and she never wants to live anywhere else.
