About Gina Wilkins
Gina Ferris was born on December 20 in central Arkansas, where she grew up.
She have carried a horse shoe charm in her purse, ever since her boyfriend
(now her husband) won it for her at a parking-lot carnival game. She married
on Feb. 4th, 1977.
When she was writing her first book, her husband took the money he had been saving for a table saw, and bought her a new typewriter (pre-computer). She says: "He'd been saving for more than a year. Nothing could have shown more support for my dreams". Gina sold her first book to Silhouette in 1987, and has been writing full time since.
Gina has written more than fifty books for Silhouette. She has signed her novels as Gina Wilkins, Gina Ferris and Gina Ferris Wilkins. Her novels are sold in more than one hundred countries and are translated into twenty languages. Gina has appeared on bestseller lists and has won several awards from the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine. She has been nominated for both a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Harlequin Temptation in 1998 for Tempting Tara and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and was awarded a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award in 2003 for Best Silhouette Special Edition, Make-Believe Mistletoe. The Georgia Romance Writers have awarded her the Maggie Award for Excellence four times, and Wilkins has seen her books appear on the Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and USAToday Bestseller lists.
In 1999, Wilkins was forced to sue BET Publishing for plagiarism. A librarian who was a fan of Wilkins noticed that a new book she was reading, When Love Calls by Gail McFarland, appeared to very closely match a Harlequin Temptation, Hotline published in 1991 by Wilkins. After purchasing and examining the other book, Wilkins claims that over 100 pages were taken in whole or part from her work. In an out-of-court settlement reached in 2000, BET agreed to withdraw all copies of their book from booksellers and to cease any future publication of the book. Neither the publisher nor the infringing author offered an apology or admission of guilt.
Gina is a member of Romance Writers of America: the Published Authors Network (PAN) of RWA; and Novelists, Inc., a national organization for multi-published writers of book-length popular fiction. She is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and civic meetings, but she particularly enjoys speaking in schools, where her emphasis is on literacy, goal-setting and motivation.
Gina credits her successful career in romance to her long, happy marriage and her three "extraordinary" children.
When she was writing her first book, her husband took the money he had been saving for a table saw, and bought her a new typewriter (pre-computer). She says: "He'd been saving for more than a year. Nothing could have shown more support for my dreams". Gina sold her first book to Silhouette in 1987, and has been writing full time since.
Gina has written more than fifty books for Silhouette. She has signed her novels as Gina Wilkins, Gina Ferris and Gina Ferris Wilkins. Her novels are sold in more than one hundred countries and are translated into twenty languages. Gina has appeared on bestseller lists and has won several awards from the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine. She has been nominated for both a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Harlequin Temptation in 1998 for Tempting Tara and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and was awarded a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award in 2003 for Best Silhouette Special Edition, Make-Believe Mistletoe. The Georgia Romance Writers have awarded her the Maggie Award for Excellence four times, and Wilkins has seen her books appear on the Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and USAToday Bestseller lists.
In 1999, Wilkins was forced to sue BET Publishing for plagiarism. A librarian who was a fan of Wilkins noticed that a new book she was reading, When Love Calls by Gail McFarland, appeared to very closely match a Harlequin Temptation, Hotline published in 1991 by Wilkins. After purchasing and examining the other book, Wilkins claims that over 100 pages were taken in whole or part from her work. In an out-of-court settlement reached in 2000, BET agreed to withdraw all copies of their book from booksellers and to cease any future publication of the book. Neither the publisher nor the infringing author offered an apology or admission of guilt.
Gina is a member of Romance Writers of America: the Published Authors Network (PAN) of RWA; and Novelists, Inc., a national organization for multi-published writers of book-length popular fiction. She is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and civic meetings, but she particularly enjoys speaking in schools, where her emphasis is on literacy, goal-setting and motivation.
Gina credits her successful career in romance to her long, happy marriage and her three "extraordinary" children.
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Series
Family Way (writing as Gina Ferris Wilkins)
1. A Man for Mum (1995)
2. A Match for Celia (1995)
3. A Home for Adam (1995)
4. Cody's Fiancee (1995)
1. A Man for Mum (1995)
2. A Match for Celia (1995)
3. A Home for Adam (1995)
4. Cody's Fiancee (1995)
Southern Scandals
1. Seducing Savannah (1997)
2. Tempting Tara (1998)
3. Enticing Emily (1998)
4. The Rebels Return (1998)
5. Seductively Yours (2000)
6. Secretly Yours (2000)
7. Yesterday's Scandal (2000)
1. Seducing Savannah (1997)
2. Tempting Tara (1998)
3. Enticing Emily (1998)
4. The Rebels Return (1998)
5. Seductively Yours (2000)
6. Secretly Yours (2000)
7. Yesterday's Scandal (2000)
Hot Off the Press
1. The Stranger in Room 205 (2001)
2. Bachelor Cop Finally Caught? (2001)
3. Dateline Matrimony (2001)
1. The Stranger in Room 205 (2001)
2. Bachelor Cop Finally Caught? (2001)
3. Dateline Matrimony (2001)
McClouds of Mississippi
1. The Family Plan (2003)
2. Conflict of Interest (2003)
3. Faith, Hope and Family (2003)
1. The Family Plan (2003)
2. Conflict of Interest (2003)
3. Faith, Hope and Family (2003)
Novels
Partner for Life (1988)
A Stroke of Genius (1989)
Could it be Magic (1989)
After Hours (1990)
Changing the Rules (1990)
A Perfect Stranger (1991)
Hotline (1991)
When It's Right (1993)
Rafe's Island (1993)
Undercover Baby (1994)
All I Want for Christmas (1995)
I Won't! (1995)
A Night to Remember (1996)
The Getaway Bride (1997)
The Father Next Door (1997)
Healing Sympathy (1998)
It Takes a Cowboy (1999)
The Littlest Stowaway (1999)
In from the Rain (1999)
Surprise Partners (2000)
The Groom's Stand-in (2002)
The Best Man's Plan (2002)
Make Believe Mistletoe (2003)
Wealth Beyond Riches (2006)
Love Lessons (2006)
The Date Next Door (2006)
The Bridesmaid's Gifts (2007)
The Bridesmaid's Gift (2008)
Finding Family (2008)
The Man Next Door (2008)
The Texan's Tennessee Romance (2009)
A Stroke of Genius (1989)
Could it be Magic (1989)
After Hours (1990)
Changing the Rules (1990)
A Perfect Stranger (1991)
Hotline (1991)
When It's Right (1993)
Rafe's Island (1993)
Undercover Baby (1994)
All I Want for Christmas (1995)
I Won't! (1995)
A Night to Remember (1996)
The Getaway Bride (1997)
The Father Next Door (1997)
Healing Sympathy (1998)
It Takes a Cowboy (1999)
The Littlest Stowaway (1999)
In from the Rain (1999)
Surprise Partners (2000)
The Groom's Stand-in (2002)
The Best Man's Plan (2002)
Make Believe Mistletoe (2003)
Wealth Beyond Riches (2006)
Love Lessons (2006)
The Date Next Door (2006)
The Bridesmaid's Gifts (2007)
The Bridesmaid's Gift (2008)
Finding Family (2008)
The Man Next Door (2008)
The Texan's Tennessee Romance (2009)
Omnibus
My Valentine (1992) (with Kristine Rolofson, JoAnn Ross, Vicki Lewis Thompson)
Matched By Mistake (1996) (with Penny Jordan, Carole Mortimer)
Three Mothers and a Cradle (1996) (writing as Gina Ferris Wilkins) (with Jill Marie Landis, Debbie Macomber)
Valentine Delights (1997) (with Kate Hoffmann, Meryl Sawyer)
Holding Out for a Hero (1999)
Written in the Stars (2001) (with Judith Arnold, Kate Hoffmann)
Heat of the Night (2002) (with Lori Foster, Vickie Lewis Thompson)
Marriage for Keeps (2004) (with Margot Dalton and Karen Young)
Love on Call / Countdown to Baby (2004) (with Shirley Hailstock)
Christmas Feast / Make-Believe Mistletoe (2004) (with Peggy Webb)
Secret Heir / Newlyweds (2005) (with Elizabeth Bevarly)
Intimate Surrender / The Secret Heir (2005) (with RaeAnne Thayne)
Adding to the Family / Pregnancy Project (2005) (with Victoria Pade)
Borrowed Ring / Where There's Smoke (2005) (with Kristin Hardy)
Once a Family... (2005)
Protectors in Blue (2006) (with Rachel Lee)
Men to Marry (2007) (with Susan Mallery)
Man Next Door / Second-chance Groom (2008) (with Crystal Green)
Beneath the Mistletoe (2008) (with Susan Crosby)
Matched By Mistake (1996) (with Penny Jordan, Carole Mortimer)
Three Mothers and a Cradle (1996) (writing as Gina Ferris Wilkins) (with Jill Marie Landis, Debbie Macomber)
Valentine Delights (1997) (with Kate Hoffmann, Meryl Sawyer)
Holding Out for a Hero (1999)
Written in the Stars (2001) (with Judith Arnold, Kate Hoffmann)
Heat of the Night (2002) (with Lori Foster, Vickie Lewis Thompson)
Marriage for Keeps (2004) (with Margot Dalton and Karen Young)
Love on Call / Countdown to Baby (2004) (with Shirley Hailstock)
Christmas Feast / Make-Believe Mistletoe (2004) (with Peggy Webb)
Secret Heir / Newlyweds (2005) (with Elizabeth Bevarly)
Intimate Surrender / The Secret Heir (2005) (with RaeAnne Thayne)
Adding to the Family / Pregnancy Project (2005) (with Victoria Pade)
Borrowed Ring / Where There's Smoke (2005) (with Kristin Hardy)
Once a Family... (2005)
Protectors in Blue (2006) (with Rachel Lee)
Men to Marry (2007) (with Susan Mallery)
Man Next Door / Second-chance Groom (2008) (with Crystal Green)
Beneath the Mistletoe (2008) (with Susan Crosby)
Series contributed to
Nascar
Almost Famous (2007)
Hearts Under Caution (2007)
A NASCAR Holiday 2 (omnibus) (2007) (with Pamela Britton, Ken Casper, Abby Gaines)
In High Gear (2008)
Ladies, Start Your Engines (omnibus) (2008) (with Bethany Campbell, Marisa Carroll, Abby Gaines)
Risky Moves (2008)
Almost Famous (2007)
Hearts Under Caution (2007)
A NASCAR Holiday 2 (omnibus) (2007) (with Pamela Britton, Ken Casper, Abby Gaines)
In High Gear (2008)
Ladies, Start Your Engines (omnibus) (2008) (with Bethany Campbell, Marisa Carroll, Abby Gaines)
Risky Moves (2008)
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