I'm the author of 27 novels
and novellas for Bantam, Berkley Prime Crime, Signet, NAL, Harlequin, and St.
Martin's (I'm currently working on the 28th). Since 1995, my books have
been published in over 20 countries, including Serbia. That's right, Serbia. My
historical and contemporary romances have been written under my own name,
Patricia Ryan, but I also tapped into my fascination with 19th century American
cities to create the Nell Sweeney mysteries under the name P.B. Ryan.
Silken Threads, my medieval romance
inspired by Hitchcock's Rear Window, won
Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Long Historical Romance. A
four-time RITA nominee, I'm also the recipient of two Romantic Times Reviewer's
Choice Awards, the Golden Heart, and a Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination for
the first Nell Sweeney mystery, Still
Life With Murder.
Awards & Honors
MURDER IN A MILL
TOWN nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award
"Santa,
Baby" from NAUGHTY OR NICE? nominated for RWA's RITA award for Best
Romantic Novella, 2002
THE SUN AND THE
MOON nominated for RWA's RITA award for Best Long Historical
Romance, 2001.
THE SUN AND THE
MOON received Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice
Award for Best Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense.
SILKEN THREADS
awarded RWA's RITA award for Best Long Historical Romance, 2000.
SILKEN THREADS
nominated for Romantic Times Reviewers Choice
Award for Best Historical Romantic Suspense.
Nominated for
Career Achievement in Medieval Historical Romance by Romantic Times, 1999.
WILD WIND nominated
for Romantic Times Reviewers Choice
Award for Best Medieval Historical Romance.
TWICE THE SPICE
nominated for RWA's RITA award for Best Short Contemporary Romance.
Nominated for
Career Achievement in Medieval Historical Romance by Romantic Times, 1998.
Bookrak's Bestselling
Author Award for THE RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP
FALCON'S FIRE
nominated by the Literary Times as Outstanding
Historical and by Romantic Times as Best
First Historical Romance.
The Golden
Heart
for THE RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP
The Emily
Award,
First Place, for THE RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP
Put
Your Heart in a Book Award, Second Place, for THE RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP
America's
Best Award, sponsored by the Writer's Foundation, American Airlines, and
Bank of America, Third Place, for THE RETURN OF THE BLACK SHEEP
