Jeanmarie Hamilton

Jeanmarie Hamilton is an award winning author of western historical and shape shifter romance. With her western historical romance, Seduction, she was a finalist in the RWA Southern Heat Chapter Contest, and the 2005 American Title Contest for historical romance. With a contemporary shape shifter story, she was also a finalist in the RWA 2006 Gothic Chapter Contest, and the 2007 RWA Dixie First Chapter Contest. She's also an author in a western historical anthology, Northern Roses and Southern Belles, which is an EPIC Finalist for 2011.

When not writing, she's usually gardening or reading an exciting romance. "I strive to write stories with strong characters that my readers will enjoy. I've always wanted to be a writer." Her family and pets take first place in her world, but she also enjoys romantic movies, hiking in the desert foothills, and oil painting. Her characters pester her until she writes their stories. Some of her characters have had to wait a while, and they're not patient. "My novels and novellas take place mainly in Texas. One of my award winning stories was inspired by the discovery of dinosaur tracks near where I live. Feeling the texture of the sandy rock with your fingers, with your bare toes at the edge of a thirty inch dinosaur footprint, can change your life."