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About Robin

Robin D. Owens has been writing longer than she cares to recall. Her fantasy/futuristic romances finally found a home at Berkley with the issuance of HeartMate in December 2001. She credits the telepathic cat with attitude in selling that book. Since then, Heart Thief was a launch book for Berkley Sensation in June 2003, Heart Duel was published in April 2004, and Heart Choice in July 2005. Her Luna Books series includes shape-shifiting fairies and average American women Summoned into another world to fight monstrous evil. The first, Guardian of Honor, came out in February 2005 and Sorceress of Faith will be out in February 2006. My best writing moment— winning the Romance Writers of America RITA award! My worst writing moment is every time a rejection hits.

I'm a true INFJ personality type = Introverted, intuitive vs. factual, "feeling" rather than thinking, and make quick judgments.

I'm a nightowl, Scorpio, love pets, and I learn best through touching (tactile). I'm usually optimistic. My other creative outlet (and major achievement) is as a member of the Lungfish Theater improv group.

I love to read and read everything, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thrillers, romance. I firmly believe that any man who reads a well-written romance will learn what a woman wants.

For reasons unknown to me I won RWA's RITA for the 2002 Best Paranormal Romance and finaled in the 2002 Best First Book.

Awards

	Reviewer's Choice Award	2005 - Guardian of Honor 2005 CataRomance
	Award of Excellence	2005 - Heart Duel 2005 Award of Excellence, Reviewer's International Organization Award nner, Best Futuristic
	PEARL	2005 - Heart Duel 2005 PEARL Winner for Best Futuristic, Honorable Mention for Best Overall Paranormal Book
	PRISM	2004 - Heart Thief 2004 PRISM winner, Best Futuristic
	Golden Lungfish	2004 - Received a Golden Lungfish Award for being named Writer of the Year by the Denver Area Science Fiction Association (DASFA).
	Writer of the Year	2004 Writer of the Year, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (A very great honor by the group that taught me to write.)
	PEARL	2003 PEARL for Best Fantasy Magical Romance
	Writer of the Year	2002 Writer of the Year, Denver Area Science Fiction Association
	RITA	2002 RITA® Winner Best Paranormal Romance
	1st Place	Paranormal Category Winner in the 2002 Beacon contest.
	Finalist	2002 RITA® Finalist Best First Book
	PEARL	2001 P.E.A.R.L for Best Fantasy/Magical Romance More>>
	PEARL	2001 P.E.A.R.L. for Best New Author More>>

I've received awards in a variety of other contests including: Pikes Peak Writer's Contest, FF&P's On the Far Side Contest, and an honorable mention (many years ago) in the Maggie Contest.

My RITA® award comfortably resting on my mantle.

I have a new Radio Interview with Definitely Dana, Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:00 pm Pacific, replayed at Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:00 p.m. Pacific time at http://www.healthylife.net

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Cats
(As they appear in my books.)

HeartMate

Maddox (alias Zanth), trots like a boxer, is not "adorable." It's been said he's an animal only I could love.

Muse (alias Pansy), a stray, previously abused and abandoned, the sweetest of the lot, but a huntress who regularly delivers birds, mice and the odd moth.



Heart Thief

Mistral (alias Samba), fat calico, very talkative, always investigating something. Minstral has recently been diagnosed with diabetes.

This is the basket of kittens that my Mom and I found homes for. I started writing Heart Duel and the kittens Meserv and Phyll, BEFORE Mama Cat and the 7 orange tabby kittens came into our lives. Now Mom has Wilbur the Wonder Cat (he’s the adventurous one).

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