Barbara Schenck under the pseudonym Anne McAllister is an American best-selling writer of over 55 romance novels since 1985.
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Born | California, United States |
Pen name | Anne McAllister |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1985–present |
Genre | Romantic novel |
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Barbara Schenck was born in California, but spent time on her grandparents' ranch in Colorado and visiting relatives in Montana. She met her husband through her job at a university library, and they have been married for over thirty years. The couple have four children. They live in Iowa but spends much time in Montana.
McAllister holds a master's degree in theology. Before she began writing, she held jobs as a Spanish teacher, copyediting textbooks, and ghostwriting sermons.[1] Her novels have been published in the Harlequin Presents, Silhouette Desire, Special Edition, and Harlequin American category romance lines. She has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and has been a finalist an additional seven times. In 2000, she was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award as Series Author of the Year. She has also been awarded several Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards.[2]
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