Suzanne Forster

Hi and welcome.

I have dedicated this page to a lady who is not only one of the

best authors around, but has become a very dear friend of mine!

Suzanne's Bio:

Acclaimed author Suzanne Forster is living proof of Shakespeare’s maxim that the uses of adversity are sweet. Suzanne’s writing career began by accident. Literally. A car accident ended her dreams for a career in clinical psychology. During her recovery, she began writing to fill the hours, and before she was well enough to return to graduate school, she’d sold her first book and launched a new career. 

Since then Suzanne has written twenty-plus novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her twelfth novel, Child Bride, was that year’s top-selling Bantam series romance. Her romantic thriller, The Morning After, hit top spots on several bestseller lists, including the New York Times extended, USA TODAY, Waldenbooks, Borders and Barnes & Noble.

Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract.

Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
 

Meet Suzanne:

Ever heard this one? “Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.” 

I'd love to know who came up with that aphorism because it pretty much sums up my existence. And I’ll bet I’m not the only one. Ring any bells for any of you? 

My plan all through junior high and high school was to be a psychiatrist. Actually it was more than a plan. It was the dream. My raison d’etre. I considered myself a student of life in those days. Unfortunately, my very traditional parents didn’t share my vision. They wanted me to get married and have children. “Like a normal person,” my mother used to say. Bless her heart, she did her best with a kid who was anything but normal.

We were a working class family and I can’t remember a time when we weren’t financially strapped and struggling. No one on either side had gone to college, much less medical school, which made me the odd ball, even then. And finally, when it became painfully clear that college wasn’t in my future, I buckled under the pressure and got married, fully intending to live happily ever after. Donna Reed had nothing on me! 

But happily it wasn’t. And ever after lasted all of four years. Possibly I’ll recap that misadventure in a book some day, names changed to protect the guilty, of course. For now, let’s just say that occasionally the Fates demonstrate a flair for irony because after my marriage ended, I moved to southern California, where the abundance of junior colleges made it possible for me to pursue my original dream. Psychiatry became psychology—a much more realistic goal for a single, working mom with an energetic toddler.

And pursue it, I did. I graduated summa cum laude in psychology and went on to grad school, an accelerated doctoral program. EVERYTHING WAS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN. Which meant, of course, that it was time for life to happen to me again. 

I often tell people that I started writing by accident. Literally. I had a car accident. I was on my way to co-lead my first group therapy session when I got interrupted by a very large truck. I think that's when I knew it was going to be one of those days. 

Life, plans, irony. The Fates laugh at our schedules, our Dayrunners and our PDAs. But sometimes they provide silver linings, and in my case, the silver lining was writing. My accident was a serious one, and the recovery was long and difficult. Writing became my therapy, and before I was well enough to return to grad school, I’d actually sold a book and launched a new career. 

Now, I write full-time, a rewarding and consuming profession that keeps me blissfully ignorant of schedules, other than my deadlines, and I’ve been known to forget those, as my editors can attest. Writing has brought many blessings to my life, and a couple of curses, one of them an aphorism that seems to govern my new existence. 

I do know who came up with this one: “Whenever there is a flat surface someone will find something to put on it.” His name was Ballweg, and he must have been a writer.

Have an ironic day. <wink>

*Written By Suzanne Forster*

When I joined Suzanne's Yahoo group, she

graciously introduced us to yet another great author

whose work I truly love and admire also, Maggie

Shayne.

Each author has their own style of writing. Suzanne writes mostly romance novels, where Maggie writes a few different types, but I myself got hooked on her "vampire" series.

Anyway, I am listing Suzanne's books and I highly recommend you try her work if you have not already!

If you'd like to join Suzanne's Yahoo group, you can do that here. And Suzanne's web site is here.

Please enjoy!

The Lonely Girls Club

Shameless

Undercover Angel

Blush

Moonlight

Man of my Dreams

Angel Face

Velvet, Leather, and Lace

How to Marry a Millionaire

All Through the Night

Brief Encounters

Cita a medianoche

Sin escrupulos

While She was Sleeping

Undressed

The Man at Ivy Bridge

Husband, Lover, Stranger

Tease

Every Breath She Takes

Come Midnight

Unfinished Business

Likely to Die

Wild Child

Those are the books I am able to show you. Some of them I could not find a copy of, and they are listed below.

Work not shown:

Surrender Baby

Night of the Panther

Child Bride

Lord of Lightening

The Devil and Ms. Moody

Wild Child

Wild Honey

The Passions of Kate Medigan

Island Heat

Mr. Lonelyhearts

Hot Properties

Thank you for visiting.

I hope you enjoyed your tour of the works by Suzanne Forster! If you liked what you saw, please do not hesitate to join her Yahoo Group and visit her web site.

Oh, and if you get the chance...pick up one of her books, you won't be sorry. *g*