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« Historical Geography | Main | Historical Description »

RITA Finalist - Mary Jo Putney!

Thumbsupright Two thumbs up for Mary Jo!  The Marriage Spell (Ballantine, ISBN 0345449185) is a fiMarriagespellnalist in the Long Historical category of Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA contest for published authors.  This is pretty impressive when you consider only 100 finalists made the cut out of 1,100 entries.  Way to go, Mary Jo!

The Marriage Spell hardcover: http://tinyurl.com/yr3wcp

The Marriage Spell paperback: http://tinyurl.com/2e4fr6

Dreamthief1 And here's more proof that being a Wench, even an Honorary Word Wench, is a Good Thing:  Recent guest Shana Abe, HWW, finaled in the Paranormal Romance category with The Dream Thief (Bantam Dell, ISBN  0553804936)

The Dream Thief:  http://tinyurl.com/yol8zs      

Read the details in all their glory at the RWA website here:  http://161.58.67.252/ritafinalists2007.htm

Congratulations, ladies.  Awesome job!

Posted by on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 12:30 AM in Mary Jo Putney |

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