BIO Stephanie Bond was seven years deep into a systems engineering career and pursuing an MBA at night when an instructor remarked that she had a flair for writing and suggested that she submit to academic journals. But Stephanie, a voracious reader, was only interested in writing fiction--more specifically, romantic fiction. Upon completing her master's degree and with no formal training in writing (her undergraduate degree is in computer programming), she started writing a romance novel in her spare time. Two years later in 1995 she sold her first manuscript, a romantic comedy, to Harlequin Books. In 1997, with ten sales under her belt to two publishers, Stephanie left her corporate job to write women's romantic fiction full-time. Now with over 50 published novels to her name, Stephanie writes a sexy mystery series for Mira Books called BODY MOVERS and romantic comedies for Harlequin Books. Stephanie lives in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Her current BODY MOVERS books 4 Bodies and Funeral, 5 Bodies to Die for and 6 Killer Bodies are available in stores now. Breaking: The BODY MOVERS mystery series was recently optioned by Sony Pictures Televsion for TV series development.
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CURRENT AND UPCOMING RELEASES
Body Movers, Mira Books
Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1, Mira Books
Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body, Mira Books
Body Movers: 4 Bodies and a Funeral, Mira Books, April 2009
Body Movers: 5 Bodies to Die For, Mira Books, May 2009
Body Movers: 6 Killer Bodies, Mira Books, June 2009
Two of the Deadliest: Tales of Lust, Greed and Murder by Oustanding Women of Mystery, HarperCollins, July 2009
Baby, Drive South, The Southern Roads trilogy book 1, Mira Books, June 2011
Baby, Come Home, The Southern Roads trilogy book 2, Mira Books, July 2011
Baby, Don't Go, The Southern Roads trilogy book 3, Mira Books, August 2011
RECENT PRESS COVERAGE
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March 15, 2010, CBS Better Mornings Atlanta, Stephanie Bond is featured on the Jennifer Green "Women on the Move" segment. |
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March 6 & 7, 2010, Newstalk 1160 Atlanta, Stephanie Bond is featured on the Jennifer Green "Women on the Move" radio show. |
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March 3, 2010, Journal-Times, "Bond’s book sequence optioned for TV series." |
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February 21, 2010, Lexington Herald-Leader, "Bond series optioned as TV show" |
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February 18, 2010, Daily Independent, "Moving to TV?" |
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August 4, 2008, Stephanie Bond appeared on the NBC local talk show Atlanta & Company with host Holly Firfer to discuss Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body to discuss Holly's cameo role in the book! Click here to watch the interview! |
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August 17, 2007, Stephanie Bond appeared on the NBC local talk show Atlanta & Company with host Holly Firfer to discuss Body Movers: 2 Bodies for the Price of 1. Click here to watch the interview! |
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October 2006, Cosmopolitan magazine features an excerpt of Stephanie Bond's Harlequin Blaze novel Just Dare Me.... |
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September 6, 2006, Stephanie Bond appeared on the NBC local talk show Atlanta & Company with host Holly Firfer to announce Stephanie's book Body Movers as the inaugural selection for the Atlanta & Company Borders Bookclub. Click here to watch the interview! |
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September 27, 2006, Stephanie appeared on Atlanta & Company with members of host Holly Firfer's neighborhood bookclub to discuss Body Movers and the direction of the series. Click here to watch the book club discussion! |
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Sep/Oct 2006, Stephanie Bond is featured in the Atlanta Woman Magazine article "The Business of Romance Writing" by Annabelle Robertson. |
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February 2006, Georgia magazine, Stephanie Bond is featured in the article "A Romance with Writing" by Barbara Twardowski. |
| January 8, 2006, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Lists Carry Meaning for Author, Husband," article on Life Lists. | |
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June 2005, Stephanie Bond is quoted in article "99 Things to Do Before You Die" by Michael Kaplan in Men's Journal. |
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March 2005, Stephanie Bond is quoted in article "Writer envy? What to Do About it" by Diana Burrell in The Writer. |
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February 2005, "That's Amoré! Four local women find their happily ever after writing romance novels," Points North magazine. |
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May 2004, Atlanta magazine featured Stephanie Bond's book Party Crashers (Avon/HarperCollins) as one of "13 books from, or about, Georgians you should be reading this summer." |
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May/June 2004, Deep magazine (as in 'deep south') featured Stephanie Bond's book Party Crashers (Avon/HarperCollins) as a top summer read. |
Publisher Contacts
Mira Books
Toronto, Canada
(416) 445-5860, ask for Michelle Renaud in public relations.
Harlequin Books
Toronto, Canada, (416) 445-5860, ask for a public relations representative.
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Romance Industry Statistics
Did you know that one out of every two paperback fiction novels sold in the U.S. is a romance novel? A full 50 percent--which means the other 50 percent accounts for horror, mysteries, science fiction, legal thrillers, etc. combined!
Click here for other eye-opening statistics on the romance industry from Romance Writers of America (RWA). A printable PDF brochure will load.