Emma Darcy

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Wendy Brennan
Born	November 28
Pen name	Emma Darcy
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Australian
Writing period	1983 - Present
Genres	Romance novels, Suspense

Frank Brennan
Died	1995
Pen name	Emma Darcy
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Australian
Writing period	1983-1995
Genres	Romance novels, Suspense

Emma Darcy (nom de plume of husband-wife writing team of Frank & Wendy Brennan) is a prolific Australian author of romance novels. Frank Brennan died in 1995 and Wendy now writes the books on her own. Wendy lives in New South Wales, Australia.

Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averages six new books per year.^[1]

In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel Who Killed Angelique? won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, Who Killed Bianca, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.^[2]

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Wendy Brennan

Wendy (b. November 28) has an Honours degree in Latin and worked as a high school English teacher. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in the southern hemisphere.^[3]

[edit] Frank Brennan

Frank Brennan was a businessman. He died in 1995.

[edit] The marriage

Frank Brennan and Wendy married, and she left her job. The marriage had three sons. They are voracious readers, and they decided to write their own novels under the pseudonym Emma Darcy.

Widow, Wendy lives in New South Wales, Australia.

[edit] Writing career

Tangle of Torment, 1983

As Emma Darcy, they sold her first novels in 1983. Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averages six new books per year.^[4]

[edit] Emma Darcy Award Contest

In 1993 Frank and Wendy Brennan created the Emma Darcy Award Contest to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. It had a prize of $2,000 and a guarantee that the manuscript would be seen by an acquiring editor.^[6]

Winners:

1994 - Tracey Cooper-Posey
1995 - Ginny Gibbs for The Last Resort
1996 - Bronwyn Jamesonfor For Love or Money
1997 - Fiona Brand for Cullen's Bride
1998 - Jill Watkinson for Black Pearl
1999 - Yvonne Lindsay for The Father Deal
2000 - Lucy Forster & Danielle Ellis
2001 - Laura Ruch for Full Circle (retitled The Tie that Binds)

[edit] Bibliography as Emma Darcy

[edit] Single Novels

Tangle of Torment (1983)
Twisting Shadows (1983)
A World Apart (1984)
Fantasy (1985)
Don't Play Games (1985)
Song of a Wren (1985)
Point of Impact (1985)
The Impossible Woman (1985)
Man in the Park (1986)
Woman of Honour (1986)
Blind Date (1986)
Don't Ask Me Now (1986)
The Wrong Mirror (1986)
The Unpredictable Man (1986)
One That Got Away (1987)
Strike at the Heart (1987)
Positive Approach (1987)
Mistress of Pillatoro (1987)
Whirlpool of Passion (1987)
Always Love (1988)
The Falcon's Mistress (1988)
A Priceless Love (1988)
Aloha Bride (1988)
The Ultimate Choice (1989)
The Power and the Passion (1989)
Pattern of Deceit (1989)
The Colour of Desire (1990)
Too Strong to Deny (1990)

One-woman Crusade (1990)
Bride of Diamonds (1990)
To Tame a Wild Heart (1992)
Breaking Point (1992)
High Risk (1992)
The Wedding (1992)
The Seduction of Keira (1992)
The Velvet Tiger (1992)
Heart of the Outback (1993)
An Impossible Dream (1993)
The Upstairs Lover (1993)
No Risks, No Prizes (1993)
A Very Stylish Affair (1993)
The Last Grand Passion (1993)
The Sheikh's Revenge (1993)
A Wedding to Remember (1994)
In Need of a Wife (1994)
Burning with Passion (1995)
The Fatherhood Affair (1995)
The Father of Her Child (1996)
Jack's Baby (1996)
Last Stop Marriage (1996)
Mischief and Marriage (1996)
Their Wedding Day (1996)
Craving Jamie (1997)
Seducing the Enemy (1997)
The Secrets Within (1997)
Marriage Meltdown (1997)

Merry Christmas (1997)
The Sheikh's Seduction (1998)
The Marriage Decider (1999)
The Secret Mistress (1999)
Having Leo's Child (1999)
A Marriage Betrayed (1999)
Bride of His Choice (1999)
The Marriage Risk (2000)
Mistress to a Tycoon (2001)
The Sweetest Revenge (2001)
The Hot-blooded Groom (2001)
Claiming His Mistress (2001)
His Boardroom Mistress (2003)
The Billionaire Bridegroom (2003)
The Bedroom Surrender (2003)
The Outback Marriage Ransom (2004)
The Outback Wedding Takeover (2004)
A Spanish Marriage (2004)
The Outback Bridal Rescue (2004)
His Bought Mistress (2004)
The Italian's Stolen Bride (2005)
The Secret Baby Revenge (2006)
The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride (2006)
The Billionaire's Scandalous Marriage (2007)
Hot Blooded Affairs (2007)
Billionaire's Captive Bride (2007)

[edit] James Family Series

Ride the Storm (1991)
Dark Heritage (1992)
The Shining of Love (1994)

[edit] Kings of the Outback Series

The Cattle King's Mistress (2000)
The Playboy King's Wife (2000)
The Pleasure King's Bride (2000)
Kings of the Outback (omnibus) (2004)

[edit] Kings of Australia Series

The Arranged Marriage (2002)
The Bridal Bargain (2002)
The Honeymoon Contract (2002)

[edit] Who Killed...? Series

Who Killed Angelique? (2004)
Who Killed Bianca? (2004)
Who Killed Camilla? (2005)

[edit] Pages & Privileges Series Multi-Author

Climax of Passion (1995)

[edit] Man Talk Series Multi-Author

Fatherhood Fever! (1998)

[edit] Nanny Wanted Series Multi-Author

Inherited, One Nanny (1998)

[edit] Australians Series Multi-Author

Outback Heat (1998)
The Blind-Date Bride (2003)

[edit] The Ramirez Bride Series Multi-Author

The Ramirez Bride (2005)

[edit] Desert Brides Series Multi-Author

Traded to the Sheikh (2006)

[edit] Collections

The Emma Darcy Duet (1993)
The Collection (Seasonal Products) (1998)
Conveniently Yours (1999)
Seduced (2002)
Red-hot Passion (2003)
The Bedroom Surrender / Mistress to a Millionaire (2003)
Man in the Park / Point of Impact (2004)
Power and the Passion / Burning with Passion (2004)
Mistress to a Tycoon / Jack's Baby (2005)
Kings of Australia (2005)
Jack's Baby / Craving Jamie (2005)

[edit] Omnibus in collaboration

Sunsational (1991) (with Emma Goldrick, Penny Jordan and Carole Mortimer)
Father Knows Last: High Risk, Guilty Passion (1996) (with Jacqueline Baird)
Passion with a Vengeance (1998) (with Jacqueline Baird and Sara Craven)
The Man She Married (1999) (with Annette Broadrick and Ann Major)
Desert Heat (1999) (with Lynne Graham and Sandra Marton)
Mothers-to-be (1999) (with Lynne Graham and Leigh Michaels)
Father and Child (2000) (with Jacqueline Baird and Sandra Marton)
Desert Destinies (2001) (with Helen Brooks and Mary Lyons)
A Christmas Seduction (2001) (with Helen Brooks and Catherine Spencer)
Latin Liaisons (2002) (with Lynne Graham)
An Australian Christmas (2002) (with Lindsay Armstrong and Miranda Lee)
Boardroom Baby (2003) (with Sandra Field and Kim Lawrence)
The Pregnancy Surprise (2003) (with Caroline Anderson and Gayle Wilson)
Australian Tycoons (2004) (with Marion Lennox and Margaret Way)
Seduced by a Sultan (2004) (with Liz Fielding and Sandra Marton)
Pregnant Brides (2004) (with Sandra Field and Carol Marinelli)
Risque Business (2005) (with Liz Fielding and Sharon Kendrick)
Her Playboy Challenge / The Outback Bridal Rescue (2005) (with Barbara Hannay)
Outback Desire (2006) (with Carol Marinelli and Margaret Way)
Billionaire Grooms (2006) (with Leigh Michaels and Sara Wood)
More Than a Mistress (2006) (with Anne Mather and Catherine Spencer)
Sweet Revenge (2006) (with Sara Craven and Kim Lawrence)

[edit] Non fiction

The How to Be A Successful Romance Writer (1995)

[edit] Notes

^ See jas review of books[1]
^ See Australian Crime Fiction Database[2]
^ See interview No More Virgins[3]
^ See jas review of books[4]
^ See Australian Crime Fiction Database[5]
^ See Romance Writers of Australia inc.[6]

[edit] External links

Bibliography and cover scans
No More Virgins, interview