PROLIFIC WRITER OF

    BESTSELLING NOVELS

        IN TWO GENRES (!)
 
 

CATHERINE COULTER
 
 
 

She writes two very disparate genres: SUSPENSE THRILLERS and HISTORICAL ROMANCE She writes one of each a year. As of February 2001 she has appeared 42 times on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has over 38 million copies of her books in print worldwide, in over 25 languages.

Her FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER series, include:
The Cove (original mass market paperback 1996)
The Maze (hardcover 1997, paperback 1998)
The Target (hardcover 1998, paperback 1999)
The Edge (hardcover 1999, paperback 2000)
Riptide (hardcover 2000, paperback release July 2001)

THE COVE, 1st in the FBI series, stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for 9 weeks and was named one of the top fiction bestsellers of the year by USA Today. The Maze, The Target, and The Edge and Riptide all gained in readership. Riptide remained on the New York Times Bestseller Hardcover List for 7 weeks and gained the #2 slot. Hemlock Bay, 6th book in the FBI series, went on sale in August.

Her non-series contemporary suspense thrillers False Pretenses and Beyond Eden, updated and re-packaged, have both hit the New York Times Bestseller List for the second time. Similarly, Impulse will be updated and rereleased this fall.

Of her fifty books, thirty-eight are historical romances. Of these thirty-eight, twenty-eight have been New York Times Bestsellers. Her historical romances are known for their humor and wit, and mysteries that rarely fail to confound the reader.

Coulter is known for her superb sense of humor as well as her expertise in the business of publishing. She lives in Marin County (CA) with her physician husband and a few cats.

Her website has tons of links to her books/booksellers, photos of her tours, etc.

A  bio  about her writing history. (Press your "Back" button to return)

A search for CC at google.com, yields over 6,000 hits. Here are a few of them . . .

'nother  bio  (a little more personal info)

 BookBrowse.comThe Edge, Riptide, The Target - Reviews and 17 pages of excerpts from the three   books.

 Elisabeth Sherwin's  PRINTED MATTER  A description of CC's talk at Davis on August 4, 1996.

  THE BOOK REPORT  

 Link to her recent  webcast  - available on her page, but it's a lengthy process there - Check out the "Exclusive Excerpts" link to hear 2 minutes of the Audio Book version of Riptide.

 Here's a  message board  - postings about CC's books.

  Interview  & links to reviews.

 ISBN's  for CC's books.

And a few book reviews - good/bad/rarely indifferent

 The Sherbrooke Bride     Beyond Eden    The Wyndham Legacy    The Cove   The Target   The Target (2)    
 

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