Eileen Wilks’ first book, a Silhouette Desire published in 1996, hit the USA Today Bestseller List and was nominated for Romantic Times' Best First Short Contemporary award. Since then, her books have appeared consistently on national bestseller lists. With thirty two books in print and novellas in nine anthologies, she has been a finalist in the prestigious Rita Awards three times, as well as receiving several nominations from Romantic Times, including one for Career Achievement in Series Romantic Suspense.

Each book in her World of the Lupi series gains a larger audience. It was originally sold in the Romance section of bookstores, but more and more you will be able to find copies cross-shelved under Sci-Fi and Fantasy as the popularity of the series grows!

Eileen has lived in the West Texas town of Midland, TX for over 30 years--three years as a young teen, and the remaining years since she moved back here as an adult. When she first started writing over 10 years ago, it hit her like the first drink for an alcoholic . . . or the first kiss for Romeo and Juliet.

She came to writing romance in a roundabout way. Having read and loved science fiction for years, that’s where she first tried her hand when the writing bug bit. Somehow her stories always ended up having a strong romantic subplot, but she hadn’t read a romance since the early 80’s and didn’t think “those little books” were her kind of stories. But when a friend in her critique group began working on a romance novel, Wilks decided she needed to give the genre another try. She asked her friend to recommend some titles--and quicker than you can say “Jayne Ann Krentz,” she fell in love. The genre had been busy growing up while she wasn’t watching. These days, with romances comprising over 50% of the mass market books published in the U.S., there are romances to appeal to almost every taste--historicals, paranormals and contemporaries that range from romantic suspense to romantic comedy, from inspirational to sizzling.

Eileen covered a lot of territory before coming home to Midland, having lived in Canada and Venezuela as well as twelve U.S. cities in five states.

Favorite books (changes often!)
• Jim Butcher's CURSOR'S FURY
The third installment in his CODEX ALERA series; love his Dresden books, too, but I just finished this one.
• DIME STORE MAGIC by Kelly Armstrong
I could put the whole series down, but that would be cheating, wouldn't it? Anyway, I fell for Lucas the nerdy sorcerer.
• ALL TOGETHER DEAD by Charlaine Harris
Hey, it's my list. I can put her next book on the list if I want to--even though it isn't out yet. I'm sure it will be a favorite.
• Patricia Briggs's MOON CALLED
This one sent me hunting up the rest of her books.

All-time treasures:
• The Lymond Chronicles series by Dorothy Dunnett
• The Miles Vorkosigan adventures by Lois McMaster Bujold
• J.D. Robbs "Naked in . . . " series
• The Grand Sophy by Georgette HeyerAbilene in a covered wagon. She’s wandered professionally as well, having tried her hand at everything from ranch work to waitressing to geophysical drafting. Once she discovered writing, though, she knew she had come home for good.

Read an interview with Ms. Wilks at RBL Romantica
http://www.geocities.com/rblnewsletter/simplyromance.html

EMAIL EILEEN - ewilks@mac.com

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Recieved
Romantic Times: Career Achievement Award in Series Romantic Suspense - 2003
P.E.A.R.L.: Best Anthology (Charmed) - 1999

Nominated
Romantic Times: Career Achievement Award in Series Romantic Suspense - 1999
Romantic Times: Best First Short Contemporary (The Loner and the Lady) - 1996

RITA: Best Short Contemporary (Meeting at Midnight ) - 2005
RITA: Best Short Contemporary (Proposition Marriage) - 1999
RITA: Best Short Contemporary (Just a Little Bit Pregnant) - 1998