Since extending her reach to suspense, she has also garnered a coveted Anthony Award nomination.Ī frequent speaker at conferences, she maintains membership in Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and, just in case things go wrong, Emergency Nurses Association and International Association of Forensic Nurses.Įileen is an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world, and admits she sees research as a handy way to salve her insatiable curiosity.

Since that time she has also garnered not only five other writing awards from RT, but five RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, which secures her only the fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.ĭreyer won her first publishing award in 1987, being named the best new Contemporary Romance Author by RT Bookclub. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. Eileen spent time not only in England and Italy, but India to research the series (it's a filthy job, but somebody has to do it).Ī retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. After publication of the first trilogy in the series, she has just signed for the next trilogy, following the graduates of the aptly named Last Chance Academy, who each finds herself crossing swords with Drake's Rakes. New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Eileen Dreyer, known as Kathleen Korbel to her Silhouette readers, has published 28 romance novels, 8 medico-forensic suspenses, and 7 short stories.Ģ012 sees Eileen enjoying critical acclaim for her first foray into historical romance, the Drake's Rakes series, which follow the lives of a group of British aristocrats who are willing to sacrifice everything to keep their country safe.

Never a Gentleman by Eileen Dreyer