Jodi Thomas

Jodi Koumalats
BornAmarillo, Texas, U.S.
Pen nameJodi Thomas
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTexas Tech University
Period1988–present
Genrehistorical romance
Notable awardsRITA award – Best Historical Romance
1991 The Tender Texan
RITA award – Best Historical Romance
1994 The Tame a Texan's Heart
RITA award – Best Historical Romance
2006 The Texan's Reward
Website
www.jodithomas.com

Jodi Thomas (born Amarillo, Texas) is the pen name of Jodi Koumalats, an American author of historical romance novels, most of which are set in Texas. In 2006, she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.

Biography

Jodi Thomas is a fifth-generation Texan, whose grandmother was born in Texas in a covered wagon.[1] She grew up in Amarillo, Texas and moved to Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University.[2] She has a master's degree in Family Studies.[3]

Thomas married Tom Koumalats and spent several years travelling while he served in the United States Army.[2] The couple then returned to Amarillo and had two sons.[1][2] Both husband and wife became teachers, and for the next fifteen years Thomas taught family living at Amarillo High School.[1][4][5]

In 1984, worried that teacher salaries would be insufficient to save for her children's college education, Thomas began writing.[1] Her first published work was an article for the Oklahoma Daily about the Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. She also sold many short stories for children, most averaging about 244 words.[6] By 1988, Thomas had begun writing in earnest after work.[3] When she sold her first book, publishers suggested that her surname, Koumalats, was too ethnic. As a compromise, she took her husband's first name as her pen name.[4]

Thomas's first novel, Beneath the Texas Sky, met with critical success. It won a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Western Romance and was designated a National Press Women Novel of the Year.[7] By 1991, Thomas was able to quit teaching to become a full-time writer.[1] She has won three Romance Writers of America RITA Awards,–the highest award given to romance novelists– in 1992, 1995, and 2006. Her third win, for The Texan's Reward, led to her immediate induction into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.[5] Thomas has been nominated for RITAs several other times.[8] Her novels have been translated into at least six languages.[1] Several of her novels have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List or the USAToday Bestseller List.[7]

In 2003, Thomas became the writer-in-residence at West Texas A&M University. She was only the second writer-in-residence to be appointed.[6]

Books

Thomas began writing historical romances in the early 1980s because she was dissatisfied with the ones she had read. In many cases, the romances she picked up contained historical errors or relationships that she thought were implausible.[2] Her own novels draw on family stories of living in Texas,[4] as well as months of research for each.[1] The majority of her novels are set in Texas, and many contain the word "Texas" or "Texan" in the title.[2]

Although most of her novels are historical or contemporary romances, with Widows of Wichita County Thomas branched into mainstream women's fiction.[4][8]

Awards

  • 1988 - National Press Women's Novel of the Year, Beneath the Texas Sky
  • 1990 - (Texas) Panhandle Professional Writers Best Novel, Northern Star
  • 1990 - Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. best novel, Northern Star
  • 1991 - Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Award for Best Historical Romance, The Tender Texan
  • 1994 - Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Historical Romance, To Tame a Texan's Heart
  • 1998 - Romantic Time Magazine Career Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to women's fiction over the past ten years
  • 1999 - Romantic Times Magazine Career Achievement Award for Outstanding Fiction
  • 2002 - Named a Texas Tech University Distinguished Alumna
  • 2005 - National Reader's Choice Award, Finding Mary Blaine
  • 2006 - Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Award,The Texan's Reward
  • 2006 - Inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame

Bibliography

The Wife Lottery Series

  • The Texan's Wager, 2002
  • When a Texan Gambles, 2003
  • A Texan's Luck, 2004
  • The Texan's Reward, 2005

The McLain Series

  • The Texan's Touch, 1998
  • To Kiss a Texan, 1999
  • To Wed in Texas, 2000
  • Twilight in Texas, 2001
  • The Texan's Dream, 2001

The Whispering Mountain Series

  • Texas Rain, 2006
  • Texas Princess, 2007
  • Tall, Dark, and Texan, 2008
  • The Lone Texan, 2009
  • Texas Blue, 2011
  • Wild Texas Rose, 2012
  • Promise Me Texas, 2013

The Harmony Series

  • Welcome to Harmony, 2010 - Book 1 - Harmony Series
  • Somewhere Along the Way, 2010 - Book 2 - Harmony Series
  • The Comforts of Home, 2011 - Book 3 - Harmony Series
  • Just Down the Road, 2012 - Book 4 - Harmony Series
  • Chance of a Lifetime, 2013 - Book 5 - Harmony Series
  • Can't Stop Believing, 2013 - Book 6 - Harmony Series
  • Betting the Rainbow, 2014 - Book 7 - Harmony Series
  • A Place Called Harmony (Series Prequel), 2014 - Book 8 - Harmony Series
  • One True Heart, April 7, 2015 - Book 9 - Harmony Series

The Ransom Canyon Series

  • Winter's Camp, 2015
  • Ransom Canyon, 2015
  • Rustler's Moon, 2016
  • Lone Heart Pass, 2016
  • Sunrise Crossing, August 2016
  • Wild Horse Springs, January 2017
  • Indigo Lake, July 2017

The Historical Series

  • Beneath the Texas Sky, 1988
  • Northern Star, 1990
  • The Tender Texan, 1991
  • Prairie Song, 1992
  • Cherish the Dream, 1993
  • The Texan and the Lady, 1994
  • To Tame a Texan's Heart, 1994
  • Forever in Texas, 1995
  • Texas Love Song, 1996
  • Two Texas Hearts, 1997

The Contemporary Series

  • The Widows of Wichita County, 2003
  • Finding Mary Blaine, 2004
  • The Secrets of Rosa Lee, 2005
  • Twisted Creek, 2008
  • Rewriting Monday, 2009

Anthologies

  • Sweet Hearts, 1993
  • A Country Christmas, 1993
  • How to Lasso a Cowboy, 2004
  • Give Me a Texan, 2008
  • Give Me a Cowboy, 2009
  • Give Me a Texas Ranger, 2010
  • Give Me a Texas Outlaw, 2011
  • A Texas Christmas, 2011
  • Be My Texas Valentine, 2012
  • One Texas Night, 2013
  • Boots Under Her Bed, 2014

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Peeples, Shanna Foust (October 11, 1998). "Former teacher finds success as author of romance novels". Amarillo Globe-News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Maupin, April (April 27, 2008). "Thomas gets inspiration from many sources". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Burks, Dee (Fall 2000), "Lone Star Love Affair", Saddle Baron Magazine, archived from the original on July 13, 2011, retrieved January 21, 2010 hosted at Jodi Thomas official website
  4. ^ a b c d Elliot-Upton, Deborah (April 5, 2009), "Putting it in writing: Local author has always been inspired to write", Amarillo Globe-News, retrieved January 21, 2010
  5. ^ a b Yates, Philip (July 31, 2006), Romance writer wins third award, retrieved January 21, 2010
  6. ^ a b Hale, Karen M. (August 2005), "An Interview of Author Jodi Thomas: Historical Romance and Mainstream", The Wellington Leader, Wellington, TX, archived from the original on July 13, 2011, retrieved January 21, 2010 hosted at Jodi Thomas official website
  7. ^ a b Tripp, Mary Kate (March 4, 2001), "Sex, romance in Texas", Amarillo Globe-News, retrieved January 21, 2010
  8. ^ a b "RITA finalist misses prize; next book gets good reviews", Amarillo Globe-News, July 20, 2003, retrieved January 21, 2010

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