Iris Johansen, an American writer. Modern romance novels

American famous novelist of contemporary love and criminal novels Iris Johansen was born in the United States in April 1938. She began to write literary activity rather late. Before coming to writing novels, she had a rather long life span serving several major US airlines. This work allowed her to travel a lot, get acquainted with the culture, life and history of various countries. Over the years, she traveled almost the whole world. Each trip - a lot of new, hitherto unfamiliar to her impressions, which she tried to absorb like a sponge.

Iris Johansen from childhood had a bright imagination, a special gift to invent and tell various exciting stories. Friends liked to listen to her, holding her breath, and this feature of her brought her great popularity among her peers. Nevertheless, when she was young she had absolutely no thought of writing and did not even suspect that she would someday become known not only in the States, but also throughout the world as a writer of love and detective genres.

A family

The famous writer Iris Johansen has a wonderful family. She, along with her family, her beloved husband and children - the son of Roy and daughter Tamara - live in the south of the country, in the state of Georgia, exactly where her beloved literary heroine Scarlet O'Hara came from. For sure, fans of the creativity of Iris not only noticed the similarity of her characters with the legendary Lady Butler from the immortal novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. Nevertheless, Iris tries not to repeat in her books and every time she devises completely different heroines, which differ from each other not only by their external data, but also by their characters and destinies.

Of course, the writer can be "accused" of excessive sentimentality and the fact that she, like a typical American, is a supporter of "happy endings." Perhaps all this "fault" is her well-established marriage. Iris is a beautiful mother. Despite her great employment in the field of aviation, she always tried to give her children all the free time, engaged in their development, and literary activity was carried away only when they grew up, became independent and entered into adulthood. Great passion for the writer are her dogs, they have six.

The beginning of the writer's career

In the early eighties, crossed the threshold of the fortieth, Iris Johansen suddenly took up her pen. Perhaps she began to do this to fill the void that was formed in her home with the departure of children entering college. Or maybe she's finally ripe for this. The first novel she published - "Touch Horizon" - brought her great success and recognition.

Change of genre

In the early nineties Iris suddenly changed the direction of her works and began to compose exclusively historical romance novels. Her first book in this genre was The Wind Dancer, whose name translates into Russian as "Dancing Wind". The acquaintance of the Russian reader with the work of this writer began precisely with this novel. And he certainly became a wonderful business card for the author.

The name of Iris Johansen, all of whose books were translated into Russian, increasingly began to appear in the book ratings presented in Russia. In 1996 she again decided to change the genre and began writing detective novels with elements of love stories. And imagine, they were given to her better. On the sites where her books are published, you can meet reviews in which readers share their admiration for the analytical mindset of a famous writer.

By the way, Iris's son - Roy - followed in the footsteps of his mother and also became a famous novelist, and also a screenwriter for Hollywood films. He was awarded a special prize by Edgar Allan Poe. As for her daughter Iris, Tamara, she too is not far from writing and helps the mother in finding a new and interesting material for creating her works.

Iris Johansen: all the books. List

2006 was a landmark for the American novelist. She was recognized by the famous New York Times New York newspaper. Seventeen of her books (a total of 30) were included in the list of bestsellers of this famous newspaper. According to the results, summed up in 2015, over 25 years of Joansen's career, about 27 million copies of books were sold. Naturally, Romanistics brought her and her family a great fortune. However, for Iris, as for any creative person, the recognition of fans is more important.

Publications

To date, the pen of a famous American writer owns about 30 novels. They are separated according to the following author's series:

• "White silk."
• "Donovany".
• "Delaney"
• "The Duet" (1-2-3).
• "Hotel Santa Flores."
• "The Dancing Wind".
• "Eva Duncan."
• "Klanad" and others.

Her books were also published in several publishing series. Here are some of them:

• "Fantasies of women of Balzac's age".
• "Enjoying life."
• "Voice of the heart."
• "Lace".
• "Novels about love."
• "Temptation".
• "Unexpected love story."
• "My love".
• "Charm".
• "Romantic mood", etc.

The best works

Among the books of the writer special place is the work "Castle in the sand." This is her third book, and she is in a series of modern romance novels. According to some critics, the plot of the work is a bit implausible, even fantastic.

This is the story of a girl who experienced a deep emotional trauma, because of what she decided that she could never love again. Wishing to give birth to a child, she resorts to artificial insemination. Her daughter becomes the only meaning of her life. But overnight in her life everything changes when she meets a mysterious dreamer who believes that a strong and reliable castle can be built even from the sand.

The book "Castle in the sand" causes conflicting feelings, but it leaves no one indifferent. Of course, the plot of the book is not ordinary, and this once again shows that its author, A. Johansen, is an unusual writer and has a special talent.

Her other book, The Dancing Wind, is the first serious work of the writer. It's a mix of a classic romance novel with a thriller, and it's read in one breath.

Speaking about the best works of this American writer, one can not help calling the novel "The Bronze Hawk". This is the story of a desperate journalist who, for the sake of an interesting interview with a famous and equally gorgeous man, is ready to commit an unsafe journey in a balloon. And this time Iris Johansen managed to get to the point and create an exciting story, thanks to which the book began to be considered a bestseller.