Ep 237: Inside the World of Category Romance
On this episode of Buzzing About Romance, Becky is joined by Maisey Yates, Jackie Ashenden, Megan Crane, and Nicole Helm, incredible authors who have been shaping this space, crafting stories that resonate with readers all over the world. We’ll explore what it’s like to write for these iconic category lines, how the genre has evolved, and why category romance continues to capture hearts year after year. Amazing authors who are known for writing Category Romances.
Meet the authors:
Maisey Yates:
Maisey Yates is a New York Times bestselling author of over one hundred romance novels. Whether she’s writing strong, hard working cowboys, dissolute princes or multigenerational family stories, she loves getting lost in fictional worlds. An avid knitter with a dangerous yarn addiction and an aversion to housework, Maisey lives with her husband and three kids in rural Oregon.
Connect with Maisey:
Facebook
Facebook Group: Welcome to Copper Ridge
Bookbub
Amazon
Instagram
Jackie Ashenden
Jackie is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling and critically acclaimed author of over seventy books (and counting).
She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband, two kids, one cat and one dog. When she’s not torturing alpha males and their kick-ass heroines, she can be found drinking gin and tonics, reading anything she can lay her hands on, knitting yet another sweater, baking pavlova, or being forced to go mountain biking with her husband.
Connect with Jackie:
www.jackieashenden.com
https://www.instagram.com/jackie_ashenden
Megan Crane:
USA Today bestselling, multi-award-nominated, and critically-acclaimed author Megan Crane has written more than 150 books, and shows no sign of slowing down. She publishes romance as Megan Crane and M.M. Crane with an exciting backlist of women’s fiction, rom-coms, chick lit, and young adult novels. She’s also won a large and loyal fanbase as Caitlin Crews with Harlequin Presents, Harlequin Dare, Harlequin Historical, and contemporary cowboy books. And for Midwestern small town coziness, found families, romance, and some paranormal scariness thrown in, Megan partners with Nicole Helm to publish as Hazel Beck.
Megan has a Masters and Ph.D. in English Literature, has taught creative writing classes in places like UCLA Extension’s prestigious Writers’ Program, and is always available to give workshops (or her opinion). She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her comic book artist husband, though, at any given time, she is likely to either be huddled in a coffee shop somewhere or off traveling the world. Preferably both.
Connect with Megan:
Website: https://megancrane.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/MeganCraneAndCaitlinCrews
IG: https://www.instagram.com/meganmcrane
Nicole Helm
Nicole Helm is the national bestselling author of fast-paced romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue and down-to-earth contemporary romance. Her Intrigues routinely land on the Publishers Weekly Bestseller list, and she’s received starred PW reviews for her contemporary romances.
Nicole also writes with Megan Crane/Caitlin Crews as USA Today Bestselling author Hazel Beck. Their upmarket paranormal fiction four-book series, Witchlore, began in 2022. Never one to quit when she’s ahead, Nicole began writing Harlequin Presents under the name Lorraine Hall in 2023.
In her spare time, Nicole loves losing herself in genealogy research, watching Cardinals baseball, and hiking with her family. She lives in Missouri with her husband and two sports-obsessed sons.
Connect with Nicole
Website: www.nicolehelm.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorNicoleHelm/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nicole_t_helm/
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