Joan Hohl

Joan Hohl (June 13, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American writer of over 60 romance novels starting in 1980.[1] She signed her novels as Paula Roberts and Amii Lorin.[1] She was a recipient of the RITA Award.

Joan Hohl
Born(1935-06-13)June 13, 1935
United States
DiedJune 16, 2017(2017-06-16) (aged 82)
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Pen namePaula Roberts, Amii Lorin, Joan Hohl
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1980–present
GenreRomance
Notable awardsRITA Award
SpouseMarv
Children2

Biography

Joan Hohl was born in the United States, June 13, 1935. She worked at several jobs, some sales clerking, but primarily factory work.

At 40, she began writing, and three years later she published her first novel. She is considered by many in the business a trailblazer in sensuous romance writing, and having been one of the first, if not the first, author to write male point of view in category romance novels.

Joan lived in eastern Pennsylvania, with her husband Marv; they had two daughters, Lori and Amy, and two grandchildren, Erica and Cammeron. She died June 16, 2017, in Pennsylvania.

Awards
  • Much Needed Holiday: 1986 Rita Awards Best Novel winner

Bibliography

Single novels
  • Come Home to Love (1980)

Single novels
  • Morning Rose, Evening Savage (1980)
  • The Tawny Gold Man (1980)
  • Game is Played (1981)
  • Morgan Wade's Woman (1981)
  • Breeze off the Ocean (1981)
  • Snowbound Weekend (1982)
  • Gambler's Love (1982)
  • While the Fire Rages (1984)
  • Candleglow (1984)
  • Power and Seduction (1985)
  • Night Striker (1986)

Collections
  • Snowbound Weekend / Gambler's Love (1994)
  • Breeze Off the Ocean / Morgan Wade's Woman (1994)

Omnibus In Collaboration

Thorne's Series
  1. Thorne's Way (1983)
  2. Thorne's Wife (1989)

Single novels
  • A Taste for Rich Things (1984)
  • Much Needed Holiday (1985)
  • The Scent of Lilacs (1985)
  • Someone Waiting (1985)
  • Nevada Silver (1986)
  • Texas Gold (1986)
  • California Copper (1986)
  • Falcon's Flight (1987)
  • Lady Ice (1987)
  • One Tough Hombre (1987)
  • Forever Spring (1988)
  • Moments Harsh, Moments Gentle (1988)
  • Window on Yesterday (1988)
  • Silhouette Summer Sizzlers (1988)
  • Christmas Stranger (1989)
  • Breeze Off the Ocean (1990)
  • Convenient Husband (1992)
  • Silver Thunder (1992)
  • Lyon's Cub (1992)
  • Compromises (1995)
  • Another Spring (1996)
  • Compromise (1997)
  • Ever After (1999)
  • Maybe Tomorrow (1999)
  • Something Special (2000)
  • Come Home to Love (2000)
  • My Own (2000)
  • Shadow's Kiss (2001)
  • Irresistible (2002)
  • More Than Anything (2002)
  • Simply Wonderful (2003)
  • Someday Soon (2004)
  • Cutting Through (2005)
  • Maverick (2007)

Born in the USA Series Multi-Author
  • Thorne's Wife (1989)

Windows Series
  1. Window on Today (1989)
  2. Window on Tomorrow (1989)

Branson Brothers Series
  1. The Gentleman Insists (1989)
  2. Handsome Devil (1990)

Men at Work Series Multi-Author
  • Handsome Devil (1990)

Big, Bad Wolfe Series
  1. Wolfe Waiting (1993)
  2. Wolfe Watching (1994)
  3. Wolfe Wanting (1994)
  4. Wolfe Wedding (1995)
  5. Wolfe Winter (1998)
  • Big Bad Wolfe: Ready to Wed? (collection) (1999)
  • Big, Bad Wolfe, At the Altar! (collection) (2000)
  • Double Wolfe: Wolfe Winter / Wolfe Wonder (2004)

Grainger Series
  1. A Memorable Man (1996)
  2. The Dakota Man (2000)
  3. A Man Apart (2005)

Collections
  • The Best of Joan Hohl: Tawny Gold Man / Morning Rose, Evening Savage (1989)
  • The Best of Joan Hohl: While the Fire Rages / The Game Is Played (1989)
  • Snowbound Weekend / Gambler's Love (1994)
  • I Do (2001)
  • Never Say Never (2002)

Omnibus In Collaboration

References
  1. "Joan M. Hohl Obituary". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
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