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CHRISTINE MICHELS
For award-winning author Christine Michels there is nothing more fascinating
than the endless potential presented by a star-studded sky: There is little more
enthralling than a gripping mystery or suspenseful intrigue; and nothing more heartwarming than the triumphant conclusion to a turbulent fairy-tail romance.
With those compelling interests, what career could possibly be more suitable
than that of a writer of romantic fiction?
Christine began traveling among the stars - in her imagination - before she
was old enough to write the stories she created. At the age of eleven,
after having been a Nancy Drew mystery fan for some time, she found an outlet
for her creative inclination when she plotted a daring diamond heist - in
narrative only, of course. Although this novel was never finished, Christine had
begun to find her niche. She continued to fill notebooks with short
stories and poetic ramblings for years. This pastime honed her talents and
resulted in her being granted the English Achievement Award at the E. S. Laird
School in Lloydminster in Grade 9.
Sharry Christine Michels (maiden name: Catudal) was born in Calgary, Alberta,
but moved to Lloydminster with her parents when she was five, prior to starting
the first grade. She completed her schooling in Lloydminster and went on
to work in the city for a number of years in positions varying from Production
Accountant in the oil industry, to bookkeeper to software consultant! However,
she always enjoyed writing and in her mid-twenties began writing more
seriously. Eventually, she teamed up with a friend, Bernice Carstensen,
who was also living in Lloydminster at the time and they completed their first
novel, To Share a Sunset, which was written under the pseudonym
Sharice Kendyl. Leisure Books in New York published the novel, in October
of 1990.
After the completion of that first novel, their partnership dissolved.
After a two year hiatus to focus on her writing, her first solo novel Ascent
to the Stars (another futuristic romance), written under her own name
Christine Michels, was published by Leisure Books in February of 1994. Her
third novel, but first in the contemporary suspense genre, Danger's Kiss, was
released in December 1994 and garnered Christine her second literary award when
the novel was named "Best Single Title Contemporary" By Romance
Writers of America's Region 4 in their "Heart of Romance" competition.
June 1998 will see the release of Christine's first Historical Romance from
Leisure Books under their Legendary Lovers imprint. Entitled Beyond
Betrayal, the novel, set in Montana in 1867, will allow readers to revisit
the classic tale of Samson and Delilah in an Old West setting.
Christine still lives in Lloydminster area with her husband of 22 years, Don
Michels, and her teen-age son Brandon.
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