2011 Divas - Golden Pen Contest - Final Round Placements

The Golden Network is pleased to announce the final rankings of the Golden Pen contest:

PARANORMAL (Leis Pederson, editor, Berkeley Publishing Group)
Tattoo of Your Name Across My Soul by Abigail Schmidt
Bound by Blood by Dawn Groszek
Bathtub Jinn by Kay Hudson
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SINGLE TITLE (Katherine Pelz, editor, Berkeley Publishing Group)
Legally Mastered by Sarah Castille
It's Not You by Kimberly Kincaid
Better than Pasta by Kate Meader
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SERIES CONTEMPORARY (Susan Litman, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [Special Edition])
The Scandalous Seduction of Miss Spencer by Jane O'Reilly
Mistress By Blackmail by Caro LaFever
Going the Distance by Althea West
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HISTORICAL (Deb Werksman, editor, Sourcebooks)
Silverhawk by Barbara Bettis
Notorious Match by Angelyn Schmid
A Whisper to the Wild by Eileen Emerson
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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE (Holly Blanck, editor, St. Martin's Press)
Guardian's Promise by Sharon Wrayon Wray
The Shadow Hour by Jacqui Nelson
Chance Encounter by Tracy Poole
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YOUNG ADULT (Regina Griffin, editor, Egmont USA)
Camp Awakening by Bonnie Staring
Forget Tomorrow by P.H. Dunn
Kisses and Curses by Shoshana Brown
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INSPIRATIONAL (Melissa Endlich, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [Steeple Hill])
Left to Chance by Jessica Keller
All the Blue of Heaven by Virginia Carmichael
Jerusalem's Harlot by Wanda Thomas
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NSRE (Valerie Gray, editor, Harlequin Enterprises [MIRA and SPICE])
Sweet Spot by Laura Drake

The Hourglass by Sharon Struth

Strange Bedfellows by Nancy Holland

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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Nine Finals...

Caro LaFever

Robin Weaver

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Eight Finals...
Kate Meader
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Seven Finals...
Nan Dixon
Averil Reisman
Camryn Rhys
Rebecca Sampson
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Six Finals...
Jeanell Bolton

Harley Brooks
Virginia Taylor

Beth Watson
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Five Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams
Jerrie Alexander
Louisa Cornell
Robin Covington
Marni Donnelly-Folsom
P.H. Dunn

Eileen Emerson

Ash Krafton
Sarah Elizabeth Ladd
Katherine Lowry Logan
Jennifer McQuiston
Jacqui Nelson

Rebecca Skrabl
Stephanie Winkelhake
Casey Wyatt
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Four Finals...
Elizabeth Bysiek
Cecily Cornelius-White
Louisa Cornell
Laura Drake

Ellen Lindseth
Virginia McCullough
Isis Rushdan
Clarissa Southwick
Sharon Struth

Bronwyn Stuart
Kristine B. Thompson

Sharon Wray
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Three Finals...
Carol-Faye Ashcraft
Romily Bernard
Veronica Blade
Valerie Bowman
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Tamara Carr
Kathleen Cherry
Meredith Allen Conner
Vivienne Courtoise
Stefani de Ravin
Anita Mae Draper
Normandie Ward Fischer
Donna S. Frelick
Diane Garner
Lisa Hilleren
Kimila Kay
Katy Lee
Alicia Lienhart
Michaela Moore
Janet Nickoles
Cindy Nord
Cathy Perkins
Helen H. Pilz
Diana Quincy
Gloria Richard
Ellen Russell
Jane Sevier
Michelle Sharp
Madeline Smyth
Wanda Thomas

Marlene Urso
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Two Finals...
Wendy Anderson
Sarah Andre
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Tamara Baumann
Shelly Bell
Barbara Bettis
Rachael Blair
Susan Breeden
Rachel Brimble
Kimila Bowling
Wendy Campbell
Sarah Castille

Lisa Chaplin
Meredith Clark
Mary Culver
Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Marilyn Ebbs

Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Stanalei Fletcher
MV Freeman
Chris Anna Fullerton
Collyn Gale
Pamela Gibson
Daphe Gray
Katie Graykowski
Amity Grays
Jan Gurney
Natasha Hacaga
Richard Hacker
Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Lily Herman
Gwen Hernandez
Angie Hodapp
Nancy Holland

Shanyn Hosier
Barbara Huddleston

Monique Insalaco
Sherry Isaac
Kendra James
Samantha Ann King
Pamela Kopfler
Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Debra Maher
Kate MacEachern
Hanna Martine
Kathryn Matzen
Merle McCann
Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Kate Meader
Donna Meier
Heather Molloy
Leeann Morgan
Susan Muller
Virginia Munoz
Mara Nash
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Kaylie Newell
P.J. O'Dwyer
Mary Oldham
Catherine Phelan
Elizabeth Pina
Terry Poca
Naomi Rawlings
Judy Ridgley
Elizabeth Roadifer
Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Bittner Roth
S.L. Rowland
Jess Russel
Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
Laura Sheehan
D. B. Shuster
Eva Siedler
Bonnie Staring
Meredith Simmons
Micha Summers
Carla Swafford
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Donna Thorland
Sandra Tilley
Linda Triegel
Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Judith Wherett
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Yvonne Yirka
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