2011 Divas - TARA Contest Winners

Tampa Area Romance Writers would like to congratulate the following winners of the 2011 Tara Contest.

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INSPIRATIONAL - JoAnne Simmons - Barbour Books

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1st Place - Where the Heart Leads by Carol Post
2nd Place - All The Blue of Heaven by Virginia Munoz
3rd Place - Busy Bree by Sarah Forgrave

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HISTORICAL - Deb Werksman - Sourcebooks

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1st Place - Prodigal Gun by Kathleen Rice Adams
2nd Place - The Caged Heart by Carla Swafford
3rd Place - Prey of the Huntress by Marlene Urso

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PARANORMAL - Leah Hultenschmidt - Dorchester

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1st Place - Paradox by Isis Rushdan
2nd Place - Vampire Troubles by Meredith Allen Conner
3rd Place - Trouble in Mind by Donna S. Frelick

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SERIES CONTEMPORARY - Wanda Ottewell - Harlequin

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1st Place - Her Royal Secret by Chris Weston
2nd Place - Cyrano At Your Service by Tamra Baumann
3rd Place - Southern Comfort by Robin Covington

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WOMEN'S FICTION - Amy Pierpont - Grand Central

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1st Place - A Death That Lingers by Kaylie Newell
2nd Place - It's Not Me, It's You by Orly Konig-Lopez
3rd Place - Restoration by Vickie Price Taylor

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE - Peter Senftleben - Kensington

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1st Place - The House On Forest Bend by Susan Muller
2nd Place - The Princess' Assassin by Katie McCurdy
3rd Place - All Or Nothing by Dixie Brown

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SINGLE TITLE - Jhanteigh Kupihea - NAL

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1st Place - Hammer and Nails by Barbara Kroon
2nd Place - Another You by Lisa Deon
3rd Place - Murder, Curlers, and Cruises by Arlene McFarlane

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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Seven Finals...
Nan Dixon

Averil Reisman
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Five Finals...
Ash Krafton
Camryn Rhys
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Four Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams

Jeanell Bolton

Louisa Cornell
Sarah Elizabeth Ladd

Ellen Lindseth

Isis Rushdan
Rebecca Sampson
Kristine B. Thompson
Robin Weaver
Stephanie Winkelhake
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Three Finals...
Jerrie Alexander
Veronica Blade
Elizabeth Bysiek
Tamara Carr
Vivienne Courtoise
Marni Donnelly-Folsom
Laura Drake

Anita Mae Draper
Eileen Emerson

Jennifer McQuiston
Michaela Moore
Linda O'Dwyer
Ellen Russell
Jane Sevier
Rebecca Skrabl
Virginia Taylor

Marlene Urso
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Two Finals...
Sarah Andre
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Rachael Blair
Valerie Bowman
Jennifer Bray-Weber

Susan Breeden
Harley Brooks
Kimila Bowling
Lisa Chaplin
Kathleen Cherry
Meredith Allen Conner

Robin Covington

Stefani de Ravin

Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Leanne Farrell
Stanalei Fletcher
Chris Anna Fullerton
Diane Garner
Pamela Gibson
Richard Hacker
Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris

Gwen Hernandez
Lisa Hilleren

Shanyn Hosier
Monique Insalaco
Samantha Ann King
Carolyn LaFever

Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Miranda Liasson
Katherine Lowry Logan
Debra Maher

Hanna Martine
Virginia McCullough

Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Donna Meier
Susan Muller
Virginia Munoz
Jacqui Nelson

Cindy Nord

Naomi Rawlings
Elizabeth Roadifer

Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Bittner Roth
Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
Michelle Sharp
Laura Sheehan
Madeline Smyth
Sharon Struth
Bronwyn Stuart

Carla Swafford

Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault

Wanda Thomas
Beth Watson
Chris Weston

Lynn Wilson
Judith Wherett
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Sharon Wray
Christine Wunch

Casey Wyatt
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