Felicia Mason
Felicia Mason is an African-American novelist and journalist born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States. She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel Rhapsody was adapted into a television movie in 2000.
Biography
Mason grew up in Pennsylvania, but her family moved to Virginia when she was a child. Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984 and her MA from Ohio State University. Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the Daily Press in Newport News. She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.
Awards
Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in 1995. She was selected by readers as one of top 10 romance authors, 2002, for Body and Soul. In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style. She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by Black Issues Book Review in 2002, for Testimony.
Works
Romance novels
For the Love of You, Bet Books, 1994 Body and Soul, Pinnacle Books, 1995 Seduction, Kensington Books, 1996 Rhapsody, Five Star, 1998 Foolish Heart, Pinnacle Books, 1998 Forbidden Heart, Arabesque, 2000 Testimony, Dafina Books, 2002 Sweet Accord, Steeple Hill Books, 2003 Sweet Harmony, Steeple Hill Books, 2004 Sweet Devotion, Steeple Hill Books, 2004 Enchanted Heart, Dafina, 2004 Gabriel's Discovery, Love Inspired, 2004 Seductive Hearts, Arabesque, 2005 Hidden Riches, Kensington/Dafina, 2014 The Fireman Finds a Wife, Love Inspired, 2014.
Anthologies
A Valentine Kiss, Arabesque, 1996 Man of the House, Arabesque, 1998 Something to Celebrate, Kensington Books, 1999Della's House of Style, St. Martin's Press, 2000Island Magic, 2000; How Sweet the Sound, Thorndike Press, 2005Sing to My Heart, Harlequin, 2012Holiday Dream, Harlequin, 2012Valentine's Dream, Harlequin, 2013Love Inspired, Love Inspired, 2014This Holiday Magic, Harlequin, 2014.