Iris Johansen


Iris Johansen is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels.
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Career

Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels. She changed direction slightly and began writing historical romantic suspense novels in 1991 with the publication of The Wind Dancer. She settled in to suspense writing as her main genre with the crime fiction thriller Ugly Duckling, published in 1996 and soon after became a New York Times bestselling author.

Film adaptation

In 2011, the second novel in Johansen's Eve Duncan series was made in to a Lifetime film adaptation, The Killing Game, starring Laura Prepon as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. This film adaptation was directed by Bobby Roth.

Awards

Personal life

Johansen lives in Georgia, and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award–winning screenwriter and novelist. Iris and Roy have written the Kendra Michaels books series together. Her daughter, Tamara, contributes as her research assistant.

Works

Contemporary romance novels

Stormy Vows Tempest at Sea Reluctant Lark The Bronzed Hawk The Lady and the Unicorn Return to Santa Flores No Red Roses White Satin Blue Velvet The Forever Dream The Spellbinder Strong, Hot Winds Wicked Jake Darcy One Touch of Topaz An Unexpected Song Tender Savage Winter Bride
  • ''Star-Spangled Bride''

Historical romance

Last Bridge Home The Tiger Prince The Magnificent Rogue Midnight Warrior
  • The Beloved Scoundrel Dark Rider
  • ''The Treasure''

Sedikhan Series

List of seriesThe Golden Barbarian The Golden Valkyrie The Trustworthy Redhead Capture the Rainbow Touch the Horizon A Summer Smile And the Desert Blooms Always Everlasting Til the End of Time Last Bridge Home Across the River of Yesterday Starlight, Starbright Man From Half Moon Bay Blue Skies and Shining Promises Magnificent Folly Notorious
  • ''A Tough Man to Tame''

Delaney Series

List of seriesThis Fierce Splendor Wild Silver Satin Ice The Delaney Christmas Carol w/ Kay Hooper

The Delaneys of Killaroo Series

List of series
  • ''Matilda, the Adventuress''

The Shamrock Trinity Series

List of series
  • ''York, The Renegade''

Lion's Bride Series

List of seriesLion's Bride
  • ''The Treasure''

The Wind Dancer series

The Wind Dancer Storm Winds Reap the Wind
  • ''Final Target''

Featuring Eve Duncan

  1. The Face of Deception
  2. The Killing Game
  3. The Search
  4. Body of Lies
  5. Dead Aim
  6. Blind Alley
  7. Countdown
  8. Stalemate
  9. Quicksand
  10. Blood Game
  11. Eight Days to Live
  12. Chasing the Night
  13. Eve
  14. Quinn
  15. Bonnie
  16. Sleep No More
  17. Taking Eve
  18. Hunting Eve
  19. Silencing Eve
  20. Shadow Play
  21. Hide Away
  22. Night and Day
  23. Mind Game
  24. Shattered Mirror
  25. Vendetta
  26. Dark Tribute
  27. Smokescreen
  28. The Persuasion
  29. The Bullet
  30. A Face to Die For
  31. Captive
  32. ''The Survivor''

Featuring Catherine Ling

  1. Chasing the Night
  2. What Doesn't Kill You
  3. Live to See Tomorrow
  4. Your Next Breath
  5. ''Vendetta''

Standalone novels

The Ugly Duckling Long After Midnight And Then You Die... No One to Trust Fatal Tide Firestorm On The Run Killer Dreams Pandora's Daughter Dark Summer Deadlock The Perfect Witness No Easy Target Chaos
  • ''On the Hunt''

With Roy Johansen

Standalone

  • ''Storm Cycle''

Featuring Hannah Bryson

  1. Silent Thunder
  2. ''Shadow Zone''

Featuring Kendra Michaels

  1. With Open Eyes
  2. Close Your Eyes
  3. Sight Unseen
  4. The Naked Eye
  5. Night Watch
  6. Look Behind You
  7. Double Blind
  8. Hindsight
  9. Blink of an Eye
  10. Killer View
  11. More Than Meets The Eye
  12. ''Flashback''