Jackie Diamond Hyman


Jackie Diamond Hyman is an American writer and former Associated Press reporter and columnist. Since 1982, she has written more than ninety novels in genres including romance, horror, fantasy and mystery under the pen names Jacqueline Diamond, Jacqueline Topaz, Jacqueline Jade, Jackie Hyman, and Jackie Diamond Hyman.
WWW jacquelinediamond.com

Biography

Personal life

Jackie Diamond Hyman was born on April 3, 1949, in Menard, Texas, United States. She is the daughter of Maurice Hyman, M.D., former chief of psychiatry at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and ceramic sculptor Sylvia Hyman.
Hyman was married in 1978 to Kurt Wilson and has two sons.

Career

Hyman graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to travel and write in Europe.
After moving to Orange County, California, in 1972, she worked as a reporter and editor for The Orange Coast Daily Pilot and as a copy editor for the Orange County Register. She worked as a reporter and editor the Associated Press in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1983, and continued to write theater-related articles for the AP until 1999. In 1993–1994, she wrote a weekly television column for AP that was nationally distributed. She teaches short story, article and novel writing through Long Ridge Writers Group, and is the author of How to Write a Novel in One Lesson.
She sold her first in 1982. Her book publishers include Harlequin Enterprises Ltd, William Morrow, St. Martin's Press, Five Star Press, Walker and Company, DAW Books and Berkley Books. Since 2010, she has been reissuing her early novels, including Regency romances and mysteries, in digital editions.
Hyman is a former national board member of Romance Writers of America and has also served on the board of the Orange County, California chapter. She is a two-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award and received a career achievement award from Romantic Times Book Club magazine.

As Jacqueline Diamond

Historical romance novels

Lady in Disguise Song for a Lady A Lady of Letters The Forgetful Lady The Day-Dreaming Lady
  • ''A Lady's Point of View''

Contemporary romance novels

The Dream Never Dies Forgetful Day An Unexpected Man The Cinderella Dare A Ghost of a Chance aka The Ghost and CheriFlight of Magic By Leaps and Bounds Old Dreams, New Dreams The Trouble With Terry A Dangerous Guy The Runaway Bride The Cowboy and the Heiress One Husband Too Many Yours, Mine and Ours Dear Lonely in L.A.... And the Bride Vanishes Daddy Warlock Million-Dollar Mommy Sandra and the Scoundrel Punchline A Real Live Sheikh His Secret Son Let's Make a Baby! Mistletoe Daddy Captured by a Sheikh Daddy, M.D. Kiss a Handsome Stranger Surprise, Doc! You're a Daddy! The Improperly Pregnant Princess Sheik Surrender The Stolen Bride The Baby's Bodyguard The Baby Scheme The Doctor's Little Secret Daddy Protector Touch Me in the Dark Twin Surprise The Bride's Surprise Doctor Daddy Sheikh Surrender
  • ''Out of Her Universe''

The Runaway Heiress Series

  1. Unlikely Partners
  2. ''Capers and Rainbows''

Babies of Doctors Circle Series

  1. Diagnosis: Expecting Boss's Baby
  2. Prescription: Marry Her Immediately
  3. ''Prognosis: A Baby? Maybe''

Downhome Doctors Series

  1. The Police Chief's Lady
  2. Nine-Month Surprise
  3. A Family at Last
  4. Dad by Default
  5. ''The Doctor + Four''

Harmony Circle Series

  1. The Family Next Door
  2. Baby in Waiting
  3. ''Million-dollar Nanny''

Safe Harbor Medical Series

  1. The Would-Be Mommy
  2. His Hired Baby
  3. The Holiday Triplets
  4. Officer Daddy
  5. Falling for the Nanny
  6. The Surgeon's Surprise Twins
  7. The Detective's Accidental Baby
  8. The Baby Dilemma
  9. The M.D.'s Secret Daughter
  10. The Baby Jackpot
  11. His Baby Dream
  12. The Surprise Holiday Dad
  13. A Baby for the Doctor
  14. The Surprise Triplets
  15. The Baby Bonanza
  16. The Doctor's Accidental Family
  17. ''The Would-Be Daddy''

Brides Of Grazer's Corner multi-author series

  1. ''The Cowboy and the Shotgun Bride''

Omnibus

Collections in collaboration

  • Kidnapped / I Got You Babe
  • The Bachelor Dads of Nowhere Junction
  • The Doc's Double Delivery / Down-Home Diva
  • Excuse Me?, Whose Baby? / Follow that Baby!
  • More Than the Doctor Ordered / A Hitchin' Time
  • Tyler Brides
  • Heaven Scent / Shotgun Nanny
  • Paris or Bust!
  • The Third Twin / Sheikh Surrender
  • Secrets & Sons
  • More Than the Doctor Ordered / Husband Hotel
  • Stolen Bride / Sudden Recall
  • Surprise! Surprise! / I Do! I Do!
  • A Bundle of Valentines!
  • The Sheikh's Dilemma
  • The Bride Wore Gym Shoes / Maddie's Millionaire

Non-fiction

  • How to Write a Novel in One Lesson
  • ''A Romance Writer's Guide to Love and Marriage''

As Jacqueline Topaz

Contemporary romance novels

Deeper Than Desire Swept Away Rites of Passion Lucky in Love Golden Girl
  • ''A Warm December''

As Jacqueline Jade

Contemporary romance novels

  • ''A Lucky Star''

As Jackie Hyman

Fantasy novels

  • ''Shadowlight''

Mystery novels

The Eyes of a Stranger
  • ''Echoes''

As Jackie Diamond Hyman

Mystery novels

  • ''Danger Music''