Jean Barrett is the pseudonym of Bob Rogers. Don't ask him how it happened, because he has no idea how he ended up teaching fourth graders for more years than he cares to say. It wasn't supposed to happen that way. He'd known from a tender young age that what he was meant to be was a successful writer. The problem was that the muse in charge of her talent didn't seem to know that. It turned out all right, though. He is sure he learned more from his fourth-graders than he ever taught them, and knowledge is good. It helped him to finally win publication and an award-winning career in the romance world he loves.
In 1979, he published her first novel All These Splendid Sins as Lee Rogers. As Jean Barrett, he is the author of twenty-three contemporary and historical romance novels for Kensington, Berkley, Dorchester and Harlequin-Silhouette. Her books have been printed in numerous foreign editions. Those books have appeared on such best seller lists as Waldenbooks, B. Dalton and Bookscan. He was the proud recipient of the national Booksellers' Best Award and twice won the national Write Touch Readers' Award. He also wrote as Jean Thomas.
Rob and her wife Laura live in an English-style cottage overlooking Lake Michigan on Wisconsin's scenic Door Peninsula. When not traveling to research his books, he walks daily, tries to keep her bonsai collection alive and the song birds happy at him feeders. Those chores attended to, he settles down each afternoon at his computer, where he writes the kind of books he loves to read: sometimes historical romance, but mostly romantic suspense.
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Private investigations
1 edition - first published in 2002 DAISY -
Fire Bird
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
A ring of gold
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
My lover's secret
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Held hostage
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
Private Investigations
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
To The Rescue
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
The Hunt for Hawke's Daughter
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
The shelter of her arms
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
My Lover's Secret
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Heat
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Hot on her trail
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
WHITE WEDDING
1 edition -
The Shelter of Her Arms
1 edition - first published in 1994 -
Archer's Crossing
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Cowboy P.I.
1 edition - first published in 2003 -
Delaney's Crossing
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
To The Rescue
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Official Escort
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
Fugitive Father
1 edition - first published in 1998 Borrow -
Heat
1 edition - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Hot On Her Trail
1 edition - first published in 1990 Borrow -
My lover's secret
1 edition - first published in 1999 Borrow -
Paternity unknown
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Fire bird
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
The legacy of Croft Castle
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
McAllister's crossing
1 edition - first published in 2001
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Alternative names
- Bob Rogers
- Lee Rogers
- Jean Barrett
- Jean Thomas
History Created December 8, 2010 · 5 revisions
| May 6, 2012 | Edited by E-Romance | Added new photo |
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| December 8, 2010 | Created by ImportBot | new author |