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Jennifer Blake

Patricia Ann Ponder was born on March 9, 1942 in a one hundred-twenty year old house constructed by her grandparents near Goldonna, Louisiana, where her family resided during seventh generation. She grep up in her parent's farm in Northern Louisiana.

At 15, Patricia married with Mr. Maxwell and they formed a happy family. At 21, she needed to be something more than a housewife and she began writing, she sold her first book at 27. She start writing gothic novels with her real name, Patricia Maxwell; she wrote one book in collaboration as Elizabeth Trehearne and she singed a murder mystery and a romantic suspense story as her maiden name, Patricia Ponder. When the gothic genre began to decay, she began to publish only romance genre, contemporany romances as Maxine Patrick and historical romances as Jennifer Blake, the only pseudonym that she uses now.

This legend of the romance genre is called the "Steel Magnolia of women's fiction" and gained New York Times Best Seller status since 1977, with "Love's wild desire". An international best seller as well, she has been published in 18 languages with worldwide sales approaching 30 million. She was honored with the position as Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America.

Since 1998, Patricia and her husband have resided in a lakeside Caribbean-styled retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain friends and family.

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Born 9 March 1942

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Fiction, romance, historical, Romance, Louisiana, fiction, Southern Romance, Historical Romance, Large type books, Fiction, general, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Suspense, History, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, romance, erotic, Marriage, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Gothic, Historical, Widows, fiction, Fiction, romance, suspense, Fiction, suspense, Love stories

Places

Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), New Orleans (La.), England, Paris (France), Southern States, USA, United States, Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.), American frontier, Brazil, Caribbean Area, Cuba, Europe, La.) Vieux Carré (New Orleans, London (England), Louisiana History, New Orleans (Louisiana), New Orleans Louisiana, Spain, United states, Vieux Carré, era-colonial-louisiana

People

Bernard Delacroix, Elizabeth (Ellen Marie), Joseph, Amanda Trent, Amelia Harveston, Angeline, Anne Tarrington, April Halstead, Black Eagle, Captain Rudyard Thorpe, Caroline Pembroke, Claire, Colonel Grant Farrell, Elenora Villars, Felicite, Henry VII King of England (1457-1509), Jason Monteigne, Jean Marsh, Julia Dupre, Justin Leroux, Kerr Wallace, Lena, Lillian Newton, Lt. Colonel Morgan McCormack, Luke Benedict

Time

1803-1865, 1800, 19th century, 15th century, 1800s, 1844, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Insurrection, 1849-1851, To 1803, Tudor, proshedshee vremya soedinennye statty american, прошедшее время Соединенные Штаты Америки

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Alternative names

  • Patricia Ann Ponder Maxwell
  • Patricia Maxwell
  • Elizabeth Trehearne
  • Patricia Ponder
  • Maxine Patrick
  • Jennifer Blake
  • Aka Jennifer Blake
  • Jennifer BLAKE
  • JENNIFER BLAKE
  • jennifer blake

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