Michelle M. Pillow

Michelle M. Pillow is an American novelist with over one million books sold. She is a prolific author, with works spanning across many genres, but is best known for writing romance novels. She is recognized by the Romance Writers of America for writing over one hundred books and is also a member of the Authors Guild.[1]

Michelle M. Pillow
BornBelleville, Kansas
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFort Hays State University
GenreParanormal Romance, Fantasy Romance,
Notable worksSeries: Dragon Lord, Warlock MacGregor, Order of Magic
Years active2004–present
SpouseJohn Reyer Afamasaga (2016-present)
Website
michellepillow.com

Career

Michelle is a multi-published author writing in many romance fiction genres that include paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, and paranormal women's fiction. Books have been published by Random House, Virgin Books, Ebury, Rouge, Simon and Schuster (Pocket Books), Entangled Publishing, Adams Media, Ellora's Cave Publishing, Samhain Publishing, Running Press, Robinson Publishing, Paranormal Underground Magazine, The Raven Books, and others.

She has a Bachelor of General Studies in History/Business with an English Minor from Fort Hays State University and a Photography degree from the New York Institute of Photography. She was also a journalist and photographer for Paranormal Underground Magazine.

Her romance writing career began in 2004 with her first published book The Mists of Midnight and in 2006 she was awarded the Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award for the historical romance Maiden and the Monster.[2]

The anthology Taming The Alpha hit the New York Times[3] and USA Today[4] in 2014 and included her novel Stirring Up Trouble. In addition, she belonged to the Romance Writers of America, a non-profit organization that focuses on advocacy through increasing public awareness of the romance genre. The Virginia Romance Writers chapter established the HOLT Medallion in 1995 to recognize the achievements of published writers in romantic fiction. In 2015, Michelle received the Virginia Romance Writers HOLT Medallion Award of Merit for outstanding literary fiction for the book Love Potions.[5]

Michelle is also involved in various film and historical documentary projects with her filmmaker husband[6] and played a refugee extra in Z Nation[7] on SyFy that was released in 2016.[8] Dragon Prince received praise in 2019 on SyFy as part of a science fiction and fantasy romance recommendation list.[9]

In 2021, Michelle received a grant[10] from the Mississippi Arts Commission in support of her Order of Magic paranormal women's fiction series.

References
  1. "Michelle M. Pillow Bio at The Author's Guild". The Author's Guild.
  2. "2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winners". FictionDB.
  3. "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction - Best Sellers". The New York Times. December 28, 2014.
  4. "Taming the Alpha". USA Today. December 18, 2014.
  5. "Holt Medallion Past Winners 2015". Virginia Romance Writers of America.
  6. "John Reyer Afamasaga". IMDB.
  7. "Paranormal Underground: Haunted Entertainment - Issue December 2016" (PDF). Paranormal Underground.
  8. "Michelle M. Pillow - Other Works". IMDB.
  9. Lane, Carly (February 8, 2019). "10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Romance Recommendations to Help You Weather February". SYFY.
  10. "Mississippi author receives grant to distribute book". The Dispatch.
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