Lynn Erickson's picture
2 followers

Lynn Erickson


(Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen)
USA flag

Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. onJanuary 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned frombumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old Westsaloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several yearslater that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination oftheir husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70sand started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, butwhat the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent andmade a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."

They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early bookswere historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then theyturned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our booksin Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually strangerthan fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We loveto drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. Thescenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hikingand fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - theworld-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintingsand sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and potteryand Navajo rugs."
 

Genres: Romance, Paranormal Romance
 
Novels
   Sweet Nemesis (1980)
   This Raging Flower (1980)
   The Silver Kiss (1981)
   Gentle Betrayer (1982)
   A Woman of San Francisco (1982)
   High Country Pride (1982)
   Dawnfire (1984)
   Snowbird (1984)
   The Faces of Dawn (1985)
   Lilacs (1985)
   Some Distant Shore (1985)
   A Chance Worth Taking (1985)
   Stormswept (1986)
   Arena of Fear (1986)
   A Dangerous Sentiment (1986)
   Tangled Dreams (1987)
   A Perfect Gem (1987)
   Fool's Gold (1988)
   Firecloud (1988)
   Shadow on the Sun (1989)
   The Touchstone (1989)
   In from the Cold (1989)
   The Northern Light (1991)
   Silver Lady (1991)
   A Wing and a Prayer (1992)
   Paradox (1993)
   Wildfire (1993)
   Dancing in the Dark (1994)
   Out of the Darkness (1994)
   Aspen (1995)
   Night whispers (1996)
   The Eleventh Hour (1998)
   The Ripple Effect (1999)
   Searching for Sarah (1999)
   The Ranger and the Widow (2000)
   On Thin Ice (2000)
   Fugitive Mom (2001)
   The Agent (2002)
   On the Edge (2002)
   In the Cold (2003)
   Without a Trace (2003)
   After Hours (2004)
   Husband and Lover (2004)
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumbthumbthumb
 
Collections
thumb
 
Omnibus editions show
 


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors