Life She Wants (Carr)

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1951
• Where—the State of Minnesota, USA
• Education—nursing degree
• Awards—RITA Award; Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award
• Currently—lives in Henderson, Nevada


Robyn Carr is an American author of more than 50 historical and romance novels. She is perhaps best known for her Virgin River Series, 20 some books published from 2007-2012.

Carr originally intended a career as a nurse rather than a writer. But she married her high school sweetheart who had enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a helicopter pilot. It was during the Vietnam War, and as Robyn accompanied him, moving from base to base, it became obvious that her peripatetic lifestyle made it almost impossible to accommodate a nursing schedule.

Then in the mid-'70s came two children. When her doctor told her she needed to stay off her feet during one of her pregnancies, she turned to writing. Two healthy infants later, Robyn was still writing all the while juggling babies, feedings and diaper changes. She published her first historical novel in 1978.

Thirty years and some 25 novels later, she hit the New York Times bestseller list with her breakthrough novel, A Virgin River Christmas (2008). Three years later, Bring Me Home for Christmas, the 17th in what had become the Virgin River series, reached #1 on the NYT list; all told, since 2008 her books have spent more than 230 weeks on the NYT bestseller list.

Robyn and her husband Jim, now retired, live near Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to traveling and enjoying her grandchildren, Carr hosts monthly "Carr Chats" at the Paseo Verde Library in Henderson, Nevada, her hometown, where she interviews other authors.

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