Nicole Burnham

Nicole Burnham is the author of several romance novels and books for teens. She writes romances under the name Nicole Burnham and young adult novels under the name Niki Burnham.

Biography
Nicole Burnham is originally from Colorado, but was born in Key West, Florida, while her father was briefly stationed there with the military. She graduated from Mannheim American High School in 1988, then obtained her B.A. in political science magna cum laude in 1991 from Colorado State University, where she was Phi Beta Kappa. She earned both an M.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1994. She clerked for a federal magistrate in Colorado and practiced law in St. Louis, Missouri before turning to writing full-time. While at Michigan Law School Burnham was in the same section as Cynthia Leitich Smith, Eric Lefkofsky, and Pat DeWine.

Burnham was a double finalist for the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart in 2000. One of those two finalist manuscripts was Going to the Castle, which went on to become her first published novel the following year. She won the 2004 RITA in the Best Short Contemporary Series category for The Knight's Kiss, her third published novel. She was a RITA finalist again in 2005 for The Bowen Bride and in 2015 for Slow Tango With a Prince.

Burnham served on the Board of Directors of the Romance Writers of America for four years, first as Region One Director, then as the PAN Liaison.

Burnham currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.  She is an avid baseball fan and maintains a blog called The Go-Ahead in which she discusses writing, health, and her favorite baseball teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies. She appeared on Jeopardy! in July 2000, losing to eventual Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions runner-up Tad Carithers.

List of works

Romance novels - Nicole Burnham

The Royal Scandals series
 Christmas With a Prince (prequel novella) - November 2013
 Scandal With a Prince  - November 2013
 Honeymoon With a Prince - December 2013
 Christmas on the Royal Yacht (novella) - October 2014
 Slow Tango With a Prince - June 2014
 The Royal Bastard  - June 2015
 Christmas With a Palace Thief (novella) - October 2015
 The Wicked Prince - August 2016
 One Man's Princess - October 2017

These romances follow the Barrali royal family of the fictional island nation of Sarcaccia.  The books are set in various locations around the world.

The San Rimini series
 Going to the Castle (Silhouette Romance) - December 2001
 The Prince's Tutor (Silhouette Romance) - January 2003
 The Knight's Kiss (Silhouette Romance) - May 2003
 Falling for Prince Federico (Silhouette Romance) - August 2004

These romances follow the diTalora royal family of the fictional Mediterranean country of San Rimini.

Other romance fiction
 One Bachelor to Go (Silhouette Romance) - February 2004
 The Bowen Bride (Silhouette Romance) - November 2004

Young adult novels - Niki Burnham

The Valerie Winslow series

2004 — Royally Jacked — Simon Pulse (UK title:  Royally Crushed )
2005 — Spin Control — Simon Pulse
2006 — Do-Over — Simon Pulse

This series of romantic comedies centers on high school sophomore Valerie Winslow, whose parents are getting a divorce. Her father is offered a job with the royal family in the fictional European country of Schwerinborg. Valerie opts to go along, where she ends up falling for the royal family's teenage son, Prince Georg.

Anthologies
 "Night Swimming" in Fireworks:  Four Summer Stories with Erin Haft, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle (Scholastic Point) - April 2007
 "Last Stand" in Breaking Up (Is Hard To Do) with Terri Clark, Ellen Hopkins, and Lynda Sandoval (Houghton Mifflin Graphia) - May 2008

Other young adult fiction
2005 — Sticky Fingers — Simon Pulse
2006 — Scary Beautiful — Simon Pulse
2007 — Goddess Games — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Honors and awards
  2004 RITA Award Winner - Best Short Contemporary Series romance for The Knight's Kiss 
  2005 RITA Award Finalist- Best Traditional Series romance for The Bowen Bride
  2015 RITA Award Finalist - Best Contemporary: Long romance for Slow Tango With a Prince 
  American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers for Royally Jacked 
  New York Public Library's 2005 Books for the Teen Age for Royally Jacked 
  Teen People  Pick for Royally Jacked

References

See also

 official Nicole Burnham website
 official Niki Burnham website
 A Home Run First Time at Bat? - All About Romance Interview

Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American romantic fiction writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Living people
Category:Military brats
Category:Novelists from Colorado
Category:Colorado State University alumni
Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni
Category:American women novelists
Category:American young adult novelists
Category:Women romantic fiction writers
Category:Women writers of young adult literature
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)