McCutcheon, Pam

(Pamela Luzier)

PERSONAL: Born in Fort Ord, CA; daughter of Charles Edwin and L. Mae (maiden name, Anderson; later surname, Boles) Luzier; married Perry E. McCutcheon (divorced). Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Auburn University, B.S. (industrial engineering), 1979.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 648, Divide, CO 80814. Office—Author! Author! Bookstore, 5975 North Academy Blvd., Ste. 206, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Agent—Linda Kruger, Fogelman Literary Agency, 7515 Greenville Ave., Ste. 712, Dallas, TX 75231. E-mail—foglit@aol.com.

CAREER: U.S. Air Force, computer programmer, 1975–79, industrial engineer, 1979–95; freelance writer, 1995–; Author! Author! Bookstore, Colorado Springs, CO, owner, 2002–.

MEMBER: Romance Writers of America (regional director, 2001–02), Pikes Peak Romance Writers (president, 1995, 2003), Pikes Peak Writers (treasurer, 2001–03).

AWARDS, HONORS: Reviewer's Choice Award for best Harlequin American romance, Romantic Times, 1996, for Chasing Baby; Prism Award for best futuristic romance, Romance Writers of America, 1996, for Quicksilver.

WRITINGS:

ROMANCE NOVELS

Golden Prophecies, Leisure Love Spell (New York, NY), 1995.

A Little Something Extra, Harlequin American (Buffalo, NY), 1996.

Chasing Baby, Harlequin American (Buffalo, NY), 1996.

Quicksilver, Leisure Love Spell (New York, NY), 1996.

A Reluctant Rogue, Harlequin American (Buffalo, NY), 1997.

Here Comes the … Baby, Harlequin American (Buffalo, NY), 1998.

Enchantment, Zebra Ballad (New York, NY), 2001.

Belle of the Ball, Zebra Ballad (New York, NY), 2003.

My Favorite Husband, Zebra Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Caught in the Act, Zebra Books (New York, NY), 2004.

OTHER

Writing the Fiction Synopsis: A Step-by-Step Approach, Gryphon Books for Writers (Memphis, TN), 1998.

(With Michael Waite) The Writer's Brainstorming Kit: Thinking in New Directions, Gryphon Books for Writers (Memphis, TN), 2001.

Work represented in anthologies, including Midsummer Night's Magic, Leisure Love Spell (New York, NY), 1997; and Something Wicked This Way Comes, ImaJinn (Canon City, CA), 2004. Contributor to anthologies under name Pamela Luzier, including A Constellation of Cats, DAW Books (New York, NY), 2001; Words of the Witches, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 2002; and Rotten Relations, DAW Books, 2004.

WORK IN PROGRESS: "Amaz" fantasy trilogy.

SIDELIGHTS: Pam McCutcheon told CA: "I particularly enjoy romance, humor, science fiction, and fantasy, so all of my work will include at least two of these elements."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, January 1, 2004, Shelley Mosley, review of My Favorite Husband, p. 836.