Felicia Mason facts for kids
Felicia Mason (born May 8, 1962) is an African-American novelist and journalist born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States. She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel Rhapsody was adapted into a television movie in 2000.
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Biography
Mason grew up in Pennsylvania, but her family moved to Virginia when she was a child. Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984 and her MA from Ohio State University. Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the Daily Press in Newport News. She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.
Awards
Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in 1995. She was selected by readers as one of top 10 romance authors, 2002, for Body and Soul. In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style. She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by Black Issues Book Review in 2002, for Testimony.
Works
Romance novels
- For the Love of You (also see below), Bet Books (Washington, DC), 1994 ISBN: 978-1583140888
- Body and Soul (also see below), Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1995 ISBN: 978-0786001606
- Rhapsody, Five Star (Unity, ME), 1998 ISBN: 978-0786004041
- Foolish Heart, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1998 ISBN: 978-0786005932
- Forbidden Heart, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2000 ISBN: 978-1583140505
- Testimony, Dafina Books (New York, NY), 2002 ISBN: 978-1617739538
- Sweet Accord, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2003 ISBN: 978-0373872046
- Sweet Harmony, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN: 978-0786269075
- Sweet Devotion, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN: 978-0786271108
- Enchanted Heart, Dafina (New York, NY), 2004 ISBN: 978-0758205711
- Gabriel's Discovery, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN: 978-0786281527
- Hidden Riches, Kensington/Dafina (New York, NY), 2014 ISBN: 978-0758205735
- The Fireman Finds a Wife, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014.
Anthologies
- A Valentine Kiss, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 1996
- Man of the House, Arabesque, 1998
- Something to Celebrate, Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1999
- Della's House of Style, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000
- Island Magic, 2000; How Sweet the Sound, Thorndike Press (Farmington Hills, MI), 2005
- Sing to My Heart, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
- Holiday Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
- Valentine's Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2013
- Love Inspired, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014
- This Holiday Magic, Harlequin (New York, NY), 2014.
