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Barbara Hannay

バーバラ・ハネイ

Bābara Hanei

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950-01-01 (Kogarah, New South Wales)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
New South Wales

Career

Occupations
novelist, high school teacher
Active Years
1999-2024
Affiliations
Romance Writers of Australia
Nominations
Nominated twice for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award

Awards

RITA Award
2007
Work: Claiming His Family
Category: Best Traditional Romance
Organization: Romance Writers of America
Result: 受賞
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award
2001
Work: Outback with the Boss
Organization: Romantic Times
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Claiming His Family

2006 Romance novel

A contemporary romance novel.

familyromance

Outback with the Boss

2000 Romance novel

Romance set in the Australian outback.

outbacklove

Zoe's Muster

2012 Romance novel

Bibliography

  • Zoe's Muster (2012)
  • Home Before Sundown (2013)
  • Moonlight Plains (2014)
  • The Secret Years (2015)
  • The Grazier's Wife (2016)
  • The Country Wedding (2017)
  • The Summer of Secrets (2018)
  • Meet Me in Venice (2019)
  • The Sister's Gift (2020)
  • Outback Wife and Mother (1999)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 20 languages including Arabic, Russian, Japanese

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary romanceshort lengthwomen-focusedhappy endings
Recurring Motifs
Australian outbackspirited heroinesgorgeous guys

Legacy

Australian romance novelist known for contemporary romances set in the outback. RITA Award winner.

Trivia

  • Earned her first writing badge in Brownies.
  • Inspired by Mills & Boon romances.