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Nebraska Authors

Cheryl Ludwigs

AKA: pseud. Cheryl St. John

Born 1951 Des Moines, IA (USA)

Cheryl Ludwigs, who writes under the pen name of Cheryl St. John, borrowed from her mother’s maiden name, is a best-selling author of historical and contemporary romance fiction. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Rain Shadow, her first novel, was nominated for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award, Romantic Time’s Best Western Historical, and Affaire de Coeur’s Best American Historical Romance. In 2005, her novel His Secondhand Bride was also nominated for another RITA Award. Many of her Special Editions have been included in Waldenbooks Top Ten. Land of Dreams, The Magnificent Seven and Prairie Wife have all won the Romantic Time’s Reviewers Choice Awards. Her anthology, Big Sky Brides, got to #35 on The New York Times list, and her stories have been published in over a dozen languages. Publishers include Harlequin.

Author profile and review appear in March 1994 magazine Romantic Times. Past President, Romance Authors of the Heartland.

Places Lived

Ottumwa, IA (1952)
Omaha, NE: 1953-

Author Of

  • Fiction

Keywords

Romance Novels; Harlequin Romances; Historical Romance Novels; Contemporary Romance Novels

Education

High School

Occupation

Merchandising Artist

Places Worked

Baker's Supermarket #5, Omaha

Honors

John H. Ames Reading Series, Featured Reader, 26 February 1995
Second Place, Novel Beginnings Contest, North Louisiana Romance Writers Inc., 1991
Third Place, First Kiss Contest, Romance Writers of America New England Chapter, 1991
Nominated for Romantic Times' Best Western Historical of the Year Reviewers Choice Award for Rain Shadow
RITA award nominee in 1994
Rain Shadow nominated by Romance Writers of America as best first book

Associations

President Romance Authors of the Heartland
Romance Writers of America
Nebraska Writers Guild
Mid-America Romance Authors

Bibliography

Heaven Can Wait. 1994.
Rain Shadow. 1994.
Land of Dreams. 1995.
Saint or Sinner. 1995.
Badlands Bride. 1996.
A Husband by Any Other Name. 1996.
The Truth about Toby. 1997.
Joe’s Wife. 1999.
Mistaken Widow. 1998.
The Doctor’s Wife. 1999.
Big Sky Brides. 2000.
The Gunslinger’s Bride. 2001.
The Magnificent Seven. 2001.
Christmas Gold. 2002.
Hometown Sheriff. 2003.
Marry Me... Again. 2003.
The Tenderfoot Bride. 2003.
Child of Her Heart. 2004.
Stowaway Angel. 2004.
The Bounty Hunter. 2005.
His Secondhand Wife. 2005.
Million Dollar Makeover. 2005.
Prairie Wife. 2005.
The Lawman’s Bride. 2007.
Marrying the Preacher. 2007.
The Preacher’s Daughter. 2007.
A Western Winter Wonderland. 2007.
Her Montana Man. 2008.
The Magic of Christmas. 2008.
Her Colorado Man. 2009.
Preacher’s Wife. 2009.
Montana Dreaming. 2010.
Montana Mavericks. 2010.
To Be a Mother. 2010.
Western Winter Wedding Bells. 2010.
Her Wyoming Man. 2011.
Snowflakes and Stetsons. 2011.
Wed Under Western Skies. 2011.
The Wedding Journey. 2012.
Colorado Courtship. 2013.
Donnelly’s Promise. 2013.
Writing with Emotion and Conflict. 2013.
Sequins and Spurs. 2015.
Cowboy Creek Christmas. 2016.
Want Ad Wedding. 2016.
The Rancher Inherits a Family. 2018.
Write Smart, Write Happy. 2018.

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