Vicki Hinze holds
a Master of Arts in Creative Writing and a Doctorate in Philosophy,
Theocentric Business & Ethics. She actively lectures on writing
craft and technique and philosophy.
Vicki has authored
twenty-one novels, two nonfiction books and hundreds of nonfiction
articles, many for international publications, writing for
Silhouette, Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Spilled Candy Books, St.
Martin's Press, and Pinnacle. She currently has an additional three
books under contract.
Her first published novel, a romantic suspense, was a bestseller
that sold in nearly a dozen foreign countries. Since then, she's
shifted writing focus several times. After co-creating the first
single-title open-ended continuity series, she turned to military
life and has been is credited with a Career Achievement Award
for being one of the first to write military romantic suspense,
military romantic intrigue, and military romantic thrillers. Her
willingness to take risks and blaze trails have won her many
prestigious awards and nominations, including:
RT Reviewer's
Choice:
Best Romantic Suspense Novel
of the Year
Best Romantic Intrigue Novel of the
Year
Best Mainstream Suspense Novel of
the Year
Best Time-Travel Novel of the Year
Career Achievement Award for Best
Series Storyteller of the Year
RT Gold Medal Awards
RT Top Pick Awards
And
RITA™
Award nominee
Blether Gold Awards
Blether Silver
Awards
The Beacon Award
The Golden Quill
Award, Best Mainstream/Single Title Contemporary Novel of the
Year
The Maggie Award of
Excellence
Holt Medallion Award
Daphne du Maurier
Best Contemporary Novel of the Year
Daphne du Maurier
Best Suspense/Mystery Novel of the Year
Outstanding
Achievement Award, Affaire de Coeur
Best Science Fiction
Novel of the Year, Affaire de Coeur
Laurel Leaf Award
A complete listing
of awards is listed on each book's individual page on Vicki's
website
Vicki's articles have appeared many respected publications and e-zines
(Novelists, Inc., Romantic Times, Romance Writers' Report,
The Outreacher, The Rock and others) and have been
extensively reprinted in as many as sixty-three foreign markets. She
has coordinated and/or judged national and international writing
competitions, served on various writers' association committees, has
been honored by Romance Writers of America with their National
Service Award and in 2004 was named PRO Mentor of the Year.
She is a charter sponsor of International Thriller Writers (ITW) and
a member of The Authors Guild, Novelists Inc., Romance Writers of
America, Mystery Writers of America, Published Authors Network,
Emerald Coast Writers, and other writing organizations.
Selectee for
Achievements in Writing and as an Educator
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Vicki Hinze
Biography
