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Kemberlee is a native Northern Californian
who was raised in a community known as Steinbeck Country, home
to author John Steinbeck, as well as Jack London, Robert Louis
Stevenson and others. With so much literary influence around her,
it's not hard to see why Kemberlee fell in love with the printed
word.
Sarah's Secret, Kemberlee's first novel,
was the result of years of short story writing. It was completed,
though unpublished, in 1989, several other novels following as
she learned the craft of writing and developing her voice.
Kemberlee began her professional writing career as a reviewer
in 1995, publishing reviews with Compuserve Romance Reviews then
What I'm Reading. She was a co-founder and charter member of RIO
(Reviewers International Organization), chaired the RIO Award
of Excellence awards, headed up the RIO newsletter and served
two terms as RIO President. And she's published travel articles
since 1998.
It was in 1997 while employed by Clint
Eastwood that Kemberlee couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend
six month in Ireland. While in Ireland, she met a man who eventually
became her husband. Upon permanently
relocating to Ireland, Kemberlee established an Irish travel consultancy
and built a reputation as one of Ireland's foremost Irish travel
experts.
Living in Ireland has allowed Kemberlee
to study the country's torrid past and unique culture first hand,
and has even picked up a cúpla focal . . . a few
Irish words.
Because of her knowledge of Ireland, Kemberlee
has had the privilege of working as researcher and editor with
some of the romance industry's top authors who have set their
stories in Ireland.
In 2005. Kemberlee was invited to submit her short stories to
Highland Press for the No Law Against Love
charity anthology which was released in 2006. Those stories included
Tutti-Frutti Blues (2006 RIO Award of Excellence Honorary
Mention) and Dude Looks Like A Lady, both set in Kemberlee's
hometown of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Following on the heels of NLAL, Kemberlee's
love of Ireland has inspired a number of Irish set stories, including
the short stories Moondance (2006 PEARL nominee) and The
Power of Love.
In 2009, Kemberlee was invited again by Highland Press to submit
a novel-length book. A Piece of My Heart,
was published by Highland Press in 2010, earning her the Coffee
Time Romance Award. Constant Craving is the short story
sequel to A Piece of My Heart, published with Tirgearr Publishing
August 2010. Both of these stories are part of the Irish Pride
series, all of which are set in Ireland. Rhythm of My Heart
and Shape of My Heart are the next two books in the Irish
Pride series and due for publication in 2012 by Tirgearr Publishing.
Tirgearr Publishing is proud to have acquired
Kemberlee's backlist for republication --
Tutti-Frutti Blues and Dude Looks Like A Lady have
recently undergone rewrites and extended into novelette length
stories and are now included in the new Carmel Duet. Moondance
and The Power of Love will follow suit before rerelease
in 2012.
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