{{short description|American novelist}}{{Infobox person | name = Pepper Winters | birth_place = Hong Kong | occupation = Novelist | website = http://pepperwinters.com/ }}
'''Pepper Winters''' is a novelist best known for dark romance, contemporary, romantic suspense, and erotica thrillers. Her romantic novels have reached ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', and ''USA Today'' best sellers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-04-05/e-book-fiction/list.html | title=Best Sellers | newspaper=The New York Times | date=5 April 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-aug-16-1440176100 | title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Aug. 16 | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal | date=21 August 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> She received the IndieReader Badge for a Top 10 Indie Bestseller in the romantic novels category. She currently has 30 books released in nine languages.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://hbsauthorspotlight.blogspot.in/2015/01/pepper-winters-author-interview-in-hbs_12.html | title=Pepper Winters - An Author Interview in the HBS Author's Spotlight| publisher=HBS Author Spotlight | access-date=29 March 2016 | date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wordsreadandwritten.com/author-interview-2/author-interview-pepper-winters/ | title=Author Interview: Pepper Winters | publisher=Words Read And Written | date=18 February 2016 | access-date=28 March 2016 | author=Jodie}}</ref>
==Background== Born and raised in Hong Kong, Winters draw on her English roots to pen complex characters who live all around the world. Married, she has a house rabbit that keeps her company while writing. She has built her career upon eroticism and romanticism. As an author, she is drawn to stories that clasp audience's desire. Winters saw success with the launch of her first book ''Tears of Tess'' in 2013. The book was listed on Top 20 Amazon Bestseller list while many others, including ''Ruin & Rule'', ''Destroyed'', and ''Indebted'' Series have been landed on the ''USA Today''{{'}}s Best-Selling Books list and The New York Times Best Seller list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-08-30/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/list.html?date=2015-08-30&category=combined-print-and-e-book-fiction&pagewanted=print | title=COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION | newspaper=The New York Times | date=30 August 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-march-22-1427392770 | title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended March 22 | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal | date=26 March 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Winters has twelve publications, including her recent release Unseen Messages which focuses on a survival contemporary novel. Many of her books have been translated into foreign languages. Her books enjoy global accolades and currently being adapted into an audio. She is considered a hybrid author, having successfully self-published while maintaining active contracts with Grand Central, Hachette.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/monsters-in-the-dark-leads-self-published-bestsellers-list/100638 | title=Monsters in the Dark Leads Self-Published Bestsellers List | work=AdWeek | date=18 March 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016 | author=Dianna Dilworth}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Dark Romance Books=== * {{cite book | title=Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark #1) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2013 | isbn=978-1492103745}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tears-of-tess-pepper-winters/1116793584 | title=Tears of Tess | publisher=Barnes and Noble | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18134894-tears-of-tess | title=Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark #1) | publisher=Goodreads | access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> * {{cite book | title=Quintessentially Q (Monsters in the Dark #2) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2013 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=978-1492305415}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fictiondb.com/author/pepper-winters~284320.htm | title=Book List | publisher=Fiction DB | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> * {{cite book | title=Twisted Together (Monsters in the Dark #3) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2014 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=9781499752823}} *Pepper Winters (2016). ''Je Suis à Toi (Monsters in the Dark #3.5)''. {{ISBN|1533331839}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/41787820-je-suis-toi-monsters-in-the-dark-3-5|title=Je Suis à Toi (Monsters in the Dark, #3.5)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> * {{cite book | title=Debt Inheritance (Indebted #1) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2014 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=978-1500607531}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Pepper%20Winters%22?Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ntx=mode%20matchall | title=Pepper Winters| publisher=Barnes And Noble | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> * {{cite book | title=First Debt (Indebted Series #2) | publisher=CreateSpace | author=Pepper Winters | year=2014 | isbn=978-1503149304}} * {{cite book | title=Second Debt (Indebted Series #3) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2015 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=978-1507628553}} * {{cite book | title=Third Debt (Indebted #4) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2015 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=978-1511647397}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://experience.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/third-debt-indebted-4/2444877/isbn/B00W0RJ7F0/ | title=Third Debt (Indebted, #4) | work=USA Today | access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> * {{cite book | title=Fourth Debt (Indebted Series #5) | author=Pepper Winters | year=2015 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | isbn=978-1512203660}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/luke-leads-the-self-published-bestsellers-list/108261 | title=Luke Leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List | work=AdWeek | date=12 August 2015 | access-date=29 March 2016 | author=Dianna Dilworth}}</ref> * {{cite book|title=Final Debt (Indebted Series #6)|author=Pepper Winters|year=2015|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1519380609}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thebookbella.com/2015/08/20/cover-reveal-and-excerpt-final-debt-indebted-6-by-pepper-winters/ | title=COVER REVEAL AND EXCERPT: FINAL DEBT (INDEBTED #6) BY PEPPER WINTERS | publisher=The Book Bella | access-date=29 March 2016 | date=20 August 2015}}</ref> * {{cite book|title=Indebted Epilogue (Indebted Series #7)|year=2015|isbn=978-1519380418|author=Pepper Winters|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }} *Pepper Winters (2016). ''Pennies (Dollar #1)''. {{ISBN|1535055227}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Pennie$|date=2016 |isbn=978-1-5337-7553-5|location=[United States]|oclc=1005141235}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2016). ''Dollars (Dollar #2)''. {{ISBN|1540379426}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Dollars|year=2016|isbn=978-1-5337-0562-4|location=[United States]|oclc=1002110902}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2017). ''Hundreds (Dollar #3)''. {{ISBN|1981498443}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Hundreds|year=2017|isbn=978-1-5337-4907-9|location=[United States]|oclc=1001810252}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2017). ''Thousands (Dollar #4)''. {{ISBN|1540448088}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Thousands|date=15 August 2017|isbn=978-1-5404-4808-8|location=[United States]|oclc=1001253475}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2017). ''Millions (Dollar #5)''. {{ISBN|1981498702}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Millions|date=28 November 2017|isbn=978-1-5404-4919-1|location=[United States]|oclc=1013964039}}</ref> *Pepper Winter (2020). ''Once A Myth (Goddess Isles #1)''. {{ISBN|1653889861}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73122991-once-a-myth|title=Once A Myth (Goddess Isles, #1)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> *Pepper Winter (2020). Twice ''A Wish (Goddess Isles #2)''. {{ISBN|1653891785}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73691799-twice-a-wish|title=Twice a Wish (Goddess Isles, #2)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> *''Third A Kiss (Goddess Isles #3)'' coming April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73691816-third-a-kiss-goddess-isles-3|title=Third a Kiss (Goddess Isles, #3)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> *''Fourth A Lie (Goddess Isles #4)'' coming May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73691825-fourth-a-lie-goddess-isles-4|title=Fourth a Lie (Goddess Isles, #4)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> *''Fifth A Fury (Goddess Isles #5)'' coming June 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/73691831-fifth-a-fury-goddess-isles-5|title=Fifth a Fury (Goddess Isles, #5)|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
===Grey Romance Books=== *{{cite book | title=Destroyed | author=Pepper Winters | year=2014 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=9781496146236}} *Pepper Winters (2015). ''Ruin & Rule (Pure Corruption MC #1)''. {{ISBN|1455589330}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Ruin & rule|date=7 July 2015|isbn=978-1-4555-8934-0|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=907677633}}</ref> * Pepper Winters (2016). ''Sin & Suffer (Pure Corruption MC #2)''. {{ISBN|1455589365}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Sin & suffer|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4555-8937-1|location=New York|oclc=935211993}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2017). ''Crown of Lies (Truth & Lies Duet #1)''. {{ISBN|1635760933}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Crown of lies|date=March 2017|isbn=978-1-63576-093-4|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=971512717}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2017). ''Throne of Truth (Truth & Lies Duet #2)''. {{ISBN|3736306997}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=Throne of Truth|others=Schmitz, Ralf|date=2018 |isbn=978-3-7363-0699-8|edition=1. Auflage 2018|location=Köln|oclc=1011039180}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2019). ''The Body Painter (Master of Trickery Duet #1)''. {{ISBN|1092771662}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=The body painter|date=17 August 2019|isbn=978-1-0927-7166-5|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1120189388}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2019). ''The Living Canvas (Master of Trickery Duet #2)''. {{ISBN|1699283028}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=The living canvas|date=15 October 2019|isbn=978-1-6992-8302-8|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1134438207}}</ref>
===Contemporary Romance Books===
*{{cite book | title=Unseen Messages (Survival Romance) | year=2016 | pages=714 |isbn=978-1530647545 | last1=Winters | first1=Pepper | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }} *Pepper Winters (2018). ''The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet #1)''. {{ISBN|1386602868}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=The boy & his ribbon|date=3 April 2018|isbn=978-1-386-60286-6|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1030957812}}</ref> *Pepper Winters (2018). ''The Girl & Her Ren (The Ribbon Duet #2)''. {{ISBN|198645553X}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=The girl & her Ren|year=2018|isbn=978-1-9864-5553-4|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1041855869}}</ref> *Pepper Winter (2019). ''The Son & His Hope''. {{ISBN|1796532207}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Winters, Pepper|title=The son & his Hope|year=2019|isbn=978-1-7965-3220-3|location=[United States]|oclc=1088505406}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|40em}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://pepperwinters.com/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winters, Pepper}} Category:21st-century American writers Category:American women novelists Category:Hong Kong emigrants to the United States Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women writers