{{short description|American romantic fiction writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> |image = | | name = Suzanne Brockmann | caption = | pseudonym = Anne Brock | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}} | birth_place = United States | occupation = Novelist | nationality = American | period = 1993–present | genre = Romance, military/romantic suspense | movement = | notableworks = ''Body Guard'', ''Undercover Princess'' | awards = {{Awards|award=RITA award |year=2000 |title=Body Guard |role= |name=Contemporary Single Title}} {{Awards|award=RITA award |year=2000 |title=Undercover Princess |role= |name=Long Contemporary Romance}} {{Awards|award=RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award |year=2018 |title= |role= |name=}} | influences = | influenced = | website = {{URL|https://www.suzannebrockmann.com/}} }} '''Suzanne Brockmann''' (born 1960) is an American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband, Ed Gaffney, and their two children, Melanie and Jason T. Gaffney.<ref name="WW" /> She has also written works under the name Anne Brock.
==Biography== Brockmann attended Boston University's School of Broadcasting and Film majoring in film and minoring in creative writing before dropping out to join a band. Afterwards, she met her husband and started a family. It was after having her second child that Brockmann started writing. Initially, she focused on television scripts, screen plays and ''Star Trek'' novels but after doing research she decided to focus her efforts on the romance genre. Her first published novel, ''Future Perfect'' in 1993, was written along with nine other manuscripts in 1992 after her decision to publish a romance novel.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 19, 2001 |title=A Chat with Suzanne Brockmann |url=http://www.likesbooks.com/suzannebrockmann.html |publisher= |work=All About Romance |first=Claudia |last=Terrones |access-date=January 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222063719/http://www.likesbooks.com/suzannebrockmann.html |archive-date=February 22, 2001 }}</ref>
In 1996, Brockmann published the first in her Tall, Dark & Dangerous series. The series develops among a fictional group of US Navy SEALs. The books following in the series, and that of the Troubleshooters, Inc. series, are all classified in a subgenre known as "military/romantic suspense".<ref name="subgenre">{{cite news|date=January 23, 2005 |title=TBR: Inside the List |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7DA1438F930A15752C0A9639C8B63 |first=Dwight |last=Garner |work=The New York Times |accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref>
Brockmann has attracted the attention of magazines such as ''Out'' and ''Bay Windows'',<ref>{{cite web |date=February 21, 2008 |title=Courting equality with romance, thrills, and suspense |url=http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=guest_opinion&sc2=&sc3=&id=56517 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223224925/http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=guest_opinion&sc2=&sc3=&id=56517 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 23, 2010 |work=Bay Windows |first=Patricia A. |last=Gozemba |author-link=Pat Gozemba |accessdate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref> both of which serve the gay community, due to a subplot dealing with the romance of an openly gay character in her Troubleshooters, Inc. series.<ref name="Out">{{cite web|title=Ready, Aim... |url=https://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=8051 |work=Out |first=Matthew |last=Breen |accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref> Brockmann has said that she is a PFLAG mom, supporting her gay son, Jason, and dedicating her 2004 book ''Hot Target'' to him.<ref name="WW">{{cite web|year=2005 |title=A Conversation With Suzanne Brockmann |url=https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/feb05/brockmann.htm |publisher= |website=Writers Write |first=Claire E. |last=White |accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref> In 2007, Brockmann donated the profits of her holiday{{ambiguous|date=March 2019}} novella, ''All Through the Night'', to MassEquality.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 12, 2007 |title=Author donates book profits to MassEquality |url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=52156 |first=Laura |last=Kiritsy |work=EDGE Boston |accessdate=July 26, 2010}}</ref>
In 2014, she began writing a young adult paranormal trilogy, Night Sky, with her daughter, Melanie Brockmann.
==List of works== '''Tall, Dark and Dangerous''' #''Prince Joe'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, June 1996, reissued by Mira, May 2002 #''Forever Blue'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1996, reissued by Mira, February 2003 #''Frisco's Kid'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 1997, reissued by Mira, June 2003 #''Everyday, Average Jones'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, August 1998 #''Harvard's Education'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, October 1998 #''It Came Upon a Midnight Clear'' (Revised in 2005 to "Hawken's Heart"), Silhouette Intimate Moments, December 1998 #''Admiral's Bride'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, November 1999 #''Identity: Unknown'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 2000 #''Get Lucky'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, March 2000 #''Taylor's Temptation'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, July 2001 #''Night Watch'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, September 2003 #''SEAL Camp'', 2018 #''King's Ransom'', 2020
'''Troubleshooters''' #''Unsung Hero'', Ivy, June 2000 #''Defiant Hero'', Ivy, March 2001 #''Over the Edge'', Ivy, September 2001 #''Out of Control'', Ballantine, March 2002 #''Into the Night'', Ballantine, November 2002 #''Gone Too Far'', Ballantine, July 2003 #''Flashpoint'', Ballantine, March 2004 #''Hot Target'', Ballantine, December 2004 #''Breaking Point'', Ballantine, July 2005 #''Into the Storm'', Ballantine, November 2006 #''Force of Nature'', Ballantine, August 2007 #''All Through the Night'', Ballantine, October 2007 #''Into the Fire'', Ballantine, July 2008 #''Dark of Night'', Ballantine, 2009 #''Hot Pursuit'', Ballantine, July 2009 #''Breaking the Rules'', Ballantine, March 2011 #''Headed for Trouble'', Ballantine, March 2013 #''Do or Die'', Ballantine, Reluctant Heroes #1, February 2014 #''Some Kind of Hero'', Ballantine, July 11, 2017 #''Jules Cassidy, P.I.'', Suzanne Brockmann Books, January 2026
'''Troubleshooters - Short stories and Novellas''' *''When Tony Met Adam'', Ballantine e-short story, June 2011 *''Beginnings and Endings'', Ballantine e-short story, June 2012 *''Headed for Trouble'', Ballantine, TS short story anthology, May 2013 *''Free Fall'', e-short story, December 2014 *''Home Fire Inferno'', e-short story, May 2015 *''Ready to Roll'', e-short story, Fall 2016 *''Murphy's Law'', a Navy SEAL e-short, originally published March 2001
'''Stand alone novels''' *''Future Perfect'', Meteor Kismet, August 1993 *''Hero Under Cover'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, June 1994 *''Embraced By Love'', Pinnacle, January 1995 *''Not Without Risk'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, June 1995 *''A Man to Die For'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, December 1995 *''No Ordinary Man'', Harlequin Intrigue, April 1996 *''Kiss and Tell'', Bantam Loveswept, May 1996 *''The Kissing Game'', Bantam Loveswept, December 1996 *''Otherwise Engaged'', Bantam Loveswept, February 1997 *''Forbidden'', Bantam Loveswept, April 1997 *''Stand-In Groom'', Bantam Loveswept, June 1997 *''Ladies' Man'', Bantam Loveswept, August 1997 *''Time Enough For Love'', Bantam Loveswept, November 1997 *''Give Me Liberty'', Precious Gems, Fall 97 (as Anne Brock) *''Love With the Proper Stranger'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, January 1998 *''Freedom's Price'', Bantam Loveswept, February 1998 *''Body Language'', Bantam Loveswept, May 1998 *''Heart Throb'', Fawcett, March 1999 *''Undercover Princess'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, December 1999 *''Bodyguard'', Fawcett, December 1999 *''Letters to Kelly'', Silhouette Intimate Moments, April 2003 *''Scenes of Passion'', Silhouette Desire, July 2003 *''Infamous'', Ballantine, July 2010 *''Born to Darkness'', Ballantine, March 2012
==Awards and reception== {{Awards table|4|sortable=yes|caption={{Screen reader-only|Awards for ''Suzanne Brockmann''}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 2000 | ''Body Guard'' | Contemporary Single Title | Romance Writers of America RITA Award | {{won}} | | <ref name="pastritawinners">{{cite web |title=Past RITA Winners |url=https://www.rwa.org/past-rita-winners |url-status=live |website=Romance Writers of America |access-date=30 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260420103655/https://www.rwa.org/past-rita-winners |archive-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2000 | ''Undercover Princess'' | Long Contemporary Romance | Romance Writers of America RITA Award | {{won}} | | <ref name="pastritawinners" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | | | RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award | {{won}} | | <ref>{{cite web |title=RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid%3D543 |website=Romance Writers of America |access-date=6 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003122201/https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid%3D543 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{end}}
Brockmann has also appeared on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll for having appeared on both the ''USA Today'' and the ''New York Times'' Best Sellers lists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors and Books: RWA Honor Roll |url=http://www.rwanational.org/cs/authors_and_books/rwa_honor_roll |publisher=Romance Writers of America |access-date=December 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228040753/http://www.rwanational.org/cs/authors_and_books/rwa_honor_roll |archive-date=December 28, 2009 }}<br/>- {{cite web|title=Author Suzanne Brockmann |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=3312 |publisher=Random House |accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref> She has been the recipient of the ''Romantic Times'' Reviewers' Choice Awards in 1996,<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1996 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1996 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807001523/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1996 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 7, 2007 }}</ref> 1998<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1998 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808032938/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1998 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }}</ref> and 1999,<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1999 Reviewers' Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808033718/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }}</ref> as well as the ''Romantic Times'' Career Achievement Award for Series Romance in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 1997 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1997 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808032933/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=author&level=2&year=1997 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 8, 2007 }}</ref> 2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 2000 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807000718/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?year=2000&type=author&level=2 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |archivedate=August 7, 2007 }}</ref> and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Romantic Times 2002 Career Achievement Award Winners |url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-awards/nominees-and-winners?award_type=author&year=2002 |publisher= |work=Romantic Times |accessdate=October 30, 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.suzannebrockmann.com/ Official website]
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