Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Author Information
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1972
  • Latest Book:
    November 2007
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About the Author

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss is credited with pioneering the historical romance genre with her 1972 novel, The Flame and the Flower. Many of today’s contemporary authors cite Woodiwiss as inspiration. She was born Kathleen Erin Hogg in 1939 in Alexandria, Louisiana. She was the youngest of eight children. She married U.S. Air Force Second Lieutenant Ross Eugene Woodiwiss in 1956. She and her husband spent three years in Japan become moving back to the U.S. During this time, she tried to write a novel several times, but became frustrated at length of time it took to write longhand. She ended up appropriating her husband’s electric typewriter to write.

Her first novel, The Flame and the Flower, was rejected many times over for its length – 600 pages. Instead of editing her story, she instead submitted it to paperback publishers. Avon quickly published the novel. The Flame and the Flower was ground-breaking because it featured a strong heroine and actual sex scenes. It sold over 2.3 million copies. She is beloved by her readers by the quality of her work. She was able to publish 12 bestselling novels before her death from cancer in 2007.

Full Series List in Order

Birmingham Family

1 - The Flame and the Flower (Apr-1972)
1.25 - The Kiss (Sep-1995)
1.5 - Beyond the Kiss (Sep-1996)
2 - A Season Beyond a Kiss (Feb-2000)
3 - The Elusive Flame (Oct-1998)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

A Rose in Winter (Dec-1982)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • The Flame and the Flower

    Birmingham Family - 1

    LOVERS FOR THE AGES! In an age of great turmoil, the breathtaking romance of Heather Simmons and Captain Brandon Birmingham spans oceans and continents! Their stormy saga reaches the limits of human passion as we follow Heather's tumultuous journe...

  • The Wolf and the Dove

    A savage warrior schooled in the art of conquest...The noble princess he could never tame...A stirring tale of passions unleashed and love unchained from the incomparable storyteller Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Like a swift and bitter wind, Wulfgar, "th...

  • Shanna

    A woman with surging desires of the spirit, the flesh, and the heart... The only child of an 18th century sugar baron, lovely Shanna Trahern is given a year to find a suitable husband in London or to be married off to a dull planter. Instead, she...

  • Ashes in the Wind

    ASHES In a brutal baptism of fire, a young nation comes of age -- and beautiful, proud, plantation-bred Alaina MacGaren seeks sanctuary from the devastation of her homeland in the passionate embrace of a handsome enemy. IN THE WIND Throughou...

  • A Rose in Winter

    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    Erienne Fleming despairs for her future. Her father, Avery, mayor of their small town in the north of England, is awash in gambling debts. Her brother has been maimed in a foolish duel for the family's honor. It is Avery's intent to pay his debts and...

  • Come Love a Stranger

    Lierin -- With no name and no memory, she awakens from a nightmare of madness into the lives of two strangers. One she desires, one she fears -- but both have claimed her heart. To handsome plantation owner Ashton Wingate, she is "Lierin" -- the cher...

  • So Worthy My Love

    It was a time of intrigue and treason in Elizabeth's England when Elise Radborne mysteriously disappeared one night from her uncle's estate. With no idea who her kidnappers were or why they had abducted her, the British beauty found herself p...

  • Forever in Your Embrace

    On a dark and perilous road in a vast, magnificent land Colonel Tyrone Rycroft saves the life of a countess of royal blood. But the beautiful, highborn Synnovea repays his courage with deceit--ensnaring the dashing soldier-of-fortune in an inescapabl...

  • The Kiss

    in Three Weddings and a Kiss
    Birmingham Family - 1.25

    Everyone loves a wedding...Nothing lifts our hearts like the joyous peal of wedding bells. Or the sight of a happy couple being showered with confetti and good wishes. Now the most exciting new names in romantic fiction - and the bestselling author w...



  • Beyond the Kiss

    in Married at Midnight
    Birmingham Family - 1.5

    Full-length novella, the wedding of Jeff Birmingham of THE FLAME AND THE FLOWER and his new bride Raelynn inflames the jealous ire of a determined rival......

  • Petals on the River

    A proud and spirited woman whose life was stolen from her... A man of secrets accused of a terrible crime... In a place of new beginnings their destinies are joined in a gloriously romantic new work from the incomparable storyteller Kathleen E. Woo...

  • The Elusive Flame

    Birmingham Family - 3

    A woman in desperate straits…A fearless man… A marriage of convenience on turbulent waters… Cerynise Kendall has been left destitute and in dire need following the death of her doting patron and protectress. A brilliant young artist tossed ...

  • A Season Beyond a Kiss

    Birmingham Family - 2

    Her marriage to dashing American shipping magnate Jeff Birmingham signals the beginning of a wonderful new life for Raelynn Barrett. In the loving shelter of her husband's embrace, the pain of loss is diminished, as is her anger over her family's tra...

  • The Reluctant Suitor

    For as long as she can remember, Lady Adriana Sutton has adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been betrothed since childhood. But Colton was too proud to submit to a future not of his own choosing, and he fled his ancestral home for a life of adven...

  • Everlasting

    Theirs was a secret love--dangerous, irresistible, forbidden, and...EVERLASTING Once, Abrielle was a privileged daughter coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the w...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss has published 15 books.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Everlasting, was published in November 2007.

The first book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, The Flame and the Flower, was published in April 1972.

Yes. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss has 1 series.
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