Cattleman's Pride MOBI Ú Paperback

Cattleman's Pride MOBI Ú Paperback Susan Kyle1romance authorSusan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert Georgia USA She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt a nurse and also journalist and William Olin Spaeth a college professor Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable Her best friends are her mother and her sister Dannis Spaeth Cole who now has two daughters Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys Susan is a former newspaper reporter with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers Since 1972 she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia Georgia where she started to write romance novels Susan and her husband have one son Blayne Edward born in 1980She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie and her married name Susan Kyle Now she has over 40 million copies of her books in print which have been translated and published around the world She is listed in numerous publications including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research Inc Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St James Press The Writers Directory by St James Press the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press Ltd and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards four B Dalton national sales awards two Bookrak national sales awards a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times several Affaire de Coeur awards and two regional RWA awardsInspired by her husband who uit a blue collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45 In 1995 she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College Dest GA with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish She was named to two honor societies the Torch Club and Alpha Chi and was named to the National Dean's List In addition to her writing projects she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University She hopes to specialize in Native American studies She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund the American Museum of Natural History the National Cattlemen's Association the Archaeological Institute of Amenca the Planetary Society The Georgia Conservancy the Georgia Sheriff's Association and numerous conservation and charitable organizations Her hobbies include gardening archaeology anthropology iguanas astronomy and musicIn 1998 her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local state national and international competition They love riding around and looking at the countryside watching sci fi on TV and at the movies just talking and eating out