Felicia Mason (born May 8, 1962) is an African-American novelist and journalist born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] She is best known for writing in the romance genre. Her novel Rhapsody was adapted into a television movie in 2000.^[2]

Biography

Mason grew up in Pennsylvania, but her family moved to Virginia when she was a child.^[3] Mason received her BA in mass media arts from the Hampton Institute in 1984^[3] and her MA from Ohio State University.^[2] Before becoming a writer, she was a staff developmental editor for the Daily Press in Newport News.^[3] She currently lives in Yorktown, VA.^[2]

Awards

Romantic Times and Affaire de Coeur were both awarded Reviewers Choice Awards for best contemporary ethnic novel in 1995.^[2] She was selected by readers as one of top 10 romance authors, 2002, for Body and Soul.^[2] In 2001 she was awarded the Emma Award for contribution to Della's House of Style.^[2][4] She was named best romance writer turned mainstream by Black Issues Book Review in 2002, for Testimony.^[2]

Works

Romance novels

• For the Love of You (also see below), Bet Books (Washington, DC), 1994 ISBN 978-1583140888
• Body and Soul (also see below), Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1995 ISBN 978-0786001606
• Seduction (also see below), Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1996 ISBN 978-0786002979
• Rhapsody, Five Star (Unity, ME), 1998 ISBN 978-0786004041
• Foolish Heart, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1998 ISBN 978-0786005932
• Forbidden Heart, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2000 ISBN 978-1583140505
• Testimony, Dafina Books (New York, NY), 2002 ISBN 978-1617739538
• Sweet Accord, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2003 ISBN 978-0373872046
• Sweet Harmony, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786269075
• Sweet Devotion, Steeple Hill Books (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786271108
• Enchanted Heart, Dafina (New York, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0758205711
• Gabriel's Discovery, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2004 ISBN 978-0786281527
• Seductive Hearts (omnibus; contains For the Love of You, Body and Soul, and Seduction), Arabesque (Washington, DC), 2005 ISBN 978-1583146590
• Hidden Riches, Kensington/Dafina (New York, NY), 2014 ISBN 978-0758205735
• The Fireman Finds a Wife, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014.

Anthologies

• A Valentine Kiss, Arabesque (Washington, DC), 1996
• Man of the House, Arabesque, 1998
• Something to Celebrate, Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1999
• Della's House of Style, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000
• Island Magic, 2000; How Sweet the Sound, Thorndike Press (Farmington Hills, MI), 2005
• Sing to My Heart, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
• Holiday Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2012
• Valentine's Dream, Harlequin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2013
• Love Inspired, Love Inspired (Buffalo, NY), 2014
• This Holiday Magic, Harlequin (New York, NY), 2014.