Christina Courtenay

Christina Courtenay lives in London and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East.

Christina is Vice Chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy for a historical short story in 2001 and the Katie Fforde Bursary for a promising new writer in 2006. Highland Storms is Christina’s third Choc Lit novel. Her debut, Trade Winds and prequel to Highland Storms, was short listed for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Pure Passion Award of Best Historical Fiction 2011. The Scarlet Kimono was short listed for the Festival of Romance Readers Award for Best Historical Read 2011.

As well as her novels, Christina has novellas published by DC Thomson’s ‘My Weekly Pocket Novel’ series.

Christina Courtenay was the Winner of the Big Red Reads Historical Fiction Award 2011 for The Scarlet Kimono.

If you like Christina Courtenay you might also like to read books by Valerie Wood, Kate Furnivall and Audrey Howard

Highland Storms Christina Courtenay Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel Award 2012. November 2011 Book of the Month. Although following on from the excellent Trade Winds, which was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Pure Passion... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Scarlet Kimono Christina Courtenay Winner of the Big Red Reads Historical Fiction Award 2011. Following on from the success of her first novel Trade Winds (which we featured) The Scarlet Kimono is another beautifully written, historically accurate story with a real romance at its... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Trade Winds Christina Courtenay Shortlisted for the RNA Historical Novel of the Year 2011. December 2010 Book of the Month. It's a real pleasure to read a well written, historically accurate book, that is still a romance novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)