Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a Waldenbooks, Borders, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses,
including Kensington, St. Martins, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain. She is
currently with Berkley/Jove.
Lori believes it's important to give back to the community as much as
possible, and for that reason she ran special contests in conjunction with a
publisher, facilitating many first sales for new authors. She routinely
organizes events among authors and readers to gather donations for various
organizations.
Along with her good friend, Dianne Castell, Lori hosts a very special annual
"Reader & Author" event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event go to
benefit worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women's
Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for
children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm,
Children's Home.
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In 2007, Lori put together The Write Ingredients a cookbook of recipes
donated by popular authors. Proceeds from the cookbook go toward Lori's
ongoing "Troop project" of collecting and mailing fun, and sometimes
necessary items to our troops.In 2008, Lori coordinated eleven other authors of her choosing, and through
Berkley, arranged for the publication of The Power of Love, a special
anthology of novellas about empowering women. All author and agent proceeds
from the anthology go to the Hamilton Co YWCA Battered women's shelter.
In 2009, Tails of Love, an anthology with Lori and other contributing authors, was published through Berkley with all agent and author proceeds to benefit The Animal Adoption Foundation.
In 2010, The Gift of Love, a new anthology with Lori and a new set of
authors, will be published with proceeds to benefit The Conductive Learning Center, a school for children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida.
In 2008, Hard to Handle reached #2 on the New York Times.
In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. Her first book with the new name is Servant: The Awakening, published in October 2007.
In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
At a Waldenbooks booksigning in August 2008: (from left) author LuAnn McLane,
author Lori aka L.L. Foster – with good friend, reader Carolyn Dietz, behind her,
author J.C. Wilder, and author Jules Bennett
Read about L.L. in the following articles:
Tune in to Books on Board's podcast interviews with L.L. : Part I and Part II (Pop-up windows will appear.) posted September 9, 2008
Listen in on Circle of Seven's radio interview with L.L. posted September 2, 2008
CK2S Kwips and Kritiques' online interview with L.L. posted August 25, 2008
September 2008 issue of Romantic Times BOOKReviews magazine. Check out the cover and read the article by clicking on the thumbnails below. (A pop-up window will appear.) posted August 21, 2008
