She was introduced to storytelling and books at a very early age since her mother was an active member of a mail-order book club. She was born and raised on a century-old house that had been the legacy of her grandparents in Northern Louisiana. She is a seventh Generation American with American Indian, English, French, Irish, Scots-German and Welsh ancestry.
Jennifer Blake was born Patricia Ponder in 1942 Goldonna, Louisiana. She has more than 75 works that have been translated into more than 20 languages and sold more than 35 million copies.
She has also been the recipient of several other honors such as a Holt Medallion, two Maggies, a Career Achievement Award from the Romantic Times and several Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Blake is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America, has received the RITA Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a member of the RWA Hall of Fame. The icon and pioneer of romance fiction has been an international and New York Times bestselling author since the mid-1970s. For her enduring career, she has been called the “steel magnolia” of women’s fiction. Jennifer Blake is the pseudonym of Patricia Maxwell, a bestselling historical, contemporary and romance author that is deemed one of the pioneers of the romance genre.
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