title: Carolyn Crane
Nancy Warren (author)
Linda Barlow
Caroline Linden
Barbara Freethy
RITA Award
Glynnis Talken Campbell
Ima Hogg
Rita Clay Estrada
Oh. My. Gods.
sentences: Carolyn Crane is an American author of the Disillusionists urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Associates romantic suspense series.
 Her novel "Off the Edge" won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award in 2014 for Best Romantic Suspense, making this the first self-published novel to win a RITA.
Nancy Warren is a Pacific Northwest author of contemporary romance novels.
 She received her first publication contract after winning Harlequin's 2000 Summer Blaze contest.
 Since then, she has released 30 novels and novellas, been twice nominated for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award, and won a "Romantic Times" Reviewers' Choice Award.
Linda Ruth Barlow is an American author of contemporary romance, historical romance, general fiction, thriller, and romantic suspense.
 She has won numerous industry awards, including the 1989 Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Single Title Romance for her novel "Leaves of Fortune", Romantic Times' Best New Historical Novelist of 1986, and a Lifetime Achievement award from Romantic Times.
 She is also vice president of Monash Research, an IT consultant firm.
Caroline Linden is an American author of historical and contemporary romance.
 She won Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance Novella in 2012 for "I Love the Earl", making it the first digital-first publication to win this award.
 Her books have been translated into eleven foreign languages.
Barbara Freethy (born in California) is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author of women's fiction, contemporary romance and romantic suspense.
 She is a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for "Daniel's Gift" in 1997, and for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for "The Way Back Home" in 2013.
 She has sold over 5 million books, with 18 books making the New York Times bestseller list.
 In 2014, she was named the Amazon KDP Bestselling Author of All Time.
The RITA Award is the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romance fiction.
 It is presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA).
 The purpose of the RITA Award is to promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published novels and novellas.
 It is named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada.
Glynnis Talken Campbell is an American romance author, composer, musician and voiceover actress, and is married to bass guitarist Richard Campbell.
 Glynnis Campbell studied music at California State University, Chico.
 Her first romantic novel, "My Champion", was nominated for a Romance Writers of America's RITA award for "Best First Book", and in 2009 was awarded "Book Buyers Best" Historical Romance for her novel "Danger's Kiss", written under the pen names Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morgan.
Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.
 Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others.
 Hogg donated hundreds of pieces of artwork to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and served on a committee to plan the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House.
 She restored and refurbished several properties, including the Varner plantation and Bayou Bend, which she later donated to Texas arts and historical institutions who maintain the facilities and their collections today.
 Hogg received numerous awards and honors, including the Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Santa Rita Award from the University of Texas System, and an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Southwestern University.
Rita Clay Estrada (born July 31, 1941 in Michigan, US) is an US writer of romance novels as Rita Clay, Tira Lacy and Rita Clay Estrada, she also wrote non-fiction books about writing romance novels.
 She was the first president of the Romance Writers of America, and founding member with her mother Rita Gallagher.
Oh.
 My.
 Gods.
 is a 2008 young adult fantasy novel by Tera Lynn Childs.
 The book follows the character of Phoebe, a young runner who discovers that the school she's attending is full of family and relatives of Greek gods and goddesses.
 "Oh.
 My.
 Gods."
 was the winner of Romance Writers of America's 2009 RITA award for "Best First Book".

Question: Question: The RITA Award was named for the first president of which group? 

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 Carolyn Crane is an American author of the Disillusionists urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Associates romantic suspense series.
 Her novel "Off the Edge" won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award in 2014 for Best Romantic Suspense, making this the first self-published novel to win a RITA. 

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 Nancy Warren is a Pacific Northwest author of contemporary romance novels.
 She received her first publication contract after winning Harlequin's 2000 Summer Blaze contest.
 Since then, she has released 30 novels and novellas, been twice nominated for the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award, and won a "Romantic Times" Reviewers' Choice Award. 

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 Caroline Linden is an American author of historical and contemporary romance.
 She won Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romance Novella in 2012 for "I Love the Earl", making it the first digital-first publication to win this award.
 Her books have been translated into eleven foreign languages. 

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 Barbara Freethy (born in California) is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author of women's fiction, contemporary romance and romantic suspense.
 She is a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for "Daniel's Gift" in 1997, and for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for "The Way Back Home" in 2013.
 She has sold over 5 million books, with 18 books making the New York Times bestseller list.
 In 2014, she was named the Amazon KDP Bestselling Author of All Time. 

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 The RITA Award is the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romance fiction.
 It is presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA).
 The purpose of the RITA Award is to promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published novels and novellas.
 It is named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada. 

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 Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.
 Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others.
 Hogg donated hundreds of pieces of artwork to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and served on a committee to plan the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House.
 She restored and refurbished several properties, including the Varner plantation and Bayou Bend, which she later donated to Texas arts and historical institutions who maintain the facilities and their collections today.
 Hogg received numerous awards and honors, including the Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Santa Rita Award from the University of Texas System, and an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Southwestern University. 

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 Rita Clay Estrada (born July 31, 1941 in Michigan, US) is an US writer of romance novels as Rita Clay, Tira Lacy and Rita Clay Estrada, she also wrote non-fiction books about writing romance novels.
 She was the first president of the Romance Writers of America, and founding member with her mother Rita Gallagher. 

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 Oh.
 My.
 Gods.
 is a 2008 young adult fantasy novel by Tera Lynn Childs.
 The book follows the character of Phoebe, a young runner who discovers that the school she's attending is full of family and relatives of Greek gods and goddesses.
 "Oh.
 My.
 Gods."
 was the winner of Romance Writers of America's 2009 RITA award for "Best First Book". 

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Answer: Romance Writers of America