Michelle M. Pillow
Michelle M. Pillow is a "New York Times" and "USA Today" bestselling novelist with over one million books sold. She is a prolific author, with works spanning across many genres, but is best known for writing romance novels. She is recognized by the Romance Writers of America for writing over one hundred books and is also a member of the Authors Guild. Career. Michelle is a multi-published author writing in many romance fiction genres that include paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, and paranormal women's fiction. Books have been published by Random House, Virgin Books , Ebury, Rouge, Simon and Schuster (Pocket Books), Entangled Publishing, Adams Media, Ellora's Cave Publishing, Samhain Publishing, Running Press, Robinson Publishing, Paranormal Underground Magazine, The Raven Books, and others. She has a Bachelor of General Studies in History/Business with an English Minor from Fort Hays State University and a Photography degree from the New York Institute of Photography. She was also a journalist and photographer for "Paranormal Underground Magazine". Her romance writing career began in 2004 with her first published book "The Mists of Midnight" and in 2006 she was awarded the Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine's Reviewer's  Choice Award for the historical romance "Maiden and the Monster." The anthology "Taming The Alpha" hit the "New York Times" and "USA Today" in 2014 and included her novel "Stirring Up Trouble." In addition, she belonged to the Romance Writers of America, a non-profit organization that focuses on advocacy through increasing public awareness of the romance genre. The Virginia Romance Writers chapter established the HOLT Medallion in 1995 to recognize the achievements of published writers in romantic fiction. In 2015, Michelle received the Virginia Romance Writers HOLT Medallion Award of Merit for outstanding literary fiction for the book "Love  Potions." Michelle is also involved in various film and historical documentary projects with her filmmaker husband and played a refugee extra in Z Nation on SyFy that was released in 2016. "Dragon Prince" received praise in 2019 on SyFy as part of a science fiction and fantasy romance recommendation list. In 2021, Michelle received a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission in support of her "Order of Magic" paranormal women's fiction series. Fiction Series. Qurilixen World Series. The Qurilixen World is a collection of multiple interconnected paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction series including Dragon Lords, Lords of the Var , Space Lords, Captured by the Dragon-Shifter, Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides, Dynasty Lords, and Qurilixen Lords.