About Annette

Annette Blair's romantic comedies owe their beginnings to a root canal and a reluctant trip to Salem Massachusetts. Though she had once proclaimed she'd never write a contemporary, she stumbled into the serendipitous role of ‘Accidental Witch Writer’ on that trip. Funny how she managed to eat her words even with an aching jaw. Magic or destiny; Annette's Bewitching Romantic Comedies became her first National Bestsellers.

Her August '07 release, SEX AND THE PSYCHIC WITCH, the first in her Triplet Witch Trilogy, hit the #1 bestselling spot for “contemporary romance-humorous” on Barnes & Noble. It also hit B & N's overall bestseller lists for mass market and fiction mass market, and #7 for romance mass market, topping Nielsen BookScan and Borders Bestseller lists as well.

With nineteen novels sold to date, Annette's work has garnered a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Nomination, HOLT Medallion nominations, Booksellers Best Awards, LORIES Awards, Laurel Wreath Awards, Blue Boa Awards of Excellence, Aspen Gold Awards, RIO Awards, Southern Magic, More than Magic, Orange Rose, Winter Rose, and Beacon Awards of Excellence. Annette's been an NJRW Golden Leaf Award Finalist, a Preditors and Editors Best Book of 2006 nominee. She's an Anne-Bonney Readers’ Choice Award Winner, a Laurie Finalist, a Write Touch Readers' Award double winner, a Colorado Award of Excellence Finalist, a Desert Rose Golden Quill Award finalist, A PRISM Award Winner, and a National Readers' Choice Award Finalist.

Left: Annette raising money for Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket RI.

Right: Remember the annoying boy who sat next to you in the 7th grade? Well, Annette remembers the one who sat next to her, because she married him.

Above: Annette (talking with her hands) and Hannah Howell, addressing a group of readers at a Barnes & Noble Booksigning. Special thanks to Ruth Cardello for the photo.

Annette's daughter, Robbie-Lynn, with Kelsey

Annette's son, Scott, with Kelsey

Annette (left) in Atlanta, 2006, at the Penguin Authors Party with Heather Waters, author of the upcoming smash hit, THE DEVIL'S POSSESSION, Berkley August '07. Check out Heather's website.

Annette's long-time hero and the new little hero she didn't know she couldn't live without--Travis

Annette can't decide which one's cuter!

Click here to see more pictures of Travis and his adorable new baby sister, Kelsey.

ANNETTE LAGUE BLAIR COMES FULL CIRCLE

When I was about ten, I discovered that the pretty little building next to the playground (left) was filled with books. I went in to investigate and left with my first library card (#2036) and the max number of books allowed. I'd walked a mile to the playground, and after I discovered the Crompton Free Library, I walked that mile twice a week, taking the max amount of books each time. The librarian told me which shelves I could choose from, and I do believe I read them all.

Soon I moved to the higher shelves and discovered the Brontes and Jane Austen and I fell into an amazing new world. My love for reading continued into my adult life, during which time I wrote plot ideas on corners of envelopes, index cards, and paper napkins, and threw them into my nightstand. One day my, daughter, to whom I'd passed my love of reading, challenged me to write a book of my own.

I accepted, raided my nightstand, and some time later, I began selling my work. Today, I'm a National Bestselling Author, and The Crompton Free Library is the Pawtuxet Valley Historical Society where my picture hangs on a wall above a display of my novels.

The beautiful sixteen-year-old in the chair is Annette's cousin, Ninette Bousquet, and Annette is the one-year-old sitting on the arm. Many years and two countries later, thanks to her daughter, Jaclyne, they reconnected through the internet.

Check out the picture below. Seth Compton, "King Hal," left, is one of my former journalism students (okay, one of my favorites), and I'm as proud as if he were my own. If you live in the Los Angeles area, click here for ticket information: http://www.theatrebanshee.org

"Take actor Barry Lynch's spot-on Falstaff, equal parts Orson Welles and Dick Shawn, who typifies a valiant ensemble. Every padded inch "the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a tooth," Lynch devours the role. He has a fine foil in Seth Compton's impetuous Prince Hal, beautifully matched with Andrew Leman's eloquent King Henry." ~~Los Angeles Times

Annette Blair, National Bestselling Author

About Annette

Left: Annette raising money for Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket RI.

Right: Remember the annoying boy who sat next to you in the 7th grade? Well, Annette remembers the one who sat next to her, because she married him.

Annette's long-time hero and the new little hero she didn't know she couldn't live without--Travis

The beautiful sixteen-year-old in the chair is Annette's cousin, Ninette Bousquet, and Annette is the one-year-old sitting on the arm. Many years and two countries later, thanks to her daughter, Jaclyne, they reconnected through the internet.

guest book

Mail: PO Box 302 Manville RI, 02838

The Stories

top

e-mail Annette

home

awards

reviews

excerpts

Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write." ~~Sir Philip Sidney

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope . . . And that enables you to laugh at life's realities." Dr. Seuss

Copyright © 2002 by Annette Lague Blair. All rights reserved. Revised: 05/06/2008

Web Mistress: Annette Blair