Gina Ferris Wilkins


Gina Ferris Wilkins, née Vaughan is a best-selling American author of over 85 romance novels. She writes novels as Gina Ferris, Gina Wilkins and Gina Ferris Wilkins.

Biography

Born Gina Ferris Vaughan on December 20, 1954 in Little Rock, Arkansas, daughter of Beth Vaughan, an executive secretary, and Vernon Vaughan, an electrician. In February 1972, she married John Wilkins, a wood turner, and they have three children.
She obtained a journalism degree from Arkansas State University and worked in advertising and human resources.
In 1987 she sold her first book to Harlequin and embarked on a career as a full-time writer. Since then, she has written more than eighty-five novels for various Harlequin and Silhouette category romance lines. Her early Silhouette novels were written under the pseudonyms, Gina Ferris and Gina Ferris Wilkins, which she later dropped in favor of Wilkins. Her books have been translated in twenty languages and appear in more than one hundred countries.
Wilkins was awarded a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in 2003 for Best Silhouette Special Edition, Make-Believe Mistletoe and has been nominated for both a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Harlequin Temptation and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. The Georgia Romance Writers have awarded her the Maggie Award for Excellence four times, and Wilkins has seen her books appear on the Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and USAToday Bestseller lists.
In 1999, Wilkins was forced to sue BET Publishing for plagiarism. A librarian who was a fan of Wilkins noticed that a new book she was reading, When Love Calls by Gail McFarland, appeared to very closely match a Harlequin Temptation, Hotline published in 1991 by Wilkins. After purchasing and examining the other book, Wilkins claims that over 100 pages were taken in whole or part from her work. In an out-of-court settlement reached in 2000, BET agreed to withdraw all copies of their book from booksellers and to cease any future publication of the book. Neither the publisher nor the infringing author offered an apology or admission of guilt.
Wilkins is a member of Novelists, Inc. and the Romance Writers of America, and often speaks at schools to emphasize literacy, goal-setting, and motivation.

As Gina Wilkins

Single Novels

  1. Hero in Disguise
  2. Hero for the Asking
  3. Hero by Nature

    James Family Series

  4. Cause for Celebration
  5. A Bright Idea
  6. A Rebel at Heart

    Veils & Vows Series

  7. Taking a Chance on Love
  8. Designs on Love
  9. At Long Last Love

    Luck Brothers Series

  10. As Luck Would Have It
  11. Just Her Luck

    Arkansas Firefighters Series

  12. It Could Happen to You
  13. Valentine Baby

    Southern Scandals Series

  14. Seducing Savannah
  15. Tempting Tara
  16. Enticing Emily
  17. The Rebels Return

    The Wild McBrides Series

  18. Seductively Yours
  19. Secretly Yours
  20. Yesterday's Scandal

    Family Found: Sons and Daughters Series

  21. Her Very Own Family
  22. That First Special Kiss
  23. Surprise Partners
  24. Adding To The Family
  25. The Borrowed Ring
  26. The Road To Reunion
  27. Wealth Beyond Riches
  28. The Texan's Tennessee Romance

    Hot Off the Press Series

  29. The Stranger in Room 205
  30. Bachelor Cop Finally Caught?
  31. Dateline Matrimony

    McClouds of Mississippi Series

  32. The Family Plan
  33. Conflict of Interest
  34. Faith, Hope and Family

    Brannon Brothers Series

  35. The Date Next Door
  36. The Bridesmaid's Gifts
  37. Finding Family
  38. The Man Next Door

    Doctors in Training Series

  39. Diagnosis: Daddy
  40. The Doctor's Undoing
  41. Prognosis: Romance
  42. Private Partners

    Doctors in the Family Series

  43. The M.D. Next Door
  44. A Home for the M.D.
  45. Doctors in the Wedding

    Bachelor Auction Series Multi-Author

Single Novels

  1. Full of Grace
  2. Hardworking Man
  3. Fair and Wise
  4. Far to Go
  5. Loving and Giving

    As Gina Ferris Wilkins

A Family Way Series

  1. A Man for Mum
  2. A Match for Celia
  3. A Home for Adam
  4. Cody's Fiancee

    Gates-Cameron Series

  5. A Valentine Wish
  6. A Wish for Love

    Omnibus In Collaboration