Nalini Singh (author)

Of Indian descent, Nalini Singh was born in 1977 in Suva, Fiji, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand when she was 10.[1][2] She attended Mount Roskill Grammar School,[3] then studied Law and English Literature at the University of Auckland, where she graduated LLB (conjoint) with honours in 2001.

In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award competition. Then in 2001 her manuscript "Coaxing the Sheik" won the Jane Porter Award for highest-placed Mills and Boon, as well as the Clendon Award's Readers' Choice Award that year.[4] "Coaxing the Sheik" went on to be her first published work, published under the title Desert Warrior through the imprint Silhouette Desire in 2003.

Her books have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list,[5] the USA Today best-sellers list,[6] and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list.[7]

She has won several other awards including the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009).[8] Alpha Night won the Favourite Paranormal Romance at the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards.[9] Her 2021 crime novel, Quiet in Her Bones, was a finalist for the Best Crime Novel at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards.[10]

Singh has had over two dozen novels published,[11]. She has also self-published several short stories.

Initial series[12]

Nalini Singh discusses Heart of Obsidian in New York.

#	Title	Also In	Mates	Publication Date	ISBN
0.25	Beat of Temptation	An Enchanted Season Wild Invitation[13] Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]	Tamsyn / Nathan
1	Slave To Sensation[15]		Lucas / Sascha	Sep 2006	ISBN 0-425-21286-6
2	Visions of Heat[16]		Vaughn / Faith	Mar 2007	ISBN 978-0-425-21575-3
3	Caressed By Ice[17]		Judd / Brenna	Sep 2007	ISBN 978-0-425-21842-6
3.5	Stroke of Enticement	The Magical Christmas Cat Wild Invitation[13] Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]	Zach / Anne
4	Mine to Possess[18]		Clay / Talin	Feb 2008	ISBN 978-0-425-22016-0
5	Hostage to Pleasure[19]		Dorian / Ashaya	Sep 2008	ISBN 978-0-425-22325-3
6	Branded By Fire[20]		Riley / Mercy	Jul 2009	ISBN 978-0-425-22673-5
7	Blaze of Memory[21]		Dev / Katya	Nov 2009	ISBN 978-0-425-23111-1
8	Bonds of Justice[22]		Max / Sophia	Jul 2010	ISBN 978-0-425-23544-7
8.5	Whisper of Sin	Burning Up[23]	Ria / Emmett
9	Play of Passion[24]		Drew / Indigo	Nov 2010	ISBN 978-0-425-23779-3
9.5	Declaration of Courtship	Wild Invitation[13]	Grace / Cooper
9.7	Texture of Intimacy	Wild Invitation[13]	Lara / Walker
10	Kiss of Snow[25]		Hawke / Sienna	May 2011	ISBN 978-0-425-24209-4, 978-0-425-24489-0
11	Tangle of Need[26]		Riaz / Adria	May 2012	ISBN 978-0-425-24756-3, 978-0-425-25109-6
12	Heart of Obsidian[27]		Kaleb / Sahara	Jun 2013	ISBN 978-0-425-26399-0, 978-0-425-26400-3
13	Shield of Winter[28]		Vasic / Ivy	Jun 2014	ISBN 978-0-425-26401-0, 978-0-425-26402-7
13.5	Secrets at Midnight	Night Shift[29]	Bastien / Kirby
14	Shards of Hope[30]		Aden / Zaira	Jun 2015	ISBN 978-0-425-26403-4, 978-0-425-26404-1
15	Allegiance of Honor[31]			Jun 2016	ISBN 978-1-101-98776-6, 978-1-101-98778-0
15.1	Echo of Silence	Wild Embrace[32]	Tazia/Stephen
15.2	Dorian	Wild Embrace[32]
15.3	Partners in Persuasion	Wild Embrace[32]	Dezi/Felix
15.4	Flirtation of Fate	Wild Embrace[32]	Kenji/Garnet

Singh engaging audience at book signing in New York.

Nalini Singh spent three years working in Japan as an English teacher and touring other parts of Asia. At other times she has also worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, and a bank temp, but "not necessarily in that order".[60]

• Nalini Singh's personal web site
• NZ Herald best-sellers list
• NY Times best-sellers list (12 November 2010)
• Sir Julius Vogels award winners official list 2008 & 2009
• BookAwards list of SJV award winners
• Scoop report on SJV winners
• PublishMe report on SJV winners
• Women on Writing
• The Clendon Award is administered by the Romance Writers of New Zealand Incorporated