Linda Howard books in order

Linda Howard (born 3 August 1950) is the pen name of Linda S. Howington, an American author of romance and romantic suspense who began with Silhouette in 1982 and went on to write many New York Times best-sellers.

Born in Gadsden, Alabama, where she still lives, Howard began writing at the age of nine and wrote for her own pleasure for about twenty years before deciding to seek publication in 1980. Her first book, All That Glitters, was published by Silhouette in 1982, and Silhouette titles through the 1980s included Against the Rules (1983), Come Lie With Me (1984), Sarah's Child (1985) and Tears of the Renegade (1985).

From the mid-1990s her books included Dream Man (1995), Kill and Tell (1998), Mr. Perfect (2000), Dying to Please (2002), Cry No More (2003), To Die For (2004), Killing Time (2005), Cover of Night (2006), Up Close and Dangerous (2007) and Ice (2010). She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, which she joined in 1981, and it gave her its Career Achievement Award in 2005.

For collectors

Her early Silhouette romances, beginning with All That Glitters (1982), are the starting point for a Howard collection, ahead of her later romantic suspense such as Dream Man (1995). Open Library lists many editions of her Silhouette titles, so check the series number and date when identifying a first printing.