Rachel Ann Nunes

Rachel Ann Nunes (born May 7, 1966) is an American bestselling and award-winning author born in Provo, Utah.[1] She has authored dozens of novels, including the popular Autumn Rain series, the Ariana series, and the Huntington Family series. Nunes also published two picture books, Daughter of a King and The Secret of the King. She has also written under the name Teyla Branton.[2]

Books

Nunes writes mainstream women's fiction, family drama, romance, paranormal romantic suspense, Christian fiction, and LDS fiction.[3] Though she has focused primarily on clean romances and stories revolving around families, she has also published two picture books and a middle-grade chapter book, The Problem With Spaceships: Zero G, the first of an intended series.

She has currently published over three dozen books:

Plagiarism suit

In August 2014, Nunes filed a suit in a federal Utah court against schoolteacher Tiffanie Rushton for "plagiariz[ing]" her book. Nunes book, Love to the Highest Bidder, was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in 1998. Rushton's book is titled A Bid for Love and copies had been sold after it was published online in early 2014. The suit stated, "In converting Ms. Nunes's work into The Auction Deal, [Rushton] added several graphic sex scenes and other adult content to what was originally a Christian novel." Nunes contacted Rushton about the story. Rushton offered multiple conflicting explanations to Nunes and others, including one claim that the book "was developed in a writing group and that she wouldn't pursue publication". Nunes is suing Rushton for plagiarism, defamation, and harassment; and seeking at least $150,000 in damages.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Rachel Ann Nunes - Desert book
  2. ↑ Oppenheimer, Mark (November 11, 2013). "Mormons Offer Cautionary Lesson on Sunny Outlook vs. Literary Greatness". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lanzendorfer, Joy (June 5, 2016). "Stealing Books in the Age of Self-Publishing". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Evans, Catherine (September 10, 2014). "Utah author says Christian romance novel plagiarized, sullied by sex". Reuters. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ Whitehurst, Lindsay (September 10, 2014). "Author Rachel Ann Nunes Claims Her Christian Romance Novel Was Plagiarized With Added Sex Scenes". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

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