Brenda Novak
Brenda Novak was born in 1964, Brenda Novak has written at least 82 books. Their most popular book is Before We Were Strangers with 16 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.
Author Bio
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak’s bestselling author career.
“I caught my day-care provider drugging my children with cough syrup and Tylenol to get them to sleep while I was away,” Brenda says. “It was then that I decided I needed to do something from home.”
However, writing was the last profession she expected to undertake. In fact, Brenda swears she didn’t have a creative bone in her body. In school, math and science were her best subjects, and when it came time to pick a major in college, she chose business.
Abandoning her academic scholarship to Brigham Young University at the age of twenty in order to get married and start a family, Brenda dabbled in commercial real estate, then became a loan officer.
“When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book,” Brenda admits. “I learned how to write by reading what others have written. The best advice for any would-be author: read, read, read….”
Brenda sold her first book OF NOBLE BIRTH, and the rest is history. Many of her novels have won or placed in contests such as the Rita, the National Reader’s Choice and the Bookseller’s Best, and she now runs a warm and enthusiastic book group on Facebook with over 17,000 members.
Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of five children—three girls and two boys. When she’s not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually raising money for diabetes research. Her youngest son, Thad, has diabetes, and Brenda is determined to help him and others like him. She also enjoys traveling, playing pickleball, hiking and biking — she rides an amazing 20 miles several times a week!
http://www.brendanovak.com
2018 • 16 Readers • 448 pages • 4
2021 • 13 Readers • 384 pages • 3
2024 • 11 Readers • 373 pages • 5
#1 of 5 in The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles
2016 • 8 Readers • 407 pages • 3
2020 • 6 Readers • 462 pages • 5
2022 • 6 Readers • 368 pages • 4
2013 • 5 Readers • 303 pages • 4
1999 • 4 Readers • 416 pages • 3
2024 • 3 Readers • 410 pages
2023 • 3 Readers • 421 pages • 4
2014 • 2 Readers • 324 pages • 4
2005 • 2 Readers • 378 pages • 4
2012 • 1 Reader • 599 pages
2011 • 1 Reader • 374 pages • 4
#3 of 3 in Coyote Canyon
2024 • 1 Reader • 369 pages • 11h 8m • 5
#8.5 of 9 in Dundee, Idaho
2010 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 3
2008 • 1 Reader • 318 pages • 3
#1 of 5 in The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles
2016 • 1 Reader • 346 pages
2025 • 1 Reader • 384 pages • 5
2004 • 1 Reader • 357 pages • 4
2002 • 304 pages
2009 • 297 pages
2022 • 100 pages
2001 • 300 pages
2009 • 125 pages