![]() ![]() When she wrote ‘Sweet Starfire’, a novel that combined elements of romance and science fiction, the author realized that she did not have to limit her stories to the contemporary romance genre. So she introduced a new collection of pseudonyms that included ‘Stephanie James’, ‘Amanda Glass’, and ‘Jayne Taylor’.īy the mid-1980s, the author had started publishing novels under her married name. Once she left them for another publisher, Quick could not use the name. However, the contract she had signed left ownership of the name in the hands of her publishers. ![]() She published her first novel as ‘Jayne Castle’, her birth name. By the time she adopted the ‘Amanda Quick’ pen name, she had already experimented with several pseudonyms. ![]() Quick did not want to teach.īut she knew that she enjoyed working as a librarian, which is why she decided to ply her trade at Duke University and other institutions of higher education. Even though the position allowed the author to put her training to good use, she did not enjoy the experience because the job required her to teach. Quick married Frank Krentz and moved to the Virgin Islands where she worked as a librarian at an elementary school. So she went back to school to get her Library Science degree (San Jose State University). However, Quick was not convinced that the history degree could secure her a decent job. She attended the University of California (Santa Cruz), earning a BA in history. ![]()
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