Susan Sizemore, author of many romance and science fiction titles, died on Monday, July 20. She was 69.
In 1991, when she turned 40, Sizemore won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award, presented to a previously unpublished author. Three days later, she sold her debut novel, a time-travel romance called Wings of the Storm. Later, she was asked to write a tie-in novel based on the TV series Forever Knight, which resulted in Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust, which was the first time she wrote about vampires. She then began her vampire romance series Laws of the Blood and the Primes series, for which she was best known.