J. R. WardSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

She then received a law degree from Albany Law School and worked in healthcare administration for many years including as the Chief of Staff at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts.In 2001 Bird married John Neville Blakemore III. Her new husband encouraged her to try to get an agent and market her manuscripts.

She found an agent and in 2002 her first novel a contemporary romance called Leaping Hearts was published. Several years later Bird invented a world populated by vampires and began writing single-title paranormal romance novels under the pen name J.R. Ward.

These novels are a series known as the Black Dagger Brotherhood.Bird likes to write series novels which incorporate characters from her previous books. She likens the process of creating a series to meeting friends through other friends. Her heroes are most often alpha males the tougher the cockier the more arrogant the better while the heroines are smart and strong.