Nalini Singh
Born on 7 September 1977 in Fiji, Nalini Singh came of age across two Pacific nations, holding citizenship in both Fiji and New Zealand. She was educated at Mount Roskill Grammar School and later at the University of Auckland, a trajectory that carried her from the islands of her birth into the cultural and intellectual life of New Zealand's largest city. Her working life has been notably varied: she has worked as a lawyer, an English teacher, and a librarian, occupations that together suggest a sustained engagement with language and the structures of knowledge.
Singh writes in English, and her path to publication began with early recognition in competitive circles. In 1999 she placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award, and in 2001 her manuscript "Coaxing the Sheik" won the Jane Porter Award. Her first book sale followed in September 2002, when a work published under the title Desert Warrior was sold to Silhouette Desire; it appeared in print in 2003. That sale marked the beginning of a sustained career as a novelist working primarily in genre fiction.
Among her notable works are Angels' Blood and the Psy-Changeling series, the latter a substantial body of work that has drawn consistent readership. Her novels have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list, a measure of their commercial reach. The recognition she has received has not been limited to sales figures: Singh has also been awarded the Sir Julius Vogel Award and the Ngaio Marsh Award, two prizes with particular standing in New Zealand's literary and speculative fiction communities. Both awards reflect the range of her output across genre categories.
Singh currently lives in New Zealand, the country whose citizenship she holds alongside that of Fiji. Her career — spanning legal practice, teaching, library work, and fiction writing — has unfolded across multiple professional registers, with the novelist's role becoming the most publicly prominent. The Ngaio Marsh Award, one of the more recent markers of her standing in New Zealand letters, anchors her work within a national literary conversation even as her readership extends well beyond those shores.
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The scope of it might have driven another man mad; it was to Kaleb’s advantage that he’d had his brush with madness as a child and survived. Whether or not he was sane was another question.
Don’t worry. There’s a manual – it began with information about intimate physical interaction, but now has a growing section on emotional connection and how to nurture it.
You are so perfect for me” – hot words against her lips – “I’d steal you if you weren’t already mine.
Our people would rather go honorably in a fight against evil than cower under its hand.” Raphael took a long, deep breath, his shoulders straightening and his head rising. “No one,” he vowed, “will ever subjugate those who are our own. Never will we surrender.
Pfft,” a male said. “I can kiss on a single breath for at least three minutes.” “Yeah? How about you show us?” “Or are you all words and no action?” The heavily built bear spread his arms. “Which lovely lady wants to volunteer to be the object of my lusty affections?” His gaze landed on Silver. “Ms. Mercant? I could show you – Never mind, I like my head on my neck.
No one will ever hurt you again,” he whispered against her hair, the promise one he’d kill to keep. “You’re safe.
I’m worth more,” she told him, wiping the back of her hand across her mouth. “Affection, respect, tenderness, I’m worth all of that, so don’t you dare come near me again until you’re ready to offer it.
