Lois Cloarec Hart

Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Lois Cloarec Hart grew up as an avid reader, but didn’t begin writing until much later in life. Several years after joining the Canadian Armed Forces, she received a degree in Honours History from Royal Military College, and on graduation switched occupations from air traffic control to military intelligence. Having married a CAF fighter pilot while in college, Lois went on to spend another five years as an Intelligence Officer before leaving the military to care for her husband, who was ill with chronic progressive Multiple Sclerosis and passed away in 2001. She began writing while caring for her husband in his final years, and had her first book, Coming Home, published in 2001. It was through that initial publishing process that Lois met the woman she would marry in April, 2007. She now commutes annually between her northern home in Calgary and her wife’s southern home in Atlanta.

Lois is the author of three novels, Coming Home, Broken Faith, Kicker’s Journey and a collection of short stories, Assorted Flavours.  Her most recent novel, Kicker’s Journey, won the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards "IPPY" Bronze Medal; 2010 Golden Crown Literary Awards Best Historical Winner; 2010 Rainbow Romance Writer’s Award for Excellence - First Place Win in the Historical category; and 2009 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award for historical fiction.

Assorted Flavours: A Collection of Lesbian Short Stories
(Published March 2005)
ISBN: 0-9754366-2-7

2009 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award for Favorite Lesbian Fiction Historical

Bronze Medal in Canada-West - Best Regional Fiction category for the 2010 Independent Publisher Regional Book Awards

2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Winner: Historical Romance

2010 Romance Writers of America Rainbow Award for Excellence: 1st place Historical