About

Toni V. Sweeney has lived 30 years in the South, a score in the Middle West, and a decade on the Pacific Coast and now she’s trying for her second 30 on the Great Plains.

Since the publication of her first novel in 1989, Toni divides her time between writing SF/Fantasy under her own name and romantic adventures under the pseudonyms Tony-Paul de Vissage and Icy Snow Blackstone. She is also on the review staff of the New York Journal of Books, is an amazon reviewer, and is in the 1% of reviewers for Goodreads. In 2016, she was named a Professional Reader by netgalley.com.

Currently, Toni has written 91 novels, with 79 of them being published. This includes several series.

Featured Work

Brennan's Vengeance

2021
Silhouette of cowbow with oncoming train in background

After his son is killed, a rancher abandons his wife and ranch to hunt down the murderer.

Other Works

Awards and Recognition

  • Awards writing as Toni V. Sweeney Tuesday’s Child - #1 in contemporary romance for 2014 by the Paranormal Romance Guild. Sinbad’s Last Voyage (Book 1 of the Adventures of Sinbad) – 3rd place in the Critique Your Novel 2013 Novel Writing Contest Earthman’s Bride – 1st Place in the 2008 Maryland Romance Writers Award for SF/Fantasy Blood Bay – Top Ten Finisher in Thrillers, 2011 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Exile (Book 2, the kan Ingan Archives series) – Top Ten finisher in SF/Fantasy, 2012 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Jericho Road – 8th place 1997 National Writers Association Novel-writing Contest. Voted one of top 8 novels of 2012 in SF/Fantasy by Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewers Choice Space Stud (Book 8, the kan Ingan Archives series) – #1 in Erotica, 2018 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Voted one of top 8 novels in SF/Fantasy of 2013 by Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewers Choice The kan Ingan Archives – voted one of top SF series of 2013 by Paranormal Romance Guild’s
  • Awards writing as Tony-Paul de Vissage Shadow Lord, Book 1 in the Second Species series, placed 3rd in the 2009 Maryland Romance Writers “Reveal Your Inner Vixen” contest, and was also among the Top Ten finalists in Horror in 2013 by the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll. The Last Vampire Standing was awarded 2nd place in the 2012 Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Absinthe received 2nd place award in Historical Horror in the 2014 Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewer’s Choice Awards. A Single Shade of Red, sequel to The Last Vampire Standing, won first place in the 2015 Paranormal Romance Guild’s Work In Progress contest. Blood Will Freeze was listed as one of the Top Ten Horror novels for 2015 by the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll for that year. Absinthe Eternal received 3rd Place award in Paranormal Horror in 2018 from the Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewer’s Choice Awards