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Ann Major
Margaret Major Cleaves (born February 13, 1946) is popular writer of over 45 romance novels since 1980 as her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major. She is a founding member of the Romance Writers of America and the co-author of the article "The Contemporary Light Romance" which has been collected in the book Writing and Selling the Romance Novel. Biography Margaret Major was born February 13, 1946, in Texas, United States. Major attended Del Mar College, the University of the Americas in Mexico City, and the University of Texas at Austin from which she received a B.A. in English and Spanish. She taught school for two years before going on to receive her M.A. in English and Spanish from Texas A & I University. She has studied music at the university level and speaks fluent in three languages: English, Spanish and French. Major married and she began writing after her first child was born. She sold her first novel six years later. She is a founding board member of the Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Diana Palmer (author)
Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth (born December 11, 1946, in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States) is an American writer who was known as Diana Palmer and has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle. Before writing fiction, she was a journalist for sixteen years under her birth name. Now, she has over 150 books in print, more of them translated and published around the world. Her novel ''Diamond Girl'' was made into a movie that was released in 1998 for television. Biography Personal life Born Susan Eloise Spaeth on December 12, 1946, in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. She and her younger sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), were raised in Chamblee, Georgia, where Susan graduated from Chamblee Charter High School, Chamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Hohl
Joan Hohl (June 13, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American writer of over 60 romance novels starting in 1980. She signed her novels as Paula Roberts and Amii Lorin. She was a recipient of the RITA Award. Biography Joan Hohl was born in the United States, June 13, 1935. She worked at several jobs, some sales clerking, but primarily factory work. At 40, she began writing, and three years later she published her first novel. She is considered by many in the business a trailblazer in sensuous romance writing, and having been one of the first, if not the first, author to write male point of view in category romance novels. Joan lived in eastern Pennsylvania, with her husband Marv; they had two daughters, Lori and Amy, and two grandchildren, Erica and Cammeron. She died June 16, 2017 in Pennsylvania. Awards * ''Much Needed Holiday'': 1986 Rita Awards Best Novel winner Bibliography As Paula Roberts Single novels * ''Come Home to Love'' (1980) As Amii Lorin Single novels *''Morn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginna Gray
Ginna may refer to: * Ginna Nuclear Generating Station, Ontario, New York, United States * Arnaldo Ginna (1890-1982), Italian painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Ginna Lopez (born 1994), member of the Peru women's national volleyball team * Ginna Marston Ginna Sulcer-Marston (born Ginna Sulcer February 19, 1958) is an American advertising executive who has worked on anti-drug public service advertising campaigns at the Partnership for a Drug Free America, a nonprofit consortium of advertising pro ... (born 1958), American advertising executive * Ginna, competitor in the Danish reality television series '' Big Brother 6'' * ''Ginna'' (film), a 2022 Indian romantic action comedy {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Brandewyne
Rebecca Brandewyne née Wadsworth (born March 4, 1955 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States) is an American bestselling writer of romance novels. Brandewyne has been published in multiple languages in over 60 countries. Biography Personal life Born Mary Rebecca Wadsworth on March 4, 1955 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, to a large family, Brandewyne grew up in Kansas. She has a sister. She married Gary Brock, and had a son, Shane Brock, then divorced. She married an Englishman, John Cox, from whom she is now divorced. She now lives with her son. In August 2006, a Kansas trial court ordered self-publishing company AuthorHouse to pay $240,000 in punitive damage as well as $230,000 in actual damage to Brandewyne and her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was "harmful" and libelous of them. AuthorHouse was also ordered to pay $20,000 each to Brandewyne's parents for the damage. Although the court acknowledged that AuthorHouse employed a business model ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Bagwell
Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with the name Films *''Miss Stella'', 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. Sasiand * ''Stella'' (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins * ''Stella'' (1943 film), with Zully Moreno * ''Stella'' (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature * ''Stella'' (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri * ''Stella'' (1976 film), written and directed by Luigi Cozzi * ''Stella'' (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann, see Victor Lanoux * ''Stella'' (1990 film), starring Bette Midler * ''Stella'' (2008 film), directed by Sylvie Verheyde Literature *Stella, novel attributed to Haitian author Emeric Bergeaud * ''Stella'' (novel), by Jan de Hartog, made into the 1958 film '' The Key'' * ''Stella'' (Norwegian magazine), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Rimmer
Christine Rimmer (born January 28 in California, U.S.) is a ''USA Today'' and Waldenbooks bestselling U.S. writer of over 60 romance novels, which she began writing in 1987. She also published poems and short stories in a number of small literary journals. Biography Christine Rimmer was born on January 28 in California, U.S., where her maternal grandfather were a gold miner. She obtained a theater degree in Sacramento, and then she went to New York City to study acting. She worked as a write-up girl at Barney's, a caterer's assistant, a waitress, a bartender, a phone sales rep, a janitor, receivable clerk, an accounts payable, a teacher, a model, an actress... Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. In 1984, she wrote her first romantic novel, that was published in 1987. She now lives in Washington State with her husband, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Barton
Beverly Marie Beaver (née Inman; December 23, 1946 – April 21, 2011), better known as Beverly Barton, was an American author, known for her romantic suspense novels. She has written over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular ''The Protectors'' series for Harlequin Enterprises–owned Silhouette's Intimate Moments lines. Her first book, ''Yankee Lover'', was published in July 1990 by Harlequin's imprint, Silhouette Desire. Biography Beverly Barton was born in Alabama. She spent her formative years between Tuscumbia and Barton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. After graduating from Chattanooga Central High School, she attended college at the University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes .... Barton was a wife, mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay McKenna
Lindsay may refer to: People *Clan Lindsay, a Scottish family clan *Lindsay (name), an English surname and given name, derived from the Scottish clan name; variants include Lindsey, Lyndsay, Linsay, Linsey, Lyndsey, Lyndsy, Lynsay, Lynsey Places ;Australia *Division of Lindsay, an electoral district in New South Wales ;Canada *Lindsay, Ontario ;United States *Lindsay, California *Lindsay, Montana *Lindsay, Nebraska *Lindsay, Oklahoma *Lindsay, South Dakota, a ghost town *Lindsay, Cooke County, Texas *Lindsay, Reeves County, Texas Other uses * Lindsay (crater) Lindsay is a small lunar impact crater in the central highlands of the Moon. It was named after the Irish astronomer Eric Mervyn Lindsay. It lies in the irregular terrain to the northwest of the landing site of the Apollo 16 mission. To the so ..., a lunar impact crater * ''Lindsay'' (TV series), an American reality TV series * , a destroyer escort transferred to the Royal Navy See also * Lindsey (other)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Howard
Linda S. Howington (born August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States) is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Biography She began to write at nine years old, and wrote for twenty years for her own enjoyment. She worked at a trucking company where she met her husband, Gary F. Howington, and then decided to try to get her work published in 1980.Interview with Linda HowardAll About Romance, 2000, retrieved February 15, 2007 After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. She currently lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, joining in 1981 shortly after it was formed. She served as Region 3 Director (until 31 October 2008). Her husband is a professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Pappano
Marilyn may refer to: * Marilyn (given name) * Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer * Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m * 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid * ''Marilyn'' (1953 film), directed by Wolf Rilla * ''Marilyn'' (2011 film), a 2011 romance film * ''Marilyn'' (2018 film), a 2018 Argentine film * Marilyn (''Mario'' character), a character in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' * "Marilyn", a 2000 horror short story by Jack Dann Related to Marilyn Monroe * Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress ** ''Gold Marilyn Monroe'', a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol ** '' Marilyn Diptych'', a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol ** ''Marilyn'' (1963 film), a documentary film ** ''Shot Marilyns'', a series of 1964 paintings by Andy Warhol ** ''Untitled from Marilyn Monroe'', a 1967 series of silk-screen prints by Andy Warhol ** '' Marilyn: A Biography'', a 1976 biography by Norman Mailer ** '' Marilyn'', a 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Darcy
Emma Darcy is the pseudonym used by the Australian husband–wife writing team of Wendy Brennan (28 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) and Frank Brennan (1936 – 1995), they wrote in collaboration over 45 romance novels. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrote on her own. She lived in New South Wales, Australia. Darcy sold 60 million books from 1983 to 2001, and averaged six new books per year. In 2002, Darcy's first crime novel ''Who Killed Angelique?'' won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. In 2003, the next novel, ''Who Killed Bianca'', was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel. Personal life Wendy Brennan Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia, she had an Honours degree in Latin and worked as a high school English teacher. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |