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Emma Goldrick
Emma Goldrick was the pseudonym used by the married writing team formed by Emma Elizabeth Jean Sutcliffe (born February 7, 1923 in Puerto Rico - died November 20, 2008) and Robert N. Goldrick (born March 22, 1919 in Massachusetts, United States - died January 22, 1996). Under this name they wrote 41 romance novels published by Mills & Boon between 1983 and 1996. After Robert's death, Emma wrote her last book, "The Ninety-Day Wife", in his memory. Bibliography Single novels *And Blow Your House Down (1983) *Miss Mary's Husband (1985) *Ice Lady (1985) *Night Bells Blooming (1985) *The Trouble With Bridges (1985) *Rent-a-bride Ltd. (1985) *Daughter of the Sea (1985) *Thunder Over Eden (1985) *The Over-Mountain Man (1985) *Hidden Treasures (1986) *If Love be Blind (1987) *King of the Hill (1987) *Temporary Paragon (1987) *Madeleine's Marriage (1988) *My Brother's Keeper (1988) *To Tame a Tycoon (1988) *Pilgrim's Promise (1988) *A Heart As Big As Texas (1989) *The Girl He Left B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Mortimer
Carole Mortimer (born 1960 in England) is a popular British writer of over 150 romance novels since 1978. She was one of Mills & Boon's youngest authors, and now is one of their most popular and prolific authors. Biography Carole Mortimer was born about 1960 in a very rural hamlet in the east England, and she had two brothers. She studied only one year of nursing, and ended up working in the computer department of a well-known stationery company, where she started to write her first manuscript. The manuscript was rejected by Mills & Boon, but the second was accepted and was published in 1978 as ''The Passionate Winter''. She became one of the youngest and most prolific Mills & Boon's authors. She celebrated the publication of her 100th book, 20 years after her debut, and 30 years after this, she published her first historical novels, in the Mills & Boon Historical series. In 2012 she was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for her 'outstanding service to literature'. In 2014 she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Michaels
Leigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (born July 27, 1954 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 80 romance novels. She published her novels in Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1984 to 2006. She also teaches romance writing for Gothan Writers' Workshop among other places. Biography LeAnn was born on July 27, 1954 in Iowa, United States. She received a ''Bachelor of Arts'' in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the ''Robert Bliss Award'' as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national ''William Randolph Hearst Award'' for feature-writing as an undergraduate. When LeAnn was very young she read romance novels, and when she was fifteen, she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting one to a publisher. The first submission was accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Fielding
Liz Fielding (born in Berkshire, England) is an awarded British writer of over 60 romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1992. Biography Liz Fielding was born in Berkshire, England, UK. She was educated at a girls' Convent School in Maidenhead. At 20, she went to Lusaka, Zambia, to work as a secretary. There she met her husband, John, a civil engineer, following him to Bahrain, Kenya and Botswana. They now live in a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. She has two adult children . In 1992, her first book was published — ''An Image of You'', set in Kenya. Since then, she has continued publishing her contemporary romance novels. Awards *''The Best Man and the Bridesmaid'' (2001): RITA Award Best Traditional Romance winner *''A Family of His Own'' (2005): Romantic Novelists' Association Love Story of the Year winner *''The Marriage Miracle'' (2006): RITA Award Best Short Contemporary Romance winner Bibliography Single Novels *''An Image of You'' (1992) *''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Lee
Miranda Lee (born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia) is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990. Biography Miranda Lee was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. She is the daughter of a school teacher and a dressmaker, she was the youngest of four children. She worked as programmer until her marriage, they had three daughters. In 1990, she published her first novels in Mills & Boon. She is the sister of Emma Darcy (Wendy Brennan). Bibliography Single Novels *''After the Affair'' (1990) *''An Obsessive Desire'' (1990) *''The Reluctant Lover'' (1991) *''Scandalous Seduction'' (1991) *''Asking for Trouble'' (1991) *''A Daring Proposition'' (1992) *''A Date with Destiny'' (1992) *''Knight to the Rescue'' (1992) *''Beth and the Barbarian'' (1993) *''A Very Secret Affair'' (1995) *''A Haunting Obsession'' (1995) *''Rendezvous with Revenge'' (1996) *''Night of Shame'' (1997) *''Two-Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Neels
Betty Neels (born 15 September 1909 in Leyton, England – d. 7 June 2001 in England) was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels (first publication entirely for Mills & Boon in United Kingdom and later reprinted in the North America by Harlequin), beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death. Her work is known for being particularly chaste. Biography Personal life Evelyn Jessy "Betty" Neels was born on 15 September 1909 in Leyton''Certified copy of an entry of birth'' for Evelyn Jessy Neels (General Register Office for England and Wales) (then part of Essex but now in Greater London) to a family with firm roots in the Civil Service. She spent her childhood and youth in Devonshire. She was sent away to boarding school, and then went on to train as a nurse, gaining her SRN and SCM, that is, State Registered Nurse and State Certificate of Midwifery. In 1939 she was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service (TANS), which later became the Queen Alexandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Brooks
Rita Bradshaw (born 1949) is a British romance novelist. She wrote historical romances under her real name and contemporary romances under the pseudonym Helen Brooks. Biography Rita Bradshaw was born in 1949 in Northampton, England. She met her husband Clive when she was 16. They have three children. A former secretary, she began writing in 1990 at the age of 40, and published her first novel in 1992 at Mills & Boon under the pseudonym Helen Brooks. Since 1998, she has also published historical romances under her actual name. She lives in Northampton. Bibliography As Helen Brooks Single Novels *''Stone Angel'' (1992) *''Deceitful Lover'' (1992) *''The Devil You Know'' (1992) *''Cruel Conspiracy'' (1992) *''Gentle Savage'' (1993) *''Cold Fire'' (1993) *''Sweet Betrayal'' (1993) *''And the Bride Wore Black'' (1993) *''A Heartless Marriage'' (1993) *''Bitter Honey'' (1993) *''Dark Oasis'' (1994) *''Knight in Black Velvet'' (1994) *''The Sultan's Favourite'' (1994) *''Web of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine George
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Jordan
Penelope Halsall (née Jones; 24 November 1946 – 31 December 2011) was a best-selling and prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie Groves (her mother's maiden name). She also wrote novels as Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock. Her books have sold over 70 million copies worldwide and been translated into many languages. Biography Penelope Jones was born on 24 November 1946 in Preston, Lancashire, the eldest of three children born to Anthony Winn Jones and his wife, Margaret Louise (née Groves), She had a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence. A keen reader from childhood, her mother would leave her in the children's section of the local library while she changed her father's library books. Her story-telling career began at the age of eight when she began telling original bedtime stories to her younger sister. Her favourite b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut [Massachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət],'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York (state), New York to the west. The state's capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban area, urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American History of the United States, history, academia, and the Economy of the United States, research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manuf ... [...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] |
