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Rita Bradshaw
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] |
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Jessica Steele
Jessica Steele (9 May 1933 – 23 November 2020) was a British author of 88 romance novels that spanned a career over four decades, Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979 starting with The Icicle Heart. Her last novel was The Girl From Honeysuckle Farm and it was published in 2009. Biography Steele was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. She worked initially as a clerk and she married in 1967. She travelled to Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Japan, Peru, Russia, Egypt, Chile and Greece in order to establish a background for her novels. Bibliography Single Novels * ''The Icicle Heart'' (1979) * ''Hostage to Dishonour'' (1979) * ''Hostile Engagement'' (1979) * ''Spring Girl'' (1979) * ''Pride's Master'' (1979) * ''Intimate Friends'' (1979) * ''The Other Woman'' (1980) * ''Turbulent Covenant'' (1980) * ''Magic of His Kiss'' (1980) * ''Price to be Met'' (1980) * ''Devil in Disguise'' (1980) * ''Innocent Abroad'' (1981) * ''Bachelor's Wife'' (1981) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Power
Elizabeth Power is an English actress. Power began her career in repertory theatre and went on to appear in several West End musicals. However, she best known for her work on British television, in particular her role as Christine Hewitt in the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders'' (1992–1993). She has since gone on to feature in various stage productions. Early life Power was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex. She began singing and dancing lessons at the age of four, prompted by her mother, who was very keen for her to perform. However, at the age of 14, Power concluded "that she wasn't physically suited to be a dancer", so she decided to take up acting on the advice of her teacher. Power auditioned for a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at the age of 17, and was accepted. She has commented "I just glided into it so I was still naive…Rada was good and I realised there was more than just going on stage and being clapped." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Way
Margaret Way (b. Brisbane d. Cleveland, Queensland, Australia ) was an Australian writer of romance novels and women's fiction. A prolific author, Way wrote more than 120 novels since 1970, many through Mills & Boon, a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd., owned by Harlequin Enterprises. Biography Before her marriage, she was a well-known pianist, teacher, vocal coach and accompanist. She began writing when her son, Laurence Way, was born, a friend took a pile of Mills & Boon books to her, she read all and decided that she also could write these types of novels. She began to write and promote her country with her stories set in Australia. She sold her first novels in 1970. Margaret Way lives with her family in her native Brisbane. Beginning in 2013, Margaret began to self-publish, releasing her first "e-book" mid-July. Margaret died on the 10th of August 2022 in Cleveland, Queensland. Bibliography Single Novels *''King Country'' (1970) *''Blaze of Silk'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Wood (writer)
Carol Saunders Wood (born February 9, 1945, in Pennington Gap, Virginia)Candidate biography Trustee election, , ''Notices of the AMS'' 53 (8): 930, September 2006. is a retired American mathematician, the Professor of Mathematics, ''Emerita'', at . Her research concerns |
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] |
Rebecca Winters
Rebecca Brown Burton (born February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) is a popular United States writer of over 75 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecca Winters for Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. Biography Born on February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Burton is the daughter of Dr. John Zimmerman Brown, Jr. and Kathryn Ormsby Hyde. She studied in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is mother of four, Wilford, John, Dominique Jessop and Maxim, and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bibliography As Rebecca Burton Single novels *''By Love Divided'' (1978) *''The Loving Season'' (1979) As Rebecca Brown Burton Single novels *''To Love Again'' (1987) As Rebecca Winters Single novels *''Fully Involved'' (1990) *''The Story Princess'' (1990) *''Rites of Love'' (1991) *''Blackie's Woman'' (1991) *''Rescued Heart'' (1991) *''The Marriage Bracelet'' (1992) *''Both of Them'' (1992) *''Meant for Eac ... [...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] |
Caroline Anderson (writer)
Caroline Anderson is the pseudonym by Caroline M. Woolnough (born British Hong Kong) is a popular British writer of over 80 contemporary romance novels to Mills & Boon (or Harlequin Enterprises Ltd) since 1991. She specializes in medical romances. Before writing, she has been a nurse, a secretary, a teacher, and has run her own business. Married with John, they had two sisters: Sarah and Hannah, and lived in Suffolk, England. Bibliography Single Novels *''Practice Makes Perfect'', 1991/12 *''Saving Dr. Gregory'', 1992/04 *''A Gentle Giant'', 1992/06 *''Just What the Doctor Ordered'', 1993/05 *''Picking Up the Pieces'', 1994/02 *''Once More, With Feeling'', 1994/12 *''Role Play'', 1995/02 *''Taken For Granted'', 1995/05 *''A Familiar Stranger'', 1995/08 *''One Step at a Time'', 1996/01 *''The Teapot Trail: A Taste of Cumbria'', 1996/01 *''Just Another Miracle!'', 1998/02 *''That Forever Feeling'', 1998/02 *''A Funny Thing Happened...'', 1999/01 *''Kids Included!'', 1999/06 *''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Wilkinson
:''Lee Wilkinson may also refer to the statistician Leland Wilkinson.'' Lee Wilkinson (born Nottingham, England) is a popular British writer of over 30 romance novels in Mills & Boon since 1987, and is now publishing independently through the site "Lulu". Her latest romantic novel "Marley" is available through "Lulu". Biography Lee Wilkinson born in Nottingham, England, is an only child. She was educated at an all-girls school. Lee married Dennis at 22. They had two children, a son and a daughter, and became grandparents four times over. Following the death of Dennis she still lives in their 300-year-old stone cottage in a Derbyshire village. After publishing 39 books with Mills and Boon over many years she has now started publishing independently using the internet publisher "Lulu". Bibliography Single novels *Motive for Marriage (1987) *Hong Kong Honeymoon (1991) *My Only Love (1992) *Joy Bringer (1992) *Lost Lady (1993) *Adam's Angel (1994) *That Devil Love (1994) *Blind O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Wood (novelist)
Sara Wood (b. 1941 in England) was a popular British writer of 49 romance novels in Mills & Boon from 1986 to 2004. 'Mills & Boon website'' Biography Sara Wood was born on 1941 in the south of England. Her family was poor but aspirational and avid readers. At the age of 11 Sara won a scholarship for a free place at a well-known fee-paying school. Although she passed all of her O level exams at the age of 16, she left school to train as a secretary and to help the family finances. Married at 21, with her two sons Richard and Simon being born in the following 3 years, she fitted in care of her young children by starting up a play group and then providing bed and breakfast for tourists in her seaside home. The marriage eventually ended in divorce and Sara needed to find an occupation that would be suitable for her sch ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Bianchin
Helen Bianchin (born 20 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born Australian writer. Since 1975, she has written over 55 romance novels for Mills & Boon. Biography Bianchin was born on 20 February 1939 in New Zealand. She worked as a legal secretary, then spent two years working and travelling in Australia. In Cairns, she met Danilo Bianchin, an Italian from Treviso; six months later, they married. They had one daughter, Lucia, and two sons Angelo and Peter. Since 1981, the family has resided in Australia. Bibliography Single Novels * The Willing Heart (1975) * Bewildered Haven (1976) * Avenging Angel (1977)Harliquin Romance #2084 * Hills of Home (1978)Harliquin Romance #2175 * Vines in Splendour (1978) * Stormy Possession (1979) * Edge of Spring (1979) * Master of Uluru (1980)Harliquin Romance #2378 * Devil in Command (1980) * Savage Touch (1981) * Wildfire Encounter (1982) * Savage pagan (1984) * Yesterday's Shadow (1984) * Sweet Tempest (1984) * Dark Tyrant (1984) * Bitter Encore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
