Joyce Dingwell, née ''Enid Joyce Owen Starr'' (1909 in

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, Sydney, Australia – 2 August 1997 in

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, Sydney), an Australian writer of more than 80

romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...

s at

Mills & Boon Mills & Boon is a romance imprint of British publisher Harlequin UK Ltd. It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon as a general publisher. The company moved towards escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. In 1971, the ...

from 1931 to 1986, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Kate Starr. Her novel ''

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'' (1959), had been made into a motion picture: ''

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'' (1983).

Biography

She was born Enid Joyce Owen Starr on 1909 in

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, Australia. She was the first Australian writer, who lived in Australia, to be published by

Bibliography

As Joyce Dingwell

Single novels

* ''Hum of the Forest'' (1931) * ''Australian Hospital'' (1955) * ''Greenfingers Farm'' (1955) * ''Second Chance'' (1956) * ''Will You Surrender?'' (1957) * ''Wednesday's Children'' (1957) ''Nurse Trent's Children'' * ''If Love You Hold'' (1958) a.k.a. ''Love and Dr. Benedict'' aka ''Doctor Benedict'' (USA) * ''The Coral Tree'' (1958) * ''Nurse Jess'' (1959) * ''The Girl at Snowy River'' (1959) * ''The House in the Timberwoods'' (1959) * ''Tender Conquest'' (1960) * ''Nurse Trent's Children'' (1961) a.k.a. ''Wednesday's Children'' * ''The Third in the House'' (1961) * ''The Wind and the Spray'' (1961) * ''River Nurse'' (1962) * ''The Boomerang Girl'' (1962) * ''The New Zealander'' (1963) * ''The English Boss'' (1964) * ''The Kindly Giant'' (1964) * ''The Timber Man'' (1964) * ''Project Sweetheart'' (1965) * ''The Man from the Valley'' (1966) * ''A Taste for Love'' (1967) * ''Clove Orange'' (1967) * ''I and My Heart'' (1967) * ''The Feel of Silk'' (1967) * ''Nurse Smith, Cook'' (1968) a.k.a. ''No Females Wanted'' * ''Hotel Southerly'' (1968/07) * ''Venice Affair'' (1968/09) * ''Demi-Semi Nurse'' (1969/01) * ''Spanish Lace'' (1969/01) * ''One String for Nurse Bow'' (1969/09) * ''Crown of Flowers'' (1969/10) * ''September Street'' (1969/11) * ''The Drummer and the Song'' (1969/12) * ''Mr. Victoria'' (1970/01) * ''West of the River'' (1970/05) a.k.a. ''Guardian Nurse'' * ''Pool of the Pink Lilies'' (1970/10) * ''Nickel Wife'' (1970/12) * ''A Thousand Candles'' (1971/05) * ''Sister Pussycat'' (1971/10) * ''Wife to Sim'' (1972/02) * ''Red Ginger Blossom'' (1972/03) * ''Friday's Laughter'' (1972/08) * ''There Were Three Princes'' (1972/09) * ''The Mutual Look'' (1973/07) * ''The Habit of Love'' (1974/05) * ''The Cattleman'' (1974/06) * ''Flamingo Flying South'' (1974/07) * ''The New Broom'' (1974/10) * ''Love and Lucy Brown'' (1974/12) * ''The Kissing Gate'' (1975/01) * ''Cane Music'' (1975/05) * ''Deep in the Forest'' (1975/10) * ''Corporation Boss'' (1975/11) * ''The Road Boss'' (1976/01) * ''Echo of Rory'' (1976/03) * ''Inland Paradise'' (1976/09) * ''A Drift of Jasmine'' (1977/04) * ''Remember September'' (1977/08) * ''Year of the Dragon'' (1977/11) * ''All the Days of Summer'' (1978/03) * ''The Truth Game'' (1978/06) * ''Tender Wings of Spring'' (1978/08) * ''The Boss's Daughter'' (1978/09) * ''The Angry Man'' (1979/06) * ''Come Back to Love'' (1980/04) * ''The All-the-Way Man'' (1980/12) * ''A Man Like Brady'' (1981/03) * ''Brother Wolf'' (1983/01) * ''Arousing Touch'' (1983/08) * ''Thousand Ways of Loving'' (1986/04) * ''Indian Silk'' (1986/06)

Omnibus

* ''Red Ginger Blossom / Wife to Sim / The Pool of Pink Lilies'' (1982) * ''Thousand Candles / The Mutual Look / There Were Three Prices'' (1983)

Collections in collaboration

* ''Orphan Bride / Full Tide / House in the Timberwoods'' (1971) (with Celine Conway and

Sara Seale Sara Seale, was the pseudonym by Mary Jane MacPherson (d. ) and/or A.D.L. MacPherson (d. ), a British writing team of over 45 romance novels as from 1932 to 1971. Seale was one of the first Mills & Boon's authors published in Germany and the Ne ...

) * ''Velvet Spur / The Habit of Love / Extraordinary Engagement'' (1979) (with

Jane Arbor Eileen Norah Owbridge (''née'' Murphy; 8 September 1903 – 4 February 1994) was a British writer who under the pseudonym Jane Arbor wrote 57 romances for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. She wrote doctor-nurse and foreign romances. Many of h ...

and

Marjorie Lewty Marjorie Lewty, née ''Lobb'' (b. 8 April 1906 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom – d. 21 January 2002) was a British writer of short stories and over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999 for Mills & Boon. Biography Marjorie L ...

) * ''Deep in the Forest / Lord of the Forest / When Winter Has Gone'' (1981) (with

Rachel Ford Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt ...

and Hilda Pressley) * ''The Man From Coral Bay / Corporation Boss / Glen of Sighs'' (1981) (with Jan Anderson and Lucy Gillen)

As Kate Starr

Single novels

* ''Dolan of Sugar Hills'' (1961) * ''The Nurse most Likely'' (1962) * ''Satin for the Bride'' (1963) * ''The Enchanted Trap'' (1963) * ''Dalton's Daughter'' (1964) * ''Patricia and the Rosefields'' (1964) * ''Sister for the Cruise'' (1964) a.k.a. ''Ship's Doctor'' * ''Bells in the Wind'' (1966) * ''Wrong Doctor John'' (1966)

References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dingwell, Joyce 1909 births 1997 deaths Australian romantic fiction writers Australian women novelists People from New South Wales Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian novelists