Maureen Lee (1932 – 31 December 2020) was a British

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of one hundred and fifty short-stories and dramatic historical

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s. In 2000, her novel ''Dancing in the Dark'' won the

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by the

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. Maureen Lee was born in

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, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, near

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during

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; and lived in

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. She attended Commercial College and became a shorthand typist. She married Richard, and they had three sons including DJ and House music producer Dave Lee (formerly known as Joey Negro). She published over one hundred and fifty short-stories, before publishing her first novel ''Lila'' in 1983. Since 1994, she continued to publish dramatic historical sagas mainly set in her home city of Liverpool. Maureen Lee died on 31 December 2020 at the age of 88.Maureen Lee dead: Sunday Times best-selling author dies aged 88 after a short illness
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Bibliography

Single novels

* ''Lila'' (1983) * ''Stepping Stones'' (1994) * ''Annie'' (1998) aka ''Liverpool Annie'' * ''Dancing in the Dark'' (1999) * ''The Girl from Barefoot House'' (2000) * ''Lacey's of Liverpool'' (2001) * ''Lime Street Blues'' (2002) * ''The House by Princes Park'' (2002) * ''Queen of the Mersey'' (2003) * ''The Old House on the Corner'' (2004) * ''The September Girls'' (2005) * ''Kitty and Her Sisters'' (2006) * ''The Leaving of Liverpool'' (2007) * ''A Dream Come True'' (2007) * ''Mother of Pearl'' (2008) * ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' (2009) * ''Martha's Journey'' (2010) * ''Au Revoir Liverpool'' (2011) * ''Amy's Diary'' (2012) * ''After the War Is Over'' (2012) * ''Flora and Grace'' (2013) * ''Violet's Children'' (2018)

Pearl Street

# ''Lights Out Liverpool'' (1995) # ''Put Out the Fires'' (1996) # ''Through the Storm'' (1997) # ''The Seven Streets of Liverpool'' (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Maureen 1932 births People from Bootle 2020 deaths English romantic fiction writers RoNA Award winners 20th-century English novelists 21st-century British novelists 20th-century English women writers 21st-century English women writers Women romantic fiction writers English women novelists