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Brenda Jagger (born 9 July 1936 in Yorkshire, England – d. 1986) was a British writer of 9 historical romance novels. In 1986, her last novel ''A Song Twice Over'' won the
Romantic Novel of the Year Award The Romantic Novel of the Year Award is an award for romance novels since 1960, presented by Romantic Novelists' Association, and since 2003, the novellas, also won the Love Story of the Year (now RoNA Rose Award). In 2018, awards were given to ...
by the Romantic Novelists' Association.


Biography

Brenda Jagger was born on 7 September 1936 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She married, and had three daughters. Before writing, she worked in Paris, France, and as a probation officer in the north of England. She published her first novel ''Antonia'' in 1978, set in Ancient Rome, like her novel ''Daughter of Aphrodite''. Most of her other novels are set in Victorian era Yorkshire, like her popular ''Barforth Trilogy''. Brenda Jagger died in 1986.


Bibliography


Single novels

* ''Antonia'' (1978) * ''Daughter of Aphrodite'' (1981) * ''Days of Grace'' (1983) * ''A Winter's Child'' (1984) * ''A Song Twice Over'' (1985) * ''Distant Choices'' (1986)


The Barforth Trilogy

# ''The Clouded Hills'' (1980) ''Verity'' (US title) # ''Flint and Roses'' (1981) a.k.a. ''The Barforth Women'' (US title) # ''The Sleeping Sword'' (1982) a.k.a. ''An Independent Woman'' (US title) * ''The Barforth Trilogy: The Clouded Hills / Flint and Roses / Sleeping Sword'' (omnibus) (1988)


References and sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jagger, Brenda 1936 births 1986 deaths Writers from Yorkshire English romantic fiction writers British historical novelists RoNA Award winners 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers British women romantic fiction writers English women novelists British women historical novelists