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Ann Major
Margaret Major Cleaves (born February 13, 1946) is an author of over 45 romance novels since 1980, writing under her real name and under the pseudonym Ann Major. She is a founding member of the Romance Writers of America and the co-author of the article "The Contemporary Light Romance" which has been collected in the book ''Writing and Selling the Romance Novel''. Biography Margaret Major was born February 13, 1946, in Texas, United States. Major attended Del Mar College, the Universidad de las Américas, A.C., University of the Americas in Mexico City, and the University of Texas at Austin from which she received a B.A. in English and Spanish. She taught school for two years before going on to receive her M.A. in English and Spanish from Texas A & I University. She has studied music at the university level and speaks three languages: English, Spanish and French. Major married and began writing after her first child was born. She sold her first novel six years later. She is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Marie Ferrarella
Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski (born March 28, 1948, in West Germany) is an American writer of over 272 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles. Biography Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28, 1948, to Polish parents in West Germany, and moved to the United States when she was four. She has a master's degree in Shakespearean comedy from Queens College in New York City. Her first romance was sold in 1982 and she has since written over three hundred other novels. She has won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award for best Traditional Romance, and has been named a Romantic Times Career Achievement Winner. Ferrarella and her husband live in Southern California, with their two children. Her hobbies include old movies, musicals and mysteries. Bibliography As Marie Ferrarella Single novels *''Smoldering Embers'' (1982) *''Claimed By Raptu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginna Gray
Ginna may refer to: * Ginna Nuclear Generating Station, Ontario, New York, United States * Arnaldo Ginna (1890-1982), Italian painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Ginna Lopez (born 1994), member of the Peru women's national volleyball team * Ginna Marston Ginna Sulcer-Marston (born Ginna Sulcer February 19, 1958) is an American advertising executive who has worked on anti-drug public service advertising campaigns at the Partnership for a Drug Free America, a nonprofit consortium of advertising p ... (born 1958), American advertising executive * Ginna, competitor in the Danish reality television series '' Big Brother 6'' * ''Ginna'' (film), a 2022 Indian romantic action comedy {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Brandewyne
Rebecca Brandewyne née Wadsworth (born March 4, 1955, in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States) is an American writer of romance novels. Brandewyne has been published in multiple languages in over 60 countries. Biography Personal life Born Mary Rebecca Wadsworth on March 4, 1955, in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, to a large family, Brandewyne grew up in Kansas. She has a sister. She married Gary Brock, and had a son. After divorcing she married again, to John Cox, from whom she is also now divorced. In August 2006, a Kansas trial court ordered self-publishing company AuthorHouse to pay $240,000 in punitive damage as well as $230,000 in actual damage to Brandewyne and her parents for publishing a book by her ex-husband that was "harmful" and libelous of them. AuthorHouse was also ordered to pay $20,000 each to Brandewyne's parents for the damage. Although the court acknowledged that AuthorHouse employed a business model that placed a degree of responsibility for the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Bagwell
Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Films * ''Stella'' (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins * ''Stella'' (1943 film), with Zully Moreno * ''Stella'' (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature * ''Stella'' (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri * ''Stella'' (1976 film), written and directed by Luigi Cozzi *''Stella'' (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann, see Jean-Louis Bauer * ''Stella'' (1990 film), starring Bette Midler * ''Stella'' (2008 film), directed by Sylvie Verheyde *'' Stella. A Life.'', 2023 German film Literature *Stella, a novel attributed to Haitian author Emeric Bergeaud *''Stella'', a 1951 novel by Jan de Hartog, made into the 1958 film '' The Key'' * ''Stella'' (Norwegian magazine), a Norwegian lifestyle magazine * ''Stella'' (Swedish magazine), a Swedish science fiction magazine * ''Stella'' (play), 1806 tragic play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe *''Stella'', a magazine supplement for ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Rimmer
Christine Rimmer (born January 28 in California, U.S.) is a ''USA Today'' and Waldenbooks bestselling U.S. writer of over 60 romance novels, which she began writing in 1987. She also published poems and short stories in a number of small literary journals. Biography Christine Rimmer was born on January 28 in California, U.S., where her maternal grandfather were a gold miner. She obtained a theater degree in Sacramento, and then she went to New York City to study acting. She worked as a write-up girl at Barney's, a caterer's assistant, a waitress, a bartender, a phone sales rep, a janitor, receivable clerk, an accounts payable, a teacher, a model, an actress... Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. In 1984, she wrote her first romantic novel, that was published in 1987. She now lives in Washington State with her husband, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Barton
Beverly Marie Beaver (née Inman; December 23, 1946 – April 21, 2011), better known as Beverly Barton, was an American author, known for her romantic suspense novels. She wrote over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular ''The Protectors'' series for Harlequin Enterprises–owned Silhouette's Intimate Moments lines. Her first book, ''Yankee Lover'', was published in July 1990 by Harlequin's imprint, Silhouette Desire. Biography Beverly Barton was born in Alabama. She spent her formative years between Tuscumbia and Barton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. After graduating from Chattanooga Central High School, she attended college at the University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama, United States. It is the state's oldest university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also .... Barton was a wife, mother, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay McKenna
Lindsay may refer to: People *Clan Lindsay, a Scottish family clan *Lindsay (name), an English surname and given name, derived from the Scottish clan name; variants include Lindsey, Lyndsay, Linsay, Linsey, Lyndsey, Lyndsy, Lynsay, Lynsey Places ;Australia *Division of Lindsay, an electoral district in New South Wales ;Canada *Lindsay, Ontario ;United States *Lindsay, California *Lindsay, Montana *Lindsay, Nebraska *Lindsay, Oklahoma *Lindsay, South Dakota, a ghost town *Lindsay, Cooke County, Texas *Lindsay, Reeves County, Texas Other uses * Lindsay (crater) Lindsay is a small lunar impact crater in the central highlands of the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diam ..., a lunar impact crater * ''Lindsay'' (TV series), an American reality TV series * , a destroyer escort transferred to the Royal Navy See also * Lindsey (other)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Howard
Linda S. Howington (born August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States) is an American best-selling romance/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Biography Howington began to write at nine years old, and wrote for twenty years for her own enjoyment. She worked at a trucking company where she met her husband, Gary F. Howington, and then decided to try to get her work published in 1980.Interview with Linda HowardAll About Romance, 2000, retrieved February 15, 2007 After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. Her first work, ''All That Glitters'', was published by Silhouette in 1982. Howington joined the Romance Writers of America (RWA) in 1981, shortly after it was formed. She served as Region 3 Director (until 31 October 2008). In 2017, Howard criticized the RWA's attempts to be more inclusive of non-white authors, writing on an internal forum that "Diversity for the sake of diversity is discr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Pappano
Marilyn may refer to: People * Marilyn (given name) * Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer * Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress Places * Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m * 1486 Marilyn, a main-belt asteroid Media Films * ''Marilyn'' (1953 film), directed by Wolf Rilla * ''Marilyn'' (1963 film), a 1963 documentary * ''Marilyn'' (2011 film), a 2011 romance film * ''Marilyn'' (2018 film), a 2018 Argentine film * ''Marilyn'' (opera), a 1980 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero Related to Marilyn Monroe * '' Marilyn: A Biography'', a 1976 biography by Norman Mailer * '' Marilyn: The Untold Story'', a 1980 television film * '' Marilyn: An American Fable'', a 1983 musical by Patricia Michaels, Jeanne Napoli, et al. * ''Marilyn! the Musical'', a 1983 British musical that ran at the Adelphi Theatre * ''Marilyn! The New Musical'', a 2018 musical that ran at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Others * ''Mari ... [...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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery (born 1970) is an American author of popular romance novels set in non-urban, close-knit communities. Because of her love for animals, pets play a significant role in her books. Biography Born in 1970, Susan grew up in the Los Angeles, California, area. Mallery earned an MA from Seton Hill University. Mallery was published straight out of college with two books in January 1992. In 2008, her book ''Accidentally Yours'' became the first to make ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. On July 12, 2012, her book ''Summer Nights'' reached No. 2 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for paperback mass-market fiction. A second book, ''A Christmas Bride'', was No. 24 in November 2012. ''A Fool's Gold Christmas'' made the ''Times'' e-book fiction list on October 14, 2012. ''Three Sisters'' reached at No. 3 on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Mallery's book ''Thrill Me'' reached No. 1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list the next year in 2015. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |