Carolly Erickson (born January 1, 1943–November 11, 2020) an American author of

historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the Setting (narrative), setting of particular real past events, historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literatur ...

and

non-fiction Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or content (media), media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real life, real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to pre ...

. In 2008, her book ''The Tsarina's Daughter'' won the RT Reader's Choice Award for best Historical Fiction.

Personal life

Erickson lived in California, Hawaii and Washington State. She died in

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on November 11, 2020.

Novels

* ''The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette'' (2005) * ''The Last Wife of Henry VIII'' (2006) * ''The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise'' (2007) * ''The Tsarina's Daughter'' (2008) * '' The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots'' (2009) * '' Rival to the Queen'' (2010) * '' The Favored Queen'' (2011) * '' The Unfaithful Queen'' (2012) * '' The Spanish Queen'' (2013)

Non fiction

*''The Records of Medieval Europe'' (1971) *''The Medieval Vision: Essays in History And Perception'' (1976) *''Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor'' (1978) *''Civilization and society in the West'' (1978) *''Josephine: A Life of the Empress'' (1980) *''Great Harry: The Extravagant Life of Henry Viii'' (1980) *''Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchs'' (1980) (''Brief Lives of the English Monarchs'' (2007) *''The First Elizabeth'' (1983) *''Mistress Anne'' (1984) *''Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England'' (1986) *''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1989) *''To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette'' (1991) *''Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia'' (1994) *''Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria'' (1997) *''Arc of the Arrow: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography'' (1998) *''Alexandra: The Last Tsarina'' (2001) *'' The Girl from Botany Bay'' (2004) *''Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait Of Elizabeth II'' (2004)

References

1943 births American historical fiction writers American women historical novelists American historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period {{US-fiction-writer-stub 2020 deaths