Molly Costain Haycraft (6 December 1911 – 5 June 2005) was a

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author. She was born in

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, Canada, and spent her childhood in

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, where her father, the well-known novelist Thomas B. Costain, was an editor for ''

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''. She was the author of several novels about women in English royal history. These include ''The Lady Royal,'' ''The Reluctant Queen,'' and ''Too Near the Throne.'' ''The Lady Royal'' centres on the life of Isabella, Countess of Bedford, during the

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.Lynda G. Adamson, ''World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults''. Greenwood Publishing Group (p. 168). She died in Hightstown, NJ, in 2005

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1911 births 2005 deaths Canadian women novelists Canadian emigrants to the United States Novelists from Toronto Canadian historical novelists Writers from Philadelphia 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers Women historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages {{Canada-novelist-stub