In memory of Violet Winspear
Jan. 31st, 2008 09:25 am
Violet Winspear was born on April 28, 1928 in England and died at the beginning of 1989. Violet debued with the imprint in 1961 with the title Lucifer's Angel, the first of many "dark and dangerous" titles associated with her work. She caused a big controversy in 1970, when she claimed her heroes should "frighten and fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape". This comment caused uproar and lead to her receiving hate mail.
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