Alice Morgan (? - January 18, 1996)

Alice Morgan wrote two titles as a Harlequin American Romance author. She also wrote for Candlelight Ecstasy Supreme.

Alice Morgan passed away on January 18, 1996 due to congestive heart failure. Her nephew Jessica Briggs, alias Jessica Morgan, is a fan fiction author.

Alice Morgan's Books on Amazon: Alice Morgan

Victoria Holt (September 1, 1906 - January 18, 1993)

Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert, was a British author of about 200 historical novels, which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death.

As Victoria Holt, she was considered one of the supreme writers of the Gothic romance, a compelling storyteller whose gripping novels of the darker face of love have thrilled millions.

As Jean Plaidy, she has won the accolade, "One of England's foremost historicals novelists."

As Philippa Carr, she had earned acclaim for producing the bestselling family saga, Daughters of England a series which follows the fortunes of one English family from Tudor time to the present day.

She also wrote under the names Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anne Percival, and Ellalice Tate.

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Victoria Holt's Books on Amazon: Victoria Holt

Jean Plaidy's Books on Amazon: Jean Plaidy

Philippa Carr's Books on Amazon: Philippa Carr

Eleanor Burford's Books on Amazon: Eleanor Burford

Elbur Ford's Books on Amazon: Elbur Ford

Kathleen Kellow's Books on Amazon: Kathleen Kellow

Ellalice Tate's Books on Amazon: Ellalice Tate

Source: Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk: Love's Leading Ladies

( Cover Art by Elaine Gignilliat for Kirkland Revels by Victoria Holt )

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Kathleen Norris (July 16, 1880 - January 18, 1966)

Kathleen Thompson Norris (July 16, 1880, San Francisco, California – January 18, 1966, Palo Alto, California) was an American novelist, wife of fellow writer Charles G. Norris (Salt), whom she wed in 1909, and sister-in-law of the late social novelist Frank Norris (McTeague). She was educated in a special course at the University of California and wrote many popular romance novels that some considered sentimental and honest in their prose. Norris was the highest-paid female writer of her time, and many of her novels are held in high regard today. Many of her novels were set in California, particularly the San Francisco area. They feature detailed descriptions of the upper-class lifestyle. After 1910 she contributed to Atlantic, American Magazine, McClure's, Everybody's, Ladies' Home Journal, and Woman's Home Companion.

A feminist and pacifist who in nearly half a century turned out 81 relentlessly wholesome books (10,000,000 copies sold), plus reportage and innumerable short stories for women's magazines.

She died following a stroke in San Francisco. "I write," she once said, "for people with simple needs, like myself," and her books played endless variations on a single theme: "Get a girl in all kinds of trouble and then get her out."

Kathleen Norris's Books on Amazon: Kathleen Norris

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Norris

Virginia Ellis (1951 - January 18, 2006)

Virginia Ellis, pen name Lyn Ellis, versatile and award-winning author, passed away January 18, 2006.

Harlequin author Lyn Ellis was also a professional photographer who has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and the world. With her camera she learned how to tell a visual story. Then, in her books, she was translating the visual into words, creating memorable characters, vivid settings and compelling romances.

Her first book, Dear John..., won a Maggie Award for Best Short Contemporary, the Waldenbooks award for Bestselling Series book from Harlequin in 1994, and was nominated in two categories for the prestigious RITA award. Her second book, In Praise of Younger Men, was also nominated for a RITA.

As Lyn Ellis, she wrote ten novels for the Harlequin Temptation and Superromance lines--three of which were nominated for the prestigious Rita Award. She leaves behind a collection of wonderful stories and photographs and warm memories in the hearts of everyone who knew her.

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Virginia Ellis's Books on Amazon: Virginia Ellis

Lyn Ellis's Books on Amazon: Lyn Ellis

Source: http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=6879