Bertrice Small

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Bertrice Small (2008)

Bert Rice Small (* 9. December 1937 in Manhattan , New York as Bert Williams Rice ; † 24. February 2015 in Southold, Long Iceland ) was an American writer. She was a successful and prolific writer of historical romance novels ; her work is counted as trivial literature.

life and work

Bertrice Small was the daughter of radio personalities Doris S. and David R. Williams. She attended St. Mary's private school in Peekskill , New York, run by Anglican nuns, and then studied at the Attended Western College for Women in Oxford , Ohio (1955-1958) and at the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School (1958-1959). After working for various New York companies, she married the photographer and designer George Sumner Small IV († 2012) in 1963, who studied history at Princeton University . A son was born in the marriage.

In 1978, Small published her first historical romance novel, The Kadin, at Avon Books . This Bodice Ripper tells the story of an English noblewoman who was sold as a slave in the harem of an oriental sultan during the Renaissance period and who found erotic fulfillment and great love with her new master. In the same year a sequel followed, Love Wild and Fair , with the story of a great-granddaughter of the heroine from The Kadin . Characteristic of Small's novels were very explicit descriptions of the sexual relationships between their characters.

In 1980, Small moved to Ballantine Books , a publisher that has been part of the Random House group since 1973 . By 2001 she published 16 further historical romance novels there, which took place in very different parts of Europe in different epochs, such as in the Egypt of the Pharaohs ( Beloved , 1983), in Byzantium ( Adora , 1980; To Love Again , 1993), in the Middle Ages ( The Love Slave , 1997), in medieval Wales ( A Moment in Time , 1991; A Memory of Love , 2000), in Knightly England ( Hellion , 1999), in the England of the Plantagenet kings ( The Spitfire , 1990), in Elizabethan England (O'Malley Family Saga, 1981–1992) and in the Regency period ( The Dutchess , 2001).

Since 1986 Small has also published for Penguin Books , including the Byzantium novel Enchantress Mine (1987), the late Middle Ages series Friarsgate Inheritance Saga (2002–2005) and Border Chronicles (2006–2011) and the tetralogy The, which was part of the Florentine Renaissance Silk Merchant's Daughters (2012–2015), but also the Channel series (2004–2011), a 6-part series of erotic novels with a plot in the present.

Another publisher where Small published her work from 1997 on was Kensington Books . There the historical romance novels The Innocent (1999; English Middle Ages), Deceived (1998; 17th century), Betrayed (2001; Regency) and the Regency series Skye's Legacy (1997-2003) appeared. In 2004, Small published a fantasy love novel for the first time in the English legendary novel The Dragon Lord's Daughters . By 2010, 6 more followed, which she published under the title World of Hetar with the Canadian publisher Harlequin .

Bertrice Small died in her Long Island home in 2015 after suffering from cancer of kidney failure.

She was a member of the Authors Guild , the Romance Writers of America and the author organization PASIC (Published Author's Special Interest Chapter).

Publications

Original English edition published by Avon Books:

  • 1978: The Kadin (Leslie Family Saga # 1)
  • 1978: Love Wild and Fair (Leslie Family Saga # 2)

English original edition published by Ballantine Books:

  • 1980: Adora
  • 1981: Skye O'Malley (O'Malley Family Saga # 1; German: Fire of Temptation , Heyne, 1990)
  • 1982: Unconquered ( Taumel des Glücks , Heyne, 1995)
  • 1983: Beloved
  • 1984: All the Sweet Tomorrows (O'Malley Family Saga # 2; Power of Desire , Heyne, 1990)
  • 1988: This Heart of Mine (O'Malley Family Saga # 4)
  • 1989: Lost Love Found (O'Malley Family Saga # 5)
  • 1990: The Spitfire
  • 1991: A Moment in Time ( Bitterness of Love , Heyne, 1994)
  • 1992: Wild Jasmine (O'Malley Family Saga # 6)
  • 1993: To Love Again
  • 1994: Love, remember me (Wyndham Family Saga # 2)
  • 1995: The Love Slave ( Chains of Love , Heyne, 1997)
  • 1996: Hellion ( The Sorceress , Cora, 1999)
  • 2000: A Memory of Love
  • 2001: The Dutchess

English original edition published by Penguin (Signet, NAL):

  • 1986: A Love for All Time (O'Malley Family Saga # 3; In the Shackles of Passion , Cora, 1998)
  • 1987: Enchantress Mine ( Sorceress of Tenderness , Heyne, 1996)
  • 1988: Blaze Wyndham (Wyndham Family Saga # 1; Im Bann der Sehnsucht , Heyne, 1995)
  • 2002: Rosamund (Friarsgate Inheritance Saga # 1)
  • 2003: Until you (Friarsgate Inheritance Saga # 2)
  • 2004: Philippa (Friarsgate Inheritance Saga # 3)
  • 2004: Private Pleasures (Channel Pleasures # 1 [Erotic Contemporary]; The Devil in My Bed , Cora, 2007)
  • 2005: The Last Heiress (Friarsgate Inheritance Saga # 4)
  • 2006: A Dangerous Love (The Border Chronicles # 1)
  • 2006: Forbidden Pleasure (Channel Pleasures # 2)
  • 2007: Sudden Pleasures (Channel Pleasures # 3)
  • 2007: The Border Lord's Bride (The Border Chronicles # 2)
  • 2008: Dangerous Pleasures (Channel Pleasures # 4)
  • 2008: The Captive Heart (The Border Chronicles # 3)
  • 2009: The Border Lord and the Lady (The Border Chronicles # 4)
  • 2010: Passionate Pleasures (Channel Pleasures # 5)
  • 2010: The Border Vixen (The Border Chronicles # 5)
  • 2011: Bond of Passion (The Border Chronicles # 6)
  • 2011: Guilty Pleasures (Channel Pleasures # 6)
  • 2012: Bianca (The Silk Merchant's Daughters # 1)
  • 2013: Francesca (The Silk Merchant's Daughters # 2)
  • 2013: Lucianna (The Silk Merchant's Daughters # 3)
  • 2015: Serena (The Silk Merchant's Daughters # 4)

English original edition published by Kensington Publishing (Fawcett):

  • 1997: Darling Jasmine (Skye's Legacy # 1; Beloved Jasmine , 2001)
  • 1998: Betrayed ( In the Wirren des Herzens , Heyne, 2001)
  • 1998: Deceived ( Paradise of Sehnsucht , Heyne, 2001)
  • 1999: Bedazzled (Skye's Legacy # 2; Geliebte Sklavin , Heyne, 2000)
  • 1999: The Innocent ( Beloved Innocence , Heyne, 1999)
  • 2001: Besieged (Skye's Legacy # 3; Beloved Mistress , Pavilion, 2003)
  • 2001: Intrigued (Skye's Legacy # 4)
  • 2002: Just Beyond Tomorrow (Skye's Legacy # 5)
  • 2003: Vixens (Skye's Legacy # 6)
  • 2004: The Dragon Lord's Daughters

English original edition published by Harlequin:

  • 2005: Lara (World of Hetar Series # 1 [Fantasy Romance])
  • 2006: A Distant Tomorrow (World of Hetar Series # 2)
  • 2007: The Twilight Lord (World of Hetar Series # 3)
  • 2008: The Sorceress of Belmair (World of Hetar Series # 4)
  • 2009: The Shadow Queen (World of Hetar Series # 5)
  • 2010: Crown of Destiny (World of Hetar Series # 6)

Awards and honors

Bertrice Small has received numerous awards, prizes and honors relevant to the genre, including:

  • Career Achievement for Historical Romance
  • Best Historical Romance
  • Outstanding Historical Romance Series
  • Career Achievement for Historical Fantasy (RT Book Reviews)
  • Golden Leaf (New Jersey Romance Writers chapter of Romance Writers of America)
  • Author of the Year (2006, New York City Romance Writers chapter of RWA)
  • Big Apple Award (New York City Romance Writers chapter of RWA)
  • Silver Pen (Affair De Coeur)
  • Honorable Mention (The West Coast Review of Books)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (2004, RT Book Reviews magazine)
  • Pioneer of Romance (2008, RT Book Reviews)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sam Roberts: Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies. In: The New York Times. March 5, 2015, accessed July 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Sam Roberts: Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies. In: The New York Times. March 5, 2015, accessed July 10, 2016 . encyclopedia.com: Bertrice Small. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . Goodreads: Bertrice Small. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Bertrice Small: Official website. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Small, Bertrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Bertrice (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2015
Place of death Southold, Long Island