Marjorie Lewty

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Marjorie Lewty , born as Marjorie Lobb (born April 8, 1906 in Wallasey , United Kingdom; † January 21, 2002 in Leamington Spa , United Kingdom) was a British author of short novels and over 45 romance and family novels , which from 1958 to 1999 published by Mills & Boon .

biography

Marjorie Lobb's parents were James Lobb, a merchant marine and Mabel Lobb, manager of Queen's Cinema in Liverpool . Lobb studied at the Queen Mary High School in Liverpool, founded in 1910 . Her plans to study science at a university were prevented by the death of her father. From 1923 she was forced to take a hated job in the secretariat of District Bank Ltd. until she married Richard Arthur Lewty, a Liverpool dental surgeon, in 1933. They had a son, Simon Lewty, and a daughter, Deborah Bornoff. After their wedding, she began writing short stories that were published in magazines. In 1958 she sold her first romance novel to Mills & Boon. She wrote her last novel in 1999. Her husband died in 1978. She died on January 21, 2002.

Works

Novels

  • Never Call It Loving (1958)
  • The Million Stars (1959)
  • Imperfect Secretary (1959)
  • The Lucky One (1961)
  • This Must Be for Ever (1962)
  • Alex Rayner, Dental Nurse (1965)
  • Dental Nurse At Denley's (1968)
  • Town Nurse - Country Nurse (1970)
  • The Extraordinary Engagement (1972)
  • Rest Is Magic (1973)
  • All Made of Wishes (1974)
  • Flowers in Stony Places (1975)
  • Fire in the Diamond (1976)
  • To Catch a Butterfly (1977)
  • Time and the Loving (1977)
  • The Short Engagement (1978)
  • A Very Special Man (1979)
  • Certain Smile (1979)
  • Prisoner in Paradise (1980)
  • Love Is a Dangerous Game (1980)
  • Beyond the Lagoon (1981)
  • Girl Betwitched (1981)
  • Makeshift Marriage (1982)
  • Dangerous Male (1983)
  • One Who Kisses (1983)
  • Lover's Knot (1984)
  • Riviera Romance (1984)
  • Acapulco Moonlight (1985)
  • Lake in Kyoto (1985)
  • Villa in the sun (1986)
  • In Love with the Man (1986)
  • Honeymoon Island (1987)
  • Bittersweet Honeymoon (1988)
  • Falling in Love Again (1988)
  • Kiss Is Still a Kiss (1989)
  • Lightning Strike (1990)
  • Man trap (1990)
  • Deep Water (1991)
  • The Beginning of the Affair (1992)
  • Little White Lies (1993)
  • Step in the Dark (1994)
  • An Ambitious Heart (1995)
  • Misleading Engagement (1996)
  • A Real Engagement (1999)

Anthologies

  • Runaway Visitors / Tower of the Winds / Rest is Magic (1977) (with Eleanor Farnes and Elizabeth Hunter )
  • Shadows on the Sand / All Made of Wishes / Sweet Roots and Honey (1979) (with Elizabeth Hoy and Gwen Westwood)
  • Velvet Spur / The Habit of Love / Extraordinary Engagement (1979) (with Jane Arbor and Joyce Dingwell )
  • Flowers In Stony Places / The Flight Of The Hawk / Ross of Silver Ridge (1981) (with Rebecca Stratton and Gwen Westwood)
  • The Beach of Sweet Returns / To Catch a Butterfly / Heart in the Sunlight (1982) (with Margery Hilton)
  • The House in the Foothills / The Short Engagement / Henrietta's Own Castle (1986) (with Mons Daveson and Betty Neels )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author - Marjorie Lewty, nee LOBB. In: authorandbookinfo.com. Retrieved January 29, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Laura Davis: Writer of romantic books dies, aged 95; Wirral author wrote Mills & Boon romances for 40 years . In: Liverpool Daily Post . Liverpool January 31, 2002 ( thefreelibrary.com [accessed January 29, 2015]).
personal data
SURNAME Lewty, Marjorie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lobb, Marjorie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Wallasey , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2002
Place of death Leamington Spa , United Kingdom