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Rona Randall

Rona Green was born on 16 June 1911 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Her education includes: Pitmans College in London, a Diploma in English Literature at Royal Society of Art, Birkenhead School of Art Literary. She married Frederick Walter Shambrook, and had a son.

A former actress, before writing, she worked also as journalist and sub-director of publishing company Amalgamated Press, and as assistant editor of George Newnes Ltd. Published since 1942, she started publishing mainly contemporary doctor nurse romances, before writing also gothic romances, and when the market for gothic novels softened, she wrote historical mystery romances. In 1970, Broken Tapestry, her contemporary novel about a broken family, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. In 1989, she wrote her The Model Wife: Nineteenth Century Style, a book about social constumbres, including clothing. In 1992, she wrote Writing Popular Fiction, a complete guide for writers.

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    First published in 1974 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1962 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The doctor falls in love

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1954 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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Born 16 June 1911

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, romance, general, Gothic, 1960s, Large type books, Suspense, Fiction in English, Fiction, romance, historical, general, 1950s, Historical, Nurses, Fiction, general, Love triangle, Physicians, Doctor Nurse Romance, English fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Ocean travel, Potters, Romans, nouvelles, Social life and customs, 1940s, 1970s

Places

England, Great Britain, Cornwall (England : County), Jordan, London, Monte Carlo (Monaco), Riviera (France), Scotland, Sea, Stoke-on-Trent (England)

People

Eustacia Rochdale, Julian Kershaw, Belinda Lemaitre, Blaine McDermott, Callum, Caroline Davidson, Catherine, Charity, Dave Radnor, David Henderson, David Radcliffe, Deborah York, Delia Davidson, Duke of Queensford, Dulcima Howard, Elizabeth, Faith, Fenella Gilmore, Helen, Hope, Janet Bewleigh, Janet Humphrey, Jason Gilmore, John Curtis, John Henson

Time

Edwardian Era, 19th century, Victorian Era, late 1800's

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  • OLID: OL898935A

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Alternative names

  • Rona Green Shambrook
  • Rona Shambrook
  • Rona Randall
  • Virginia Standage

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August 3, 2012 Edited by CGN Added new photo
August 2, 2012 Edited by CGN merge authors
August 21, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import