Dorothy Black (novelist)

Dorothy Delius Allan Black MacLeish
Born Dorothy Delius Allan Black
1890
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died 1977 (aged 86–87)
Scotland, UK
Pen name Dorotny Black;
Peter Delius[1]
Occupation novelist
Language English
Nationality British
Period 1916-1974
Genres Romance
Spouse(s) Hugh MacLeish

Dorothy MacLeish, née Black (b. 1890 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK - d. 1977[2] in Scotland, UK) was a British writer of over 100 romance novels and several short stories from 1916 to 1974 under her maiden name Dorothy Black and as Peter Delius. In 1934 published anonymously Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman, later reedited under her name. The summer of 1949, she assisted Marion Crawford to writing a series of features on life with Princess Margaret. She wrote her auto-biography "The foot of the rainbow" in 1960.

Dorothy Black was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.[3]

In 1916,[1] she was married with Hugh MacLeish.[4]

Contents

Bibliography

As Dorothy Blak

Single novels

Children's Books

Omnibus

Non Fiction

Short stories

As Peter Delius

Single novels

Anonymously

Single novels

References and sources

  1. ^ a b Crime Fiction IV, http://www.crimefictioniv.com/Part_38.html 
  2. ^ author and book info, http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/bl.htm 
  3. ^ Past RNA Officers, http://www.rna-uk.org/index.php?page=pastofficers 
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1930, http://books.google.es/books?id=CKUhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=Dorothy+Black+MacLeish&source=bl&ots=QwYGhCfxHK&sig=VG24Bfs8P62XfCqfWbDLsiC2JHk&hl=es&ei=quOTTJydOcu04AajyPCEBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Dorothy%20Black%20MacLeish&f=false