Rita Gallagher

Rita Gallagher Clay
Born	Rita Gallagher 1922
Died	February 1, 2004 (aged 81–82)
Pen name	Rita Gallagher
Occupation	novelist, writing instructor
Nationality	U.S.American
Period	1982 - 1999
Genres	romance
Children	Rita Clay Estrada

Rita Gallagher (b. 1922 - d. February 1, 2004(2004-02-01)) a founding member of the Romance Writers of America, was a noted writing instructor of romance novels. She also wrote three romance novels from 1982 to 1986. She is the mother of the writer Rita Clay Estrada.

1 Biography
2 Bibliography
3 References and sources

Biography

Rita Gallagher was born in 1922. She was a Miss Michigan, and married to a U.S. Air Force pilot. She is the mother of the writer Rita Clay Estrada. They and others writers created the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.).

From 1982 to 1986, she published three romance novels, and later was a writing instructor for romance novelists. She also published with her daughter the books: "Writing Romances" and "You Can Write a Romance".

Rita died February 1, 2004 in Houston at age 82.^[1]

Bibliography

Shadows Series

Shadows on the Wind, (1982)
Shadowed Destiny, (1985)

Novels

Passion Star, (1986)

Non fiction

Writing Romances (1997) (with Rita Clay Estrada)
You Can Write a Romance (1999) (with Rita Clay Estrada)

References and sources

^ Life In Legacy - Week of February 7, 2004, http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2004/WIR20040207.html#P10, retrieved 2004-02-07

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Name	Gallagher, Rita
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Date of birth	1922
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Date of death	February 1, 2004
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