Rita Gallagher
| Rita Gallagher Clay | |
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| Born |
Rita Gallagher 1922 |
| Died | February 1, 2004 (aged 81–82) |
| Pen name | Rita Gallagher |
| Occupation | novelist, writing instructor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 1982–1999 |
| Genre | romance |
| Children | Rita Clay Estrada |
Rita Gallagher (1922 – February 1, 2004), 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.
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. The two, along with Parris Afton Bonds, Sandra Stanford, and Peggy Cleaves 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, retrieved 2004-02-07
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