Mary Howard (romance novelist)

Mary Edgar Mussi
Born Mary Edgar
(1907-12-27)27 December 1907
London, England, UK
Died 2 March 1991(1991-03-02) (aged 83)
Pen name Mary Howard,
Josephine Edgar
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality British
Period 1930-1991
Genre Romance
Notable works More Than Friendship,
Countess,
Mr Rodriguez
Notable awards 3 RoNA Award
Spouse Rudolph F. Mussi
Children 2

Mary Mussi, née Edgar (born 27 December 1907 in London, England - died 2 March 1991), was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar. She is one of the two novelists to win three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

Biography

Personal life

Born Mary Edgar on 27 December 1907 in London, England, UK, daughter of Jenny (Howard) and George Edgar, an author. She was educated privately. On 6 March 1934, she married Rudolph F. Mussi, they had one son, Max, and one daughter, Susan Jane.[2] Mary Mussi died on 2 March 1991.[3]

Writing career

Mussi started writing contemporary romance novels as Mary Howard in 1930, later she used the penname of Josephine Edgar to sign her gothic historical romances. She received three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels More Than Friendship (1960), Countess (1979), and Mr Rodriguez (1980).[1] She also won the Elinor Glyn award in 1961. She was a past chairwoman of Society of Women Writers and Journalists.[3]

Bibliography

As Mary Howard

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Single novels

As Josephine Edgar

[5]

Single novels

Viola's Story

  1. Duchess (1976)
  2. Countess (1978)

References and sources

  1. 1 2 Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 2012-07-08
  2. Frances C. Locher; Ann Evory (1975-06-20), Contemporary Authors: Includes: Volúmenes 53-56, Gale, p. 708
  3. 1 2 Twentieth-century romance and historical writers, St. James Press, 1990, p. 856
  4. Mary Howard at FantasticFiction, 2012-07-08
  5. Josephine Edga at FantasticFiction, 2012-07-08
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