Maureen Peters (novelist)

Maureen Peters (3 March 1935 - 8 April 2008) was a historical novelist, under her own name and noms de plume such as Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Belinda Gray, Levanah Lloyd, Judith Rothman, Elizabeth Law, Sharon Whitby.

Personal life

She was born in Caernarvon, North Wales. She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education. For some time she taught disabled children, and then took up writing. She has produced many books and contributed short stories to many magazines.[1]

Peters is also known as a Bronte scholar.[2][3]

Maureen Peters was married and divorced twice; she had two sons and two daughters.

She died on 8 April 2008.

Writing career

Her novels have often focused on royalty, mostly the War of the Roses and Tudor period, and cover the lives of Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, as well as of other famous and less famous historical figures such as Edward II of England, the many Queen consorts of various Kings of England.[4][5] Apart from biographical fiction on royalty (written under her own name), she also wrote Gothic romances, family sagas, Mills & Boon series titles, contemporary mysteries.

Bibliography

As Maureen Peters

Series

Malone Trilogy:

The Vinegar Trilogy:

Biographical historical fiction novels

Other historical fiction novels

Non fiction works

As Catherine Darby

Falcon Saga

Moon Chalice Quest

Rowan

Novels

As Elizabeth Law

As Judith Rothman

As Sharon Whitby

References

  1. Sarah Johnson's http://readingthepast.blogspot.ru/2008/05/maureen-peters-1935-2008.html
  2. Brontë Studies - Journal of the Brontë Society, Volume 28 2003 p. 92 "Maureen Peters is a prolific writer whom many members of the Bronte Society will remember for her vivacious and frank contribution to a forum on 'faction' which took place in Haworth ..."
  3. Roger Carpenter Goodnight to Flamboro': the life and music of William Baines 1977 p. 115 That place could not be better defined than to say that he is to English piano music as Emily Bronte is to English poetry. a personal level, which has lately found support from Maureen Peters, is at least as plausible as trying to relate the ...
  4. Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series 2009 0838909671 p. 77 "Welsh-born writer Maureen Peters is the author of historical romances and mystery novels under her own name and noms de plume such as Catherine Darby, Belinda gray, Judith Rothman, and Elizabeth Law."
  5. James Vinson, D. L. Kirkpatrick Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers 1982 p. 545 "Maureen Peters is a young author already showing her real ability and versatility, and the promise of more such novels is rich indeed. Her first novels set a high standard which has been maintained, even surpassed, with each new book."
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