RITA Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1990) Winner
Julie Garwood
ジュリー・ガルウッド
Jurī Garuuddo
Pen Names:
Emily Chase（pen name used by a team of writers）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1944-12-26 （Kansas City, Missouri）
- Died
- 2023-06-08 （Leawood, Kansas） age 78
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kansas City, Missouri → Leawood, Kansas
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1985-2023
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Honor's Splendour
1987 Historical RomanceA medieval romance novel featuring Madelyne and Baron Duncan.
lovehonoradventure
For the Roses
1995 RomanceStory of orphans raising a girl, adapted into film.
familygrowth
Adaptations
- [Film] Rose Hill (1997)
The Bride
1989 Historical RomanceScottish historical romance about an arranged marriage.
marriagecultural clash
A Girl Named Summer
1986 Young AdultA young adult novel.
youth
Adaptations
- For the Roses adapted as Rose Hill (1997).
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Quirky heroinesFocus on family relationships
- Recurring Motifs
- family bondsclumsy yet charming heroines
Health
-
Tonsillectomy6歳時Missed school, delayed learning to read until age 11
Legacy
Authored over 27 romance novels, over 35 million copies sold, 24 New York Times bestsellers.
Trivia
- Learned to read at age 11 after tonsillectomy delayed schooling; named daughter after her teacher.
- Sixth of seven children in a large Irish-American family.