Romantic Novelists' Association Awards (RoNA Awards)
3 appearances
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Edition 31 (1985) Winner
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Edition 53 (2007) Winner
Janey King
ジェイニー・キング
Jeinī Kingu
Aliases:
Janey Morris
Pen Names:
Rosie Thomas（Pen name used for writing novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947 （Denbigh, Wales）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- a village in north Wales → London
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, romance novelist
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St Hilda's College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Millfield
Country:
United Kingdom
St Hilda's College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
studied there
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Romantic Novel of the Year | Sunrise | — | Romantic Novelists' Association | winner |
| 2007 | Romantic Novel of the Year | Iris and Ruby | — | Romantic Novelists' Association | winner |
| 2012 | Best Epic Romance of the Year | The Kashmir Shawl | — | Romantic Novelists' Association | winner |
Romantic Novel of the Year
1985
Work:
Sunrise
Organization:
Romantic Novelists' Association
Result:
winner
Romantic Novel of the Year
2007
Work:
Iris and Ruby
Organization:
Romantic Novelists' Association
Result:
winner
Best Epic Romance of the Year
2012
Work:
The Kashmir Shawl
Organization:
Romantic Novelists' Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sunrise
1984 RomanceA romance novel dealing with themes of love and loss
loveloss
Iris and Ruby
2006 RomanceA romance novel dealing with themes of love and loss
loveloss
The Kashmir Shawl
2011 RomanceEpic romance novel
lovelossadventure
Bibliography
- Celebration (1982)
- Follies (1983)
- Sunrise (1984)
- The White Dove (1986)
- Strangers (1987)
- Bad Girls, Good Women (1988)
- A Woman of Our Times (1990)
- All My Sins Remembered (1991)
- Other People's Marriages (1993)
- A Simple Life (1995)
- Every Woman Knows a Secret (1996)
- Moon Island (1998)
- White (2000)
- The Potter's House (2001)
- If My Father Loved Me (2003)
- Sun at Midnight (2004)
- Iris and Ruby (2006)
- Constance (2007)
- Lovers & Newcomers (2010)
- The Kashmir Shawl (2011)
- The Illusionists (2014)
- Daughter of the House (2015)
- Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Deals with the common themes of love and loss
- Recurring Motifs
- loveloss
Legacy
British romance novelist ranking among the top 100 authors borrowed from UK libraries, two-time winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year award.
Trivia
- Her pen name 'Rosie Thomas' is derived from her mother's name Rose and her sister's married name Thomas.
- Her mother died when she was ten years old.
- Married a literary agent after university and had two children; divorced in the mid-1990s.
- Climbed the Eiger in Switzerland on her 60th birthday.
- Competed in the Peking to Paris car rally.