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British romance novelist (born Christine Sparks, later Christine Sparks Fiorotto) who published more than 75 novels for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette between 1984 and 2017. A former magazine journalist for Woman's Own, she set most of her books in Italy, reflecting her marriage to a Venetian artist. She won Romance Writers of America RITA Awards for Song of the Lorelei (1991) and His Brother's Child (1998). She died in May 2026.

Robyn Elaine Donald was born on 14 August 1940 in Northland, New Zealand, she was the oldest in her family, and as a child she thrilled her four sisters and one brother with bloodcurdling adventure tales, usually very like the latest book she'd borrowed from the library. She married and worked as teacher during years. Robyn owes her writing career to two illnesses. The first was a younger sister's flu. Her sister was living with her husband and her and spent most of that winter acquiring, suf...

Award winning, best-selling author for Harlequin Presents, Trish Morey likes to hammer out her stories while walking through the bushland of the beautiful Adelaide Hills, counting koalas high up in gum trees as she goes. In 2002 Trish entered the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart contest for the first time and was amazed and delighted to final in the short contemporary section. The same manuscript was already under consideration in London, and in June 2003 (actually June 18th at 6:32...