Jeanne Hines
Jeanne Hines | |
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Born |
1922 (age 93–94) West Virginia, United States |
Pen name |
Jeanne Hines, Valerie Sherwood, Rosamond Royal |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1973 - 1991 |
Genre | Gothic fiction, Romance |
Jeanne Hines (born 1922 in West Virginia) is an American writer of gothic novels as her real name and romance novels as Valerie Sherwood and Rosamond Royal.[1]
Biography
Jeanne Hines was born in Moorefield, West Virginia, the daughter of Llewellyn Brown McNeill and Bess Heiskell McNeil. She grew up in a traditional family, but dreamed of doing something more than marrying and becoming a housewife. She married in 1943 Edward Thomas Hines (March 2, 1914 - Dec. 8, 2001) and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, but she was writing while she traveled with her husband between their five mansions along the East Coast.[2]
She worked as a reporter and fashion magazine illustrator before turning to fiction and becoming a novelist. Published since 1973, she penned gothic novels under her real name and romance novels as Valerie Sherwood and Rosamond Royal until 1991. She won the Romantic Times 1987-1988 Career Achievement Award in the category of "historical adventure".[3]
When author Chris Marie Green (aka Crystal Green), was 19, she wrote a fan letter to Hines, and the historical author answered the gushing missive and inspired her to write her first romance. [4]
Bibliography
As Jeanne Hines
Single novels
- The Slashed Portrait, 1973
- Tidehawks, 1974
- Talons of the Hawk, 1975
- Bride of Terror, 1976
- Scarecrow House, 1976
- The Legend of Witchwynd, 1976
- The Keys to Queenscourt, 1976
- The Third Wife, 1977
As Valerie Sherwood
Single novels
- This Loving Torment, August 1977
- These Golden Pleasures, November 1977
- Lovely Lying Lips, December 1983
- Born to Love, June 1984
- To Love a Rouge, October 1987
- Her Crowning Glory, 1988
- Lisbon, September 1989
Angel Series
- This Towering Passion, November 1978
- Her Shining Splendor, July 1980
- The Mistress, 1991
Love Series
- Bold Breathless Love, August 1981
- Rash Reckless love, June 1982
- Wild Willful Love, October 1982
- Rich Radiant Love, June 1983
Song Series
- Lovesong, September 1985
- Windsong, March 1986
- Nightsong, September 1986
As Rosamond Royal
- Rapture, 1979
References and sources
- ↑ Historical Romance Writers Author: Jeanne Hines
- ↑ Reaping the Wild Rewards of Romance
- ↑ Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine: Romance, Mystery and Women's Fiction Reviews
- ↑ Crystal Green's Bio