Occupation Actress, novelist Name Constance Heaven Nationality British Role Writer | Period 1963-1995 Died 1995 Spouse William Heaven (m. 1939) | |
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Born Constance Fecher6 August 1911London, England, UK ( 1911-08-06 ) Pen name Constance Fecher,Constance Heaven,Christina Merlin Books The Fire Still Burns, The Fires of Glenlochy, The wind from the sea, Love's Shadow, The House of Kuragin | ||
Constance Heaven, née Constance Fecher (6 August 1911 in London, England, UK – 1995) was a British writer of romance novels, under her maiden name, her married name and under the pseudonym Christina Merlin. In 1973, her novel The House Of Kuragin was the Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year.
She was the eleventh elected Chairman (1981–1983) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Born Constance Fecher on 6 August 1911 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England, UK. She was educated at the Convent of Woodford Green, Essex since 1921 to 1928, when she joined to study at King's College London, where she obtained a Honours degree in English in 1931. In 1931, she also graduated at London College of Music.
On 5 November 1939, she married William Heaven, who died in 1958. She was actress since 1939 to 1966.
Published since 1963, she started writing historical novels with young protagonists under her maiden name Constance Fecher. Since 1972, she signed her novels more romantic, under her married name, Constance Heaven. She also used the pseudonym of Christina Merlin. In 1973, her novel The House Of Kuragin was the Winner of Romantic Novel of the Year.
She was the eleventh elected Chairman (1981–1983) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She died in 1995, and continued writing until her death.