Pen name June Knox-Mawer Genre Romance Language English Name June Knox-Mawer | Nationality British Role Writer Period 1961–2001 Died April 19, 2006 | |
Born June Ellis10 May 1930Wrexham, Wales, UK ( 1930-05-10 ) Occupation Writer, novelist, radio broadcaster Books A Ram in the Well, The sultans came to tea | ||
June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis (10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales – 19 April 2006) was a British writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster. In 1992, her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Born June Ellis on 10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant. She raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle. In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925–2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary, they had a son a and a daughter. The married couple lived in Arabia and Fiji, which inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to UK. She died on 19 April 2006, survived by her husband and children.
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