Name Lawrence Schoonover | Role Novelist | |
Died 1980, Town of Hempstead, New York, United States Books The Gentle Infidel, The Spider King: The Schoono, Queen's Cross, The Queen's Cross: A, The Prisoner of Tordesillas | ||
Lawrence Schoonover (1906–1980) was an American novelist.
Born in Anamosa, Iowa, Schoonover attended the University of Wisconsin, then worked in advertising before becoming a novelist.
Lawrence Schoonver had four daughters with his wife, Gertrude Hedwig Bonn: Judith Hedwig Schoonover (1940), married to James D. Regan; children: James L. Regan (1964) and Tracy Regan (1966) Mary Elizabeth Schoonover (1942), married to George Marshall; children: Christopher Marshall (1966) Caroline Grace Schoonover (1944–2005), married to Herve J. Pensec; children: Danielle A. Pensec (1965), Monique S. Pensec (1968), Michele H. Pensec (1968); married to Alois J. Mathe Virginia Schoonover, (1946)
Writing mostly historical fiction, his attention to detail and historical accuracy won him great praise by his contemporaries. Among his many well-known books are Queen's Cross, The Burnished Blade, Gentle Infidel, The Spider King, and The Prisoner of Tordesillas. These and other titles are being redesigned for release beginning in 2008 by "Fountain City Publishing".