Occupation Novelist Nationality British Genre Romance Role Writer | Language English Period 1930-1991 Name Mary Howard Died March 2, 1991 | |
Born Mary Edgar
27 December 1907
London, England, UK ( 1907-12-27 ) Pen name Mary Howard,
Josephine Edgar Books More Than Friendship, Bow to the Storm | ||
Mary Mussi, née Edgar (born 27 December 1907 in London, England - died 2 March 1991), was a British writer of over 50 romance novels as Mary Howard, who also wrote over 10 gothic romance as Josephine Edgar. She is one of the two novelists to win three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Personal life
Born Mary Edgar on 27 December 1907 in London, England, United Kingdom, daughter of Jenny (Howard) and George Edgar, an author. She was educated privately. On 6 March 1934, she married Rudolph F. Mussi, they had one son, Max, and one daughter, Susan Jane. Mary Mussi died on 2 March 1991.
Writing career
Mussi started writing contemporary romance novels as Mary Howard in 1930, later she used the penname of Josephine Edgar to sign her gothic historical romances. She received three times the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novels More Than Friendship (1960), Countess (1979), and Mr Rodriguez (1980). She also won the Elinor Glyn award in 1961. She was a past chairwoman of Society of Women Writers and Journalists.