Pen name Maynah Lewis Period 1963–83 Died July 16, 1988 Nationality British Role Writer | Language English Name Maynah Lewis Occupation Novelist Genre Gothic, romance | |
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Born Maynah McIntire
14 April 1919
Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ( 1919-04-14 ) Notable awards Romantic Novelists' Association Awards Books The pride of innocence, The unforgiven, These my children | ||
Maynah Lewis (née Mclntire; 14 April 1919 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England – 16 July 1988) was a British writer of 23 gothic and romance novels. She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Born Maynah McIntire on 14 April 1919 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, she was educated at schools in Scotland. In 1936, she married Victor Lewis, and had one son.
She was a professional musician and teacher, before became writing full-time from 1958. She won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, by her novels The Future is Forever in 1968, and The Pride of Innocence in 1972.
Maynah Lewis died on 16 July 1988.
References
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