Occupation Novelist Genre Gothic, romance Language English Name Rona Randall | Nationality British Role Writer Period 1942–2001 | |
Born Rona Green
16 June 1911
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England ( 1911-06-16 ) Pen name Rona Randall,
Rona Shambrook,
Virginia Standage Notable awards Romantic Novelists' Association Awards Books Writing Popular Fiction, The Willow Herb, The Doctor Falls in Love, Love and Dr Maynard, Dragonmede | ||
Rona Shambrook, née Green (born 16 June 1911 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England), was a British writer of over 50 gothic, romance novels, and some non-fiction books, under the pseudonym of Rona Randall from 1942 to 2001. She also used her married name Rona Shambrook and the pseudonym of Virginia Standage. In 1970, her novel Broken Tapestry won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Personal life
Born Rona Green on 16 June 1911 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Her education includes: Pitmans College in London, a Diploma in English Literature at Royal Society of Art, Birkenhead School of Art Literary.
In 1938, she married Frederick Walter Shambrook, she had a son.
Career and works
A former actress, before writing, she worked also as journalist and sub-director of publishing company Amalgamated Press, and as assistant editor of George Newnes Ltd.
Published since 1942, she started publishing mainly contemporary doctor nurse romances, before writing also gothic romances, and when the market for gothic novels softened, she wrote historical mystery romances. In 1970, Broken Tapestry, her contemporary novel about a broken family, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
In 1989, she wrote her The Model Wife: Nineteenth Century Style, a book about social constumbres, including clothing. In 1992, she wrote Writing Popular Fiction, a complete guide for writers.