Betty O'Rourke

Betty O'Rourke (born 12 May 1930 in Enfield, North London, England - died 2006 in Reading, Berkshire, England) was a British writer of over 14 romance novels from 1987 to 2005, she also wrote under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Stevens and William Newham. She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association[1] and she was the acting Membership Secretary of the RNA.

Elizabeth Margaret O'Rourke
BornElizabeth Margaret Luther Smith
(1930-05-12)12 May 1930
Enfield, North London, England, United Kingdom
Died2006 (aged 75–76)
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Pen nameBetty O'Rourke,
Elizabeth Stevens,
William Newham
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1987-2005
GenreRomance
SpouseMr. O'Rourke
Children4

Biography

Elizabeth Margaret was born on 12 May 1930 in Reading, Berkshire, England.[2] She started to work in a library at 20, and met her future husband at Library School, and worked as a librarian. During her first two years of marriage, they lived in United States. They had four children. She lived in her native Reading[3] until her death.

Bibliography

As Betty O'Rourke

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Single novels
  • Pageantry of Love (1987)
  • Mists of Remembrance (1989)
  • Island of the Gods (1996)
  • Nightingale Summer (1997)
  • The Icon of the Czar (1998)
  • Penhaligon's Rock (2000)
  • Copper Rose (2000)
  • The Eagle and the Rose (2002)
  • The Pageant Master (2003)
  • After Michael (2005)

Single novels
  • Forbidden Love (1996)
  • A Company Affair (1997)
  • The Unwelcome Guest (2003)
  • Hetty's Highwayman (2005)

References and sources
  1. Past RNA Officers, archived from the original on 2016-03-11, retrieved 2010-01-28
  2. Crime Fiction IV
  3. Betty O'Rourke at transita.co.ukn, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2011-11-21
  4. Betty O'Rourke at fantasticfiction
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