June Knox-Mawer

June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis (10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales – 19 April 2006) was a British writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster. In 1992, her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

June Ellis Knox-Mawer
BornJune Ellis
(1930-05-10)10 May 1930
Wrexham, Wales, UK
Died19 April 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 75)
Pen nameJune Knox-Mawer
OccupationWriter, novelist, radio broadcaster
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1961–2001
GenreRomance
Notable awardsRoNA Award
SpouseRonald Knox-Mawer (1951–2007)
Children2

Biography

Knox-Mawer was born June Ellis on 10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant,[2] and was raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle.[3] In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925–2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary; they had a son a and a daughter.[2] The married couple lived in Arabia and Fiji, which inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to the UK. She died on 19 April 2006, survived by her husband and children.[3]

Bibliography

Non-fiction
  • The Sultans Came to Tea (1961)
  • A Gift of Islands: Living in Fiji (1965)
  • A South Sea Spell (1975)
  • Tales from Paradise: Memories of the British in the South Pacific (1986)
  • A Ram in the Well: A Welsh Homecoming (2001)

Novels
  • Marama (1972) aka Marama of the Islands
  • Sandstorm (1992)
  • The Shadow of Wings (1995)

References and sources
  1. Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
  2. Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's Who, Pacific Publications, 1968
  3. June Knox-Mawer's Obituary at The Telegraph, 7 October 2012
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