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| − | [[Category:Authors - W]] [[Category:Presents | + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Winspear, Violet}} [[Category:Authors - W]] [[Category:Prolific Authors]] [[Category:1928 Births]] [[Category:Deceased Authors]] [[Category:Harlequin Authors]] [[Category:Harlequin Presents Authors]] [[Category:Harlequin Romance Authors]] |
| + | [[Image:Winspear_lucifersangel.jpg|thumb|150px|Lucifer's Angel by Violet Winspear]] | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | + | Violet Winspear was born on April 28, 1928. Her first published novel was ''[[Lucifer's Angel]]'' in 1961. Winspear was a launch author for the new [[Presents]] line in 1973 with other popular authors [[Anne Hampson]] and [[Anne Mather]]. She wrote primarily from 1961 through 1987. She created a maelstrom in 1970 when she claimed that her heroes "frighten and fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape". Winspear received hate mail for her comments[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/violet-winspear/]. Winspear's full comment, which clarifies her writing style was: | |
| − | As a | + | <blockquote>I get my heroes so that they're lean and hard muscled and mocking and sardonic and tough and tigerish and single, of course. Oh and they've got to be rich and then I make it that they're only cynical and smooth on the surface. But underneath they're well, you know, sort of lost and lonely. In need of love but, when roused, capable of breathtaking passion and potency. Most of my heroes, well all of them really, are like that. They frighten but fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape: men it's dangerous to be alone in the room with.</blockquote> |
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| + | Interestingly, Winspear railed against the work of authors such as Harold Robbins. Winspear's forte was creating and sustaining sexual tension between her characters while building fantastic worlds. According to ''[[Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon]]'' by Joseph McAleer, Winspear only traveled in her books, which were set in locales such as Greece. McAleer notes that Winspear peppered her work with local expressions through the liberal use of tourist phrasebooks. Her skills at peppering her work with foreign phrases lead to author Ethel Connell/[[Katrina Britt]] being asked to look to Winspear for guidance in her own work. | ||
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| + | Authors who were inspired by Winspear include [[Muriel Jensen]], [[Jane Porter]], [[Trish Morey]], and [[Sandra Marton]]. Winspear's nephew Jonathan Winspear is also an author. | ||
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| + | Winspear passed away in 1989 after a long battle with cancer. | ||
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| + | As a [[Harlequin Presents]] author, [[Violet Winspear]] published 45 books. She published 22 novels as an author for [[Harlequin Romance]], debuting with the imprint in 1961 with ''[[Lucifer's Angel]]'', the first of many "dark and dangerous" titles associated with her work. | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * ''[[The Awakening Of Alice|Awakening Of Alice, The]]'' - July 1978 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#246]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Beloved Castaway]]'' - February 1971 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1472]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Beloved Tyrant]]'' - July, 1966 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1032]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Black Douglas]]'' - April 1972 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1580]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'' - May 1970 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1399]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Bride Of Lucifer]]'' - December 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#30]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Bride's Dilemma]]'' - April 1966 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1008]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Bride's Lace]]'' - October 1984 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#734]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Burning Sands|Burning Sands, The]]'' - January 1977 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#174]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[By Love Bewitched]]'' - August 1984 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#718]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Castle Of The Seven Lilacs|Castle Of The Seven Lilacs, The]]'' - August 1971 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1514]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Cazalet Bride|Cazalet Bride, The]]'' - October 1970 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1434]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Chateau Of St. Avrell|Chateau Of St. Avrell, The]]'' - November 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#70]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Child Of Judas|Child Of Judas, The]]'' - June 1976 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#146]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Court Of The Veils]]'' - January 1969 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1267]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Darling Infidel]]'' - May 1976 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#142]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Dangerous Delight|Dangerous Delight, The]]'' - October 1969 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1344]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Dear Puritan]]'' - February 1973 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1658]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Dearest Demon]]'' - February 1976 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#130]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Desert Doctor]]'' - June 1965 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #921]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Desire Has No Mercy]]'' - July 1979 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#300]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Devil In A Silver Room]]'' - May 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#5]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Devil's Darling|Devil's Darling, The]]'' - December 1975 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#122]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Dragon Bay]]'' - June 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#12]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Forbidden Rapture - Violet Winspear|Forbidden Rapture]]'' - January 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#33]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Girl At Goldenhawk|Girl At Goldenhawk, The]]'' - June 1975 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#98]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[A Girl Possessed|Girl Possessed, A]]'' - March 1981 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#420]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Glass Castle]]'' - June 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#50]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Honey Is Bitter|Honey Is Bitter, The]]'' - May 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#6]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[House Of Strangers - Violet Winspear|House Of Strangers]]'' - November 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#27]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Kisses And The Wine|Kisses And The Wine, The]]'' - August 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#18]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Little Nobody|Little Nobody, The]]'' - July 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#15]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Love Battle|Love Battle, The]]'' - February 1978 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#226]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Love In A Stranger's Arms]]'' - November 1977 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#214]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Love Is The Honey]]'' - April 1980 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#354]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Love's Agony]]'' - August 1981 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#450]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Love's Prisoner - Violet Winspear|Love's Prisoner]]'' - February 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#36]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Loved And The Feared|Loved And The Feared, The]]'' - May 1978 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#238]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Lucifer's Angel]]'' - 1961 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#593]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Man She Married - Violet Winspear|Man She Married, The]]'' - January 1983 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#566]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[No Man Of Her Own]]'' - March 1982 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#492]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Noble Savage|Noble Savage, The]]'' - April 1975 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#90]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[Nurse At Cap Flamingo]]'' - January 1965 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#884]] |
| − | * | + | * ''[[The Pagan Island|Pagan Island, The]]'' - August 1972 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1616]] |
| − | + | * ''[[Palace Of The Peacocks]]'' - July 1969 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1318]] | |
| + | * ''[[Palace Of The Pomegranate]]'' - October 1975 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#114]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Passionate Sinner|Passionate Sinner, The]]'' - January 1978 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#222]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Pilgrim's Castle]]'' - October 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#24]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Raintree Valley]]'' - January, 1972 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1555]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Rapture Of The Desert]]'' - April 1973 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1680]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Satan Took A Bride]]'' - April 1976 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#138]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Secret Fire - Violet Winspear|Secret Fire]]'' - March 1985 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#2682]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sheik's Captive|Sheik's Captive, The]]'' - November 1979 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#324]] | ||
| + | * ''[[A Silken Barbarity|Silken Barbarity, A]]'' - August 1987 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#1006]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Silver Slave|Silver Slave, The]]'' - November, 1972 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1637]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sin Of Cynara|Sin Of Cynara, The]]'' - October 1976 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#162]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Strange Waif|Strange Waif, The]]'' - April 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#42]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Sun Lord's Woman]]'' - January 1986 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#854]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sun Tower|Sun Tower, The]]'' - February 1977 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#178]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Tawny Sands]]'' - March 1974 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#39]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Tender Is The Tyrant]]'' - May 1968 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1208]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Time Of The Temptress]]'' - March 1978 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#230]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Tower Of The Captive|Tower Of The Captive, The]]'' - May 1967 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1111]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Unwilling Bride - Violet Winspear|Unwilling Bride, The]]'' - September 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#21]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Valdez Marriage|Valdez Marriage, The]]'' - May 1979 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#288]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Viking Stranger|Viking Stranger, The]]'' - January 1967 [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1080]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Wife Without Kisses|Wife Without Kisses]]'' - June 1973 [[Harlequin Presents]] [[Harlequin Presents By The Numbers|#9]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:01, 5 January 2012
Biography
Violet Winspear was born on April 28, 1928. Her first published novel was Lucifer's Angel in 1961. Winspear was a launch author for the new Presents line in 1973 with other popular authors Anne Hampson and Anne Mather. She wrote primarily from 1961 through 1987. She created a maelstrom in 1970 when she claimed that her heroes "frighten and fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape". Winspear received hate mail for her comments[1]. Winspear's full comment, which clarifies her writing style was:
I get my heroes so that they're lean and hard muscled and mocking and sardonic and tough and tigerish and single, of course. Oh and they've got to be rich and then I make it that they're only cynical and smooth on the surface. But underneath they're well, you know, sort of lost and lonely. In need of love but, when roused, capable of breathtaking passion and potency. Most of my heroes, well all of them really, are like that. They frighten but fascinate. They must be the sort of men who are capable of rape: men it's dangerous to be alone in the room with.
Interestingly, Winspear railed against the work of authors such as Harold Robbins. Winspear's forte was creating and sustaining sexual tension between her characters while building fantastic worlds. According to Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon by Joseph McAleer, Winspear only traveled in her books, which were set in locales such as Greece. McAleer notes that Winspear peppered her work with local expressions through the liberal use of tourist phrasebooks. Her skills at peppering her work with foreign phrases lead to author Ethel Connell/Katrina Britt being asked to look to Winspear for guidance in her own work.
Authors who were inspired by Winspear include Muriel Jensen, Jane Porter, Trish Morey, and Sandra Marton. Winspear's nephew Jonathan Winspear is also an author.
Winspear passed away in 1989 after a long battle with cancer.
As a Harlequin Presents author, Violet Winspear published 45 books. She published 22 novels as an author for Harlequin Romance, debuting with the imprint in 1961 with Lucifer's Angel, the first of many "dark and dangerous" titles associated with her work.
Books
- Awakening Of Alice, The - July 1978 Harlequin Presents #246
- Beloved Castaway - February 1971 Harlequin Romance #1472
- Beloved Tyrant - July, 1966 Harlequin Romance #1032
- Black Douglas - April 1972 Harlequin Romance #1580
- Blue Jasmine - May 1970 Harlequin Romance #1399
- Bride Of Lucifer - December 1973 Harlequin Presents #30
- Bride's Dilemma - April 1966 Harlequin Presents #1008
- Bride's Lace - October 1984 Harlequin Presents #734
- Burning Sands, The - January 1977 Harlequin Presents #174
- By Love Bewitched - August 1984 Harlequin Presents #718
- Castle Of The Seven Lilacs, The - August 1971 Harlequin Romance #1514
- Cazalet Bride, The - October 1970 Harlequin Romance #1434
- Chateau Of St. Avrell, The - November 1974 Harlequin Presents #70
- Child Of Judas, The - June 1976 Harlequin Presents #146
- Court Of The Veils - January 1969 Harlequin Romance #1267
- Darling Infidel - May 1976 Harlequin Presents #142
- Dangerous Delight, The - October 1969 Harlequin Romance #1344
- Dear Puritan - February 1973 Harlequin Romance #1658
- Dearest Demon - February 1976 Harlequin Presents #130
- Desert Doctor - June 1965 Harlequin Romance #921
- Desire Has No Mercy - July 1979 Harlequin Presents #300
- Devil In A Silver Room - May 1973 Harlequin Presents #5
- Devil's Darling, The - December 1975 Harlequin Presents #122
- Dragon Bay - June 1973 Harlequin Presents #12
- Forbidden Rapture - January 1974 Harlequin Presents #33
- Girl At Goldenhawk, The - June 1975 Harlequin Presents #98
- Girl Possessed, A - March 1981 Harlequin Presents #420
- The Glass Castle - June 1974 Harlequin Presents #50
- Honey Is Bitter, The - May 1973 Harlequin Presents #6
- House Of Strangers - November 1973 Harlequin Presents #27
- Kisses And The Wine, The - August 1973 Harlequin Presents #18
- Little Nobody, The - July 1973 Harlequin Presents #15
- Love Battle, The - February 1978 Harlequin Presents #226
- Love In A Stranger's Arms - November 1977 Harlequin Presents #214
- Love Is The Honey - April 1980 Harlequin Presents #354
- Love's Agony - August 1981 Harlequin Presents #450
- Love's Prisoner - February 1974 Harlequin Presents #36
- Loved And The Feared, The - May 1978 Harlequin Presents #238
- Lucifer's Angel - 1961 Harlequin Romance #593
- Man She Married, The - January 1983 Harlequin Presents #566
- No Man Of Her Own - March 1982 Harlequin Presents #492
- Noble Savage, The - April 1975 Harlequin Presents #90
- Nurse At Cap Flamingo - January 1965 Harlequin Romance #884
- Pagan Island, The - August 1972 Harlequin Romance #1616
- Palace Of The Peacocks - July 1969 Harlequin Romance #1318
- Palace Of The Pomegranate - October 1975 Harlequin Presents #114
- Passionate Sinner, The - January 1978 Harlequin Presents #222
- Pilgrim's Castle - October 1973 Harlequin Presents #24
- Raintree Valley - January, 1972 Harlequin Romance #1555
- Rapture Of The Desert - April 1973 Harlequin Romance #1680
- Satan Took A Bride - April 1976 Harlequin Presents #138
- Secret Fire - March 1985 Harlequin Romance #2682
- Sheik's Captive, The - November 1979 Harlequin Presents #324
- Silken Barbarity, A - August 1987 Harlequin Presents #1006
- Silver Slave, The - November, 1972 #1637
- Sin Of Cynara, The - October 1976 Harlequin Presents #162
- Strange Waif, The - April 1974 Harlequin Presents #42
- Sun Lord's Woman - January 1986 Harlequin Presents #854
- Sun Tower, The - February 1977 Harlequin Presents #178
- Tawny Sands - March 1974 Harlequin Presents #39
- Tender Is The Tyrant - May 1968 Harlequin Romance #1208
- Time Of The Temptress - March 1978 Harlequin Presents #230
- Tower Of The Captive, The - May 1967 Harlequin Romance #1111
- Unwilling Bride, The - September 1973 Harlequin Presents #21
- Valdez Marriage, The - May 1979 Harlequin Presents #288
- Viking Stranger, The - January 1967 Harlequin Romance #1080
- Wife Without Kisses - June 1973 Harlequin Presents #9
