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Based in the UK, the Romantic Novelists Association was founded in 1960 and there are over 600 members.[http://www.rna-uk.org/] The Association makes a number of awards [http://www.rna-uk.org/awards.html] and runs parties, meetings, seminars and conferences. It also publishes a quarterly magazine.
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Based in the UK, '''The Romantic Novelists' Association''' (RNA) is a [[Resources#Organizations|writers' organization]] founded in 1960. There are over 600 members. The Association makes a number of awards and runs parties, meetings, seminars and conferences. It also publishes a quarterly magazine.
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* [http://www.rna-uk.org/ The Romantic Novelists' Association' Website]
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== Awards ==
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* [[Romantic Novel Of The Year Award]] - All romantic fiction first published in the UK
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* [[RNA Romance Prize]] - for [[Category Romance|category romances]]; the prize money donated by [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]
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==Staff==
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===RNA Officers===
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====Presidency====
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'''Presidents'''
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*2011-Present: Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde (aka [[Katie Fforde]])
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*1986-2011: Diane Margaret Pearson McClelland (aka [[Diane Pearson]])
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*1966-1986: [[Ida Cook]] (aka [[Mary Burchell]])
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*1960-1966: Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson (aka [[Denise Chesterton]], [[Denise Robins]], [[Hervey Hamilton]], [[Francesca Wright]], [[Ashley French]], [[Harriet Gray]], [[Julia Kane]])
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====Vice-Presidents====
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'''Present Vice-Presidents'''
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*[[Marina Oliver]] (aka [[Sally James (writer)|Sally James]], [[Donna Hunt]], [[Bridget Thorn]], [[Vesta Hathaway]], [[Livvy West]], [[Laura Hart]])
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*Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer ([[Nancy Buckingham]], [[Christina Abbey]], [[Erica Quest]], [[Nancy John]], [[Hilary London]])
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=====Former Vice-Presidents=====
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*Elizabeth Margaret Stevens O'Rourke (aka [[Betty O'Rourke]])
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*[[Tilly Armstrong]] (aka [[Tania Langley]], [[Kate Alexander]])
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*Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka [[Sheila Walsh (novelist)|Sheila Walsh]], [[Sophie Leyton]])
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*Hilda Pressley Nickson (aka [[Hilda Nickson]], [[Hilda Pressley]], [[Hilary Preston]])
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*Noreen Ford Dilcock (aka [[Norrey Ford]], [[Jill Christian]], [[Christian Walford]])
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*Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge (aka [[Elizabeth Goudge]])
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*Helen Zenna Smith (aka [[Evadne Price]])
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*Netta Rachel Muskett (aka [[Netta Muskett]], Anne Hill)
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*Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (aka [[Barbara Cartland]])
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*Dorothy Delius Black MacLeish (aka [[Dorothy Black (novelist)|Dorothy Black]])
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=====Associate Vice-Presidents=====
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*[[Rosemary de Courcey]]
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*[[Linda Evans]]
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*[[Sue Fletcher]]
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*[[John Hale (screenwriter)|John Hale]]
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*[[Michael Legat]]
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*[[Judy Piatkus]]
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*[[Karin Stoecker]]
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*[[Jane Wood]]
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===Current Committee===
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====Chairmen====
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*2011-2013: Anne Ashurst, née Bushell (aka [[Sara Craven]])
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*2009-2011: Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde (aka [[Katie Fforde]])
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*2007-2009: [[Catherine Jones (novelist)|Catherine Jones]] (aka [[Kate Lace]], [[Annie Jones (writting team)|Annie Jones]])
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*2005-2007: [[Jenny Haddon]] (aka [[Sophie Weston]])
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*2003-2005: [[Anthea Kenyon]]
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*2001-2003: [[Jean Chapman]]
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*1999-2001: [[Norma Curtis]]
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*1997-1999: [[Angela Arney]]
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*1995-1997: Elizabeth Mary Oakleigh-Walker Buchan (aka [[Elizabeth Buchan]])
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*1993-1995: Jean Innes Saunders ([[Jean Saunders]], [[Jean Innes]], [[Rowena Summers]], [[Sally Blake (writer)|Sally Blake]], [[Jodi Nicol]], [[Rachel Moore (writer)|Rachel Moore]])
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*1991-1993: [[Marina Oliver]] (aka [[Sally James (writer)|Sally James]], [[Donna Hunt]], [[Bridget Thorn]], [[Vesta Hathaway]], [[Livvy West]], [[Laura Hart]])
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*1989-1991: [[Margaret Pemberton]] (aka [[Maggie Hudson]], [[Carris Carlisle]], [[Christina Harland]], [[Rebecca Dean]])
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*1987-1989: [[Tilly Armstrong]] (aka [[Tania Langley]], [[Kate Alexander]])
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*1985-1987: Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka [[Sheila Walsh (novelist)|Sheila Walsh]], [[Sophie Leyton]])
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*1983-1985: [[Diana Morgan (writer)|Diana Morgan]]
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*1981-1983: Contance Fecher Heaven (aka [[Constance Fecher]], [[Constance Heaven]], [[Christina Merlin]])
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*1979-1981: [[Clare Cavendish]]
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*1977-1979: Elizabeth Fancourt Harrison (aka [[Elizabeth Harrison (writer)|Elizabeth Harrison]])
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*1975-1977: Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer ([[Nancy Buckingham]], [[Christina Abbey]], [[Erica Quest]], [[Nancy John]], [[Hilary London]])
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*1973-1975: Leila Antionette Sterling Mackinlay (aka [[Leila Mackinlay]], [[Brenda Grey]])
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*1971-1973: [[Alice Chetwynd Ley]]
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*1969-1971: Lois Dorothea Low (aka [[Dorothy Mackie Low]], [[Lois Paxton]], [[Zoë Cass]])
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*1967-1969: [[Stella March]]
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*1965-1967: June Sylvia Thimblethorpe (aka [[Sylvia Thorpe]])
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*1963-1965: Noreen Ford Dilcock (aka [[Norrey Ford]], [[Jill Christian]], [[Christian Walford]])
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*1961-1963: Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann (aka [[Vivian Stuart]], [[Alex Stuart (writer)|Alex Stuart]], [[Barbara Allen (writer)|Barbara Allen]], [[Fiona Finlay]], [[V.A. Stuart]], [[William Stuart Long]], [[Robyn Stuart]])
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====Vice-chairman====
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*[[Norma Curtis]] 
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====Hon Treasurer====
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*[[Jenny Haddon]] (aka [[Sophie Weston]])
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====Hon Deputy Treasurer====
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*Priscilla Jane Gordon-Cumming Osborn (aka [[Jane Gordon-Cumming]])
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====Hon Secretary ====
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*[[Evelyn Ryle]]
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====Others====
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*[[Angela Arney]]
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*[[Janet Gover]]
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*[[Nicola Cornick]]
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*[[Pia Tapper Fenton]]
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*[[Melanie Hilton]]
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*[[Linda Hooper]]
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*[[Jenny Harper]]
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*[[Jan Jones (novelist)|Jan Jones]]
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*[[Myra Kersner]]
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*[[Catherine King (author)|Catherine King]]
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*[[Sue Moorcroft]]
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===Honor Life Members===
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*[[Sarah Broadhurst]]
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*[[Edwin Buckhalter]]
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*David G. Hessayon (aka Dr. [[D.G. Hessayon]])
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*[[Caroline Sheldon]]
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*June Sylvia Thimblethorpe (aka [[Sylvia Thorpe]])

Latest revision as of 10:37, 22 October 2012

Based in the UK, The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) is a writers' organization founded in 1960. There are over 600 members. The Association makes a number of awards and runs parties, meetings, seminars and conferences. It also publishes a quarterly magazine.


Awards

Staff

RNA Officers

Presidency

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

Present Vice-Presidents

Former Vice-Presidents
Associate Vice-Presidents

Current Committee

Chairmen

Vice-chairman

Hon Treasurer

Hon Deputy Treasurer

Hon Secretary

Others

Honor Life Members

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