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'''Jessica Steele''' is the pen name of ''Marcia Glennys Howell Steele''. Born 1933 in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, she left school aged 14 due to being diagnosed as having tuberculosis. She worked as a junior clerk before marrying and moving to Worcestershire, where she still lives with her husband and her gorgeous dog. It was her husband who first prompted her to try writing, and encouraged her to keep on trying after the first rejections.
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Her first book (''[[Spring Girl]]'') was published by [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] in [[Hardcover]] in 1979. Like some of her earlier novels, it was only published as a [[Harlequin Romance]] in North America but was never available in [[Paperback]] by [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]. Other titles were released in the [[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] imprint years after the North American edition, although first published by [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] in [[Hardcover]].
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== Biography ==
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'''Jessica Steele''' was born on May 9, 1933 in the elegant Warwickshire town of Royal Leamington Spa. She has two super brothers, Colin and George, and a lovely sister, Elizabeth. She was a delicate child and missed a lot of school. In fact, she left school at aged 14, when she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At 16, she started work as a junior clerk. In 1967, Jessica married with her husband, Peter and within a very short space of time they had moved from her hometown to the lovely area where they now live. Their house is built into the side of a hill, and has beautiful views over more hills and valleys. Her brothers and her sister are very close and she has plenty of nephews and nieces to make up for the fact that she and her husband have no children of their own. Both she and her husband are more than a little dog-oriented, and their current dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier named Florence. Florence is gorgeous. She loves everybody but, since she is 40 pounds of dynamite and would hurl her boisterous self at everyone she meets - given half a chance - she has to be restrained (as much as possible). She is fun.
  
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She likes to do research in the country she intends to set a novel. With the exception of Uruguay she travelled to all, which took her to places as far apart as Siberia and Egypt.
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Her husband spurred Jessica on to her writing career, giving her every support while she did what she considers her five-year apprenticeship (the rejection years) while learning how to write. She published her first books in 1979. Jessica has tried using a typewriter, but it just doesn't work for her. She is much happier writing in longhand, and in actual fact has a dozen or so fountain pens filled and ready to go at the start of any one session. A friend has a secretarial agency and, after deciphering Jessica's writing, returns an immaculately typed manuscript. To gain authentic background for her books, she has travelled and researched in Greece, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Hong Kong, China and Japan.
  
 
== On the Web ==
 
== On the Web ==
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* ''[[A Most Eligible Bachelor|Most Eligible Bachelor, A]]'' - November 1998 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #209]])
 
* ''[[A Most Eligible Bachelor|Most Eligible Bachelor, A]]'' - November 1998 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #209]])
 
* ''[[A Most Suitable Wife|Most Suitable Wife, A]]'' - December 2005 ([[Tender Romance By The Numbers|Tender Romance #391]])
 
* ''[[A Most Suitable Wife|Most Suitable Wife, A]]'' - December 2005 ([[Tender Romance By The Numbers|Tender Romance #391]])
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* ''[[A Nine-To-Five Affair|Nine-To-Five Affair, A]]'' - June 1999 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #265]])
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* ''[[A Nine-To-Five Affair - Jessica Steele|Nine-To-Five Affair, A]]'' - August 2006 ([[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3903]]); June 1999 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #265]])
 
* ''[[No Holds Barred - Jessica Steele|No Holds Barred]]'' - December 1984 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2331]])
 
* ''[[No Holds Barred - Jessica Steele|No Holds Barred]]'' - December 1984 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2331]])
 
* ''[[No Honourable Compromise]]'' - January 1985 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2332]])
 
* ''[[No Honourable Compromise]]'' - January 1985 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2332]])
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* ''[[Unfriendly Proposition]]'' - January 1990 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #3203]])
 
* ''[[Unfriendly Proposition]]'' - January 1990 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #3203]])
 
* ''[[Vacancy: Wife Of Convenience]]'' - April 2005 ([[Tender Romance By The Numbers|Tender Romance #343]])
 
* ''[[Vacancy: Wife Of Convenience]]'' - April 2005 ([[Tender Romance By The Numbers|Tender Romance #343]])
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* ''[[A Wedding Worth Waiting For|Wedding Worth Waiting For, A]]'' - March 1999 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #241]])
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* ''[[A Wedding Worth Waiting For - Jessica Steele|Wedding Worth Waiting For, A]]'' - March 1999 ([[Mills and Boon Enchanted By The Numbers|Enchanted #241]]); September 1999 ([[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3569]])
 
* ''[[West Of Bohemia]]'' - December 1993 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #3996]])
 
* ''[[West Of Bohemia]]'' - December 1993 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #3996]])
 
* ''[[When The Loving Stopped]]'' - October 1988 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2932]])
 
* ''[[When The Loving Stopped]]'' - October 1988 ([[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|Mills & Boon Romance #2932]])
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* '''Jessica Steele''' - October 1993 ([[Mills and Boon Duet|Mills & Boon Duet]]) (''[[To Stay Forever]]'' / ''[[When The Loving Stopped]]'')
 
* '''Jessica Steele''' - October 1993 ([[Mills and Boon Duet|Mills & Boon Duet]]) (''[[To Stay Forever]]'' / ''[[When The Loving Stopped]]'')
 
* '''Jessica Steele''' - February 1995 ([[Mills and Boon Duet|Mills & Boon Duet]]) (''[[Farewell To Love]]'' / ''[[Hidden Heart]]'')
 
* '''Jessica Steele''' - February 1995 ([[Mills and Boon Duet|Mills & Boon Duet]]) (''[[Farewell To Love]]'' / ''[[Hidden Heart]]'')
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==Series Contributed To==
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==='''[[White Weddings]]'''===
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* # 2 [[A Wedding Worth Waiting For - Jessica Steele|''A Wedding Worth Waiting For'']] - September, 1999 [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|Harlequin Romance #3569]]
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== Books (By Release Date)==
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| align="center" | 1
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|| ''[[Spring Girl]]''
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| align="center" | 1979, October
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|| [[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#2289]]
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| align="center" | 2
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|| ''[[A Wedding Worth Waiting For - Jessica Steele|A Wedding Worth Waiting For]]''
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| align="center" | 1999, September
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|| [[Harlequin Romance|HR]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#3569]]
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|| Book Two in the [[White Weddings]] Series.

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Jessica Steele

Biography

Jessica Steele was born on May 9, 1933 in the elegant Warwickshire town of Royal Leamington Spa. She has two super brothers, Colin and George, and a lovely sister, Elizabeth. She was a delicate child and missed a lot of school. In fact, she left school at aged 14, when she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. At 16, she started work as a junior clerk. In 1967, Jessica married with her husband, Peter and within a very short space of time they had moved from her hometown to the lovely area where they now live. Their house is built into the side of a hill, and has beautiful views over more hills and valleys. Her brothers and her sister are very close and she has plenty of nephews and nieces to make up for the fact that she and her husband have no children of their own. Both she and her husband are more than a little dog-oriented, and their current dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier named Florence. Florence is gorgeous. She loves everybody but, since she is 40 pounds of dynamite and would hurl her boisterous self at everyone she meets - given half a chance - she has to be restrained (as much as possible). She is fun.

Her husband spurred Jessica on to her writing career, giving her every support while she did what she considers her five-year apprenticeship (the rejection years) while learning how to write. She published her first books in 1979. Jessica has tried using a typewriter, but it just doesn't work for her. She is much happier writing in longhand, and in actual fact has a dozen or so fountain pens filled and ready to go at the start of any one session. A friend has a secretarial agency and, after deciphering Jessica's writing, returns an immaculately typed manuscript. To gain authentic background for her books, she has travelled and researched in Greece, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Hong Kong, China and Japan.

On the Web

Bibliography

Books

Novellas

Collections

Series Contributed To

White Weddings

Books (By Release Date)

Order of Release Novella/Book Title Release Date Publisher Note
1 Spring Girl 1979, October HR #2289
2 A Wedding Worth Waiting For 1999, September HR #3569 Book Two in the White Weddings Series.
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