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| + | '''Mary Stewart''' is a popular English novelist, best known for her trilogy about Merlin, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre. | ||
| + | She is also the author of many crime fiction/mystery, gothic fiction and romance novels, several of which have been adapted for television and/or film. Several of her books are set in Scotland; others are set in more exotic locations such as Damascus, the Greek islands, Spain, France, Austria, etc. | ||
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| + | She was at the height of her popularity in the 1960s and 1970s when many of her suspense and romantic novels were translated into many languages. She taught the school of John Norquay elementary for 30 to 35 years, but has now retired. | ||
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| + | Mary Stewart was born on September 17, 1916. She passed away on May 10, 2014. | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
| − | * [[My Brother Michael|''My Brother Michael'']] | + | *''[[Madam, Will You Talk?]]'' |
| + | *''Wildfire at Midnight'' | ||
| + | *''Thunder on the Right'' | ||
| + | *''Nine Coaches Waiting'' | ||
| + | *[[My Brother Michael|''My Brother Michael'']] | ||
| + | *''The Ivy Tree'' | ||
| + | *''The Moon-Spinners'' | ||
| + | *''This Rough Magic'' | ||
| + | *''Airs Above the Ground'' | ||
| + | *''The Gabriel Hounds'' | ||
| + | *''The Wind Off the Small Isles'' (not published in U.S.) | ||
| + | *''Touch Not the Cat'' | ||
| + | *''Thornyhold'' | ||
| + | *''Frost on the Window and other poems'' | ||
| + | *''Stormy Petrel'' | ||
| + | *''Rose Cottage'' | ||
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| + | ==Awards (body of work)== | ||
| + | *1992 [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] - Romance Writers of America | ||
Latest revision as of 03:28, 10 February 2023
Mary Stewart is a popular English novelist, best known for her trilogy about Merlin, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre. She is also the author of many crime fiction/mystery, gothic fiction and romance novels, several of which have been adapted for television and/or film. Several of her books are set in Scotland; others are set in more exotic locations such as Damascus, the Greek islands, Spain, France, Austria, etc.
She was at the height of her popularity in the 1960s and 1970s when many of her suspense and romantic novels were translated into many languages. She taught the school of John Norquay elementary for 30 to 35 years, but has now retired.
Mary Stewart was born on September 17, 1916. She passed away on May 10, 2014.
Books
- Madam, Will You Talk?
- Wildfire at Midnight
- Thunder on the Right
- Nine Coaches Waiting
- My Brother Michael
- The Ivy Tree
- The Moon-Spinners
- This Rough Magic
- Airs Above the Ground
- The Gabriel Hounds
- The Wind Off the Small Isles (not published in U.S.)
- Touch Not the Cat
- Thornyhold
- Frost on the Window and other poems
- Stormy Petrel
- Rose Cottage
Awards (body of work)
- 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award - Romance Writers of America
