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