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According to a mini-biography, accompanied by a photograph, on the rear cover of one of her many gothic novels, Dorothy Daniels was born in Connecticut but by the time she was a full-time writer, in the middle 1960's, was living in California. She was initlally an English teacher at a state college but later wrote articles that appeared in national magazines, which led to her career as a writer of mostly gothic paperbacks. Lancer books, which published more than twenty of her novels, proclaimed her "America's Most Popular Gothic Novelist" while Pocket Books claimed her gothic novels had sold over eleven million copies by the middle 1970's. Her approximately 146 novels were published by a dozen paperback publishers, some had as many as four printings while others were printed only once. Lancer and Warner Books together published more than sixty of her novels. The vast majority of her novels were written in the first person and this was a trademark of sorts with Dorothy Daniels, as she rarely strayed from this pattern. Several of her novels take place in the Old South. Her novels were also considerably more involving plot-wise and contained more character development than other gothic novels. She published her last gothic novel, "House of Silence", in late 1980. Afterward she wrote a handfull of historical romances and her last published novel appears to be "Crisis at Valcour" in 1985.
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The aforementioned photograph on the rear cover of her 1965 book "Cliffside Castle" contradicts some claims that Dorothy Daniels was male, and at least one internet website's author insists that Dorothy Daniels was actually a man named Paul Hugo Little who lived in Chigago and wrote over 700 books under at least a dozen pseudonyms. We may never know for certain who Dorothy Daniels was. Several of her gothic paperbacks, credited to Dorothy Daniels or Suzanne Somers, were copyrighted by Norman Daniels. She published one novel, "House of False Faces", under the pseudonym Helen Gray Weston, but this book was later reissued as "Dorothy Daniels writing as Helen Gray Weston". She wrote three nurse romance books in addition to her many gothic novels.
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==See Also==
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* [[Daniella Dorsett]]
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* [[Angela Gray]]
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* [[Cynthia Kavanaugh]]
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* [[Helaine Ross]]
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* [[Suzanne Somers]]
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* [[Geraldine Thayer]]
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==Books==
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* "[[Affair In Hong Kong ]]" - 1969 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Affair In Marakesh ]]" -  1968 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[The Apollo Fountain  ]]" - 1974 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Attic Rope ]]" - 1970 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Beaumont Tradition ]]" - 1971 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[The Bell ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Blackthorn ]]" -  1975 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Blue Devil Suite ]]" - 1968 [[Unibook]]
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* "[[Bridal Black ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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* "[[The Caldwell Shadow ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Candle In The Sun ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Carson Inheritance ]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Castle Morvant ]]" - 1972 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Child Of Darkness ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Circle Of Guilt ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Cliffside Castle ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Conover's Folly ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Cormac Legend ]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Crisis at Valcour ]]" - 1985 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Cruise Ship Nurse ]]" - 1963 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[The Curse of Mallory Hall ]]" - 1970 [[Fawcett]]
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* "[[Dance In Darkness ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Danger Mansion / Nurse at Danger Mansion]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Dark Heritage - Dorothy Daniels|Dark Heritage]]" - 1976 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Dark Island ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Dark Villa ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Dark Stage ]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Darkhaven ]]" - 1965 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Diablo Manor ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Duet - Dorothy Daniels|Duet]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Duncan Dynasty ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Eagle's Nest ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Emerald Hill ]]" - 1970 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Exorcism Of Jenny Slade ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[For Love and Valcour ]]" - 1983 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Ghost Song ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[The Guardian Of Willow House ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Hermitage Hill ]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Hills Of Fire ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[House Of False Faces ]]" - 1967 [[Warner]]
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* "[[House Of Silence ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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* "[[House of Stolen Memories / Mansion of Lost Memories ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[House Of The Seven Courts ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The House Of Broken Dolls ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The House Of Many Doors ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The House On Circus Hill ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Illusion At Haven's Edge ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Image Of A Ghost ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[In the Shadows]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Island Nurse - Dorothy Daniels|Island Nurse]]" - 1964 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Island of Bitter Memories ]]" - 1974 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Island Of Evil - Dorothy Daniels|Island Of Evil]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Jade Green ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Jennifer James, R.N. ]]" - 1962 [[Gold Medal]]
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* "[[Journey Into Terror ]]" - 1971 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Juniper Hill ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Knight In Red Armor ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Lady Of The Shadows ]]" - 1968 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Lanier Riddle ]]" - 1972 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Larrabee Heiress ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Last of the Mansions / Survivors of Darkness ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Leland Legacy ]]" - 1965 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[The Lily Pond ]]" - 1965 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Lonely Place ]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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* "[[The Magic Ring ]]" - 1978 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Man from Yesterday ]]" - 1970 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Marble Hills ]]" -  1975 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Marble Leaf ]]" - 1966 [[Magnum]]
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* "[[The Marble Angel ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Marriott Hall ]]" - 1872 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[The Maya Temple ]]" - 1979 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Midday Moon ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[A Mirror of Shadows ]]" - 1977 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Mistress of Falcon Hill ]]" - 1965 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Monte Carlo ]]" - 1981 [[Leisure]]
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* "[[Mostly By Moonlight ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Mystic Manor ]]" - [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Nicola ]]" - 1980 [[Leisure]]
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* "[[Night Shade ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Night Shadow - Dorothy Daniels|Night Shadow]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Nightfall ]]" - 1977 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Perrine ]]" - 1978 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Poison Flower ]]" - 1977 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Portrait Of A Witch ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[The Possessed ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[The Possession Of Tracy Corbin ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Prisoner Of Malville Hall ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Purple And The Gold ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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* "[[The Raging Waters ]]" - 1970 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Raxl, Voodoo Priestess]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Saratoga]]" - 1981 [[Leisure]]
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* "[[Screen Test for Laurel ]]" - 1967 [[Avon]]
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* "[[The Sevier Secrets ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Shadow Glen ]]" - 1965 [[Popular]]
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* "[[Shadow Of A Man ]]" - 1975 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Shadows From The Past ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Shadows Of Tomorrow ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Silent Halls Of Ashenden ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Sisters Of Valcour ]]" - 1981 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Spanish Chapel ]]" - 1972 [[Belmont]]
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* "[[The Stone House ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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* "[[Strange Paradise]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[The Summer House - Dorothy Daniels|The Summer House]]" - 1976 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Templeton Memoirs ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Terror Of The Twin ]]" - 1976 [[Berkley]]
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* "[[This Ancient Evil ]]" -  1966 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Tide Mill ]]" - 1975 [[Popular]]
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* "[[The Tormented ]]" - 1969 [[Warner]]
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* "[[The Tower Room ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[Traitor's Road ]]" - 1967 [[Magnum]]
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* "[[Twilight At The Elms ]]" - 1976 [[Signet]]
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* "[[The Two Worlds of Peggy Scott ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[The Unearthly ]]" - 1970 [[Magnum]]
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* "[[The Unguarded ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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* "[[The Unlamented ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Valley Of Shadows - Dorothy Daniels|Valley Of Shadows]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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* "[[Veil Of Treachery ]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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* "[[The Vineyard Chapel ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Voice On The Wind ]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[A Web Of Peril ]]" - 1974 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Whistle In The Wind ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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* "[[Willow Weep ]]" - 1970 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[The Wines Of Cyprien ]]" -  1977 [[Pyramid]]
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* "[[Witch's Castle ]]" -  1971 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[A Woman In Silk And Shadows]]" -  1977 [[Signet]]
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* "[[World's Fair Nurse ]]" - 1964 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Yesterday's Evil]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 29 August 2015


According to a mini-biography, accompanied by a photograph, on the rear cover of one of her many gothic novels, Dorothy Daniels was born in Connecticut but by the time she was a full-time writer, in the middle 1960's, was living in California. She was initlally an English teacher at a state college but later wrote articles that appeared in national magazines, which led to her career as a writer of mostly gothic paperbacks. Lancer books, which published more than twenty of her novels, proclaimed her "America's Most Popular Gothic Novelist" while Pocket Books claimed her gothic novels had sold over eleven million copies by the middle 1970's. Her approximately 146 novels were published by a dozen paperback publishers, some had as many as four printings while others were printed only once. Lancer and Warner Books together published more than sixty of her novels. The vast majority of her novels were written in the first person and this was a trademark of sorts with Dorothy Daniels, as she rarely strayed from this pattern. Several of her novels take place in the Old South. Her novels were also considerably more involving plot-wise and contained more character development than other gothic novels. She published her last gothic novel, "House of Silence", in late 1980. Afterward she wrote a handfull of historical romances and her last published novel appears to be "Crisis at Valcour" in 1985.

The aforementioned photograph on the rear cover of her 1965 book "Cliffside Castle" contradicts some claims that Dorothy Daniels was male, and at least one internet website's author insists that Dorothy Daniels was actually a man named Paul Hugo Little who lived in Chigago and wrote over 700 books under at least a dozen pseudonyms. We may never know for certain who Dorothy Daniels was. Several of her gothic paperbacks, credited to Dorothy Daniels or Suzanne Somers, were copyrighted by Norman Daniels. She published one novel, "House of False Faces", under the pseudonym Helen Gray Weston, but this book was later reissued as "Dorothy Daniels writing as Helen Gray Weston". She wrote three nurse romance books in addition to her many gothic novels.

See Also

Books

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