Roberta Gellis

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Born on September 27, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York City, Roberta Gellis was the noted author of The Roselynde Chronicles. She had two master's degrees - one in Biochemistry and one in Medieval Literature.

She received her

"B.S. in Chemistry from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1947 and a M.S. in Biochemistry from Brooklyn Polytechnic University in 1952. She worked both as a freelance scientific copy editor and as a research chemist for Foster D. Snell for many years, where she and her inventing partner developed aerosolized shaving foam and pink hair dye, among other creations, before she entered a second career as a best-selling author."

Gellis was one of the most successful writers of historical fiction of the last few decades, having published about 25 meticulously researched historical novels since 1964. She also wrote romantic suspense (historical and contemporary), science fiction under the pseudonym Max Daniels, and fantasy in Greek and Celtic settings.

Gellis died on May 6, 2016.

On The Web

Roberta Gellis Official Site

Books

The Roselynde Chronicles:

  • Roselynde - Playboy, 1978 (reissued Harlequin Signature Select, December 2005)
  • Desiree - (Harlequin Signature Select, February 2005)
  • Alinor - Playboy, 1978 (reissued Harlequin Signature Select, May 2006)
  • Joanna - Playboy, 1979 (reissued Leisure, 1994)
  • Gilliane - Playboy, 1980 (reissued Leisure, 1994)
  • Rhiannon - Playboy, 1982 (reissued Leisure, 1994)
  • Sybelle - Jove, 1983 (reissued Leisure, 1995)

The Royal Dynasty Series:

Tales of Jernaeve



Books in the Napoleonic Era:

Odds and Ends

  • A Delicate Balance - Roberta Gellis (contemporary romantic suspense) Leisure, March 1993, Thorndike, April 2000
  • The Love Token (a costume drama, pseudonym Priscilla Hamilton) Playboy, 1979
  • Sing Witch, Sing Death (historical romantic suspense) Bantam, 1975, 1983; Thorndike Press (large print) 1999


Awards

  • 1995 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Historical Fantasy
  • Silver and Gold Medal Porgy for historical novels from West Coast Review of Books,
  • Golden Certificate and Golden Pen from Affaire de Coeur
  • The Romantic Times Award for Best Novel in the Medieval Period
  • Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.