Maynah Lewis /ˈmaɪnə/ (née Mclntire; 14 April 1919 in Helensburgh, Scotland, England – 16 July 1988) was a British writer of 23 gothic and romance novels. She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]
Maynah McIntire Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maynah McIntire 14 April 1919 Helensburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 16 July 1988 (aged 69) |
| Pen name | Maynah Lewis |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1963–83 |
| Genre | Gothic, romance |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Victor Lewis (1936-19??) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editBorn Maynah McIntire /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪr/ on 14 April 1919 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, she was educated at schools in Scotland. In 1936, she married Victor Lewis, and had one son.[2][3]
She was a professional musician and teacher, before became writing full-time from 1958.[2][3] She won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, by her novels The Future is Forever in 1968, and The Pride of Innocence in 1972.[1]
In my first novel the heroine didn't get her man, in my second the heroine was 64 years old, my third was a romantic suspense set behind the Iron Curtain, my fourth had no wedding bells, not even in the far distance.
— Maynah Lewis[4]
Bibliography
edit- No Place for Love (1963)
- Give Me This Day (1964) aka Give Us This Day
- See the Bright Morning (1965)
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1966)
- The Long Hot Days (1966)
- The Future Is Forever (1967)
- Till Then, My Love (1968)
- Of No Fixed Abode (1968)
- Symphony for Two Players (1969)
- Corner of Eden (1970)
- The Pride of Innocence (1971)
- Too Late for Tears (1972)
- The Town That Nearly Died (1973)
- The Miracle of Lac Blanche (1973)
- The Unforgiven (1974)
- The Other Side of Paradise (1975)
- A Woman of Property (1976)
- These My Children (1977)
- Love Has Two Faces (1981)
- Barren Harvest (1981)
- Before the Darkness Falls (1981)
- Hour of the Siesta (1982)
- Whisper Who Dares (1983)
References and sources
edit- ^ a b Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 2 May 2012
- ^ a b c James Vinson; D. L. Kirkpatrick (1982), Twentieth-century romance and gothic writers, Gale Research, p. 898
- ^ a b c Lesley Henderson; D. L. Kirkpatrick (1990), Twentieth-century romance and historical writers, St. James Press, p. 856
- ^ Romantic Novelists' Association's Story, archived from the original on 22 October 2012, retrieved 3 September 2013
- ^ Maynah Lewis at FantasticFiction, 2 August 2012