June Knox-Mawer

June Ellis Knox-Mawer
Born June Ellis
(1930-05-10)10 May 1930
Wrexham, Wales, UK
Died 19 April 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 75)
Pen name June Knox-Mawer
Occupation Writer, novelist, radio broadcaster
Language English
Nationality British
Period 1961–2001
Genre Romance
Notable awards RoNA Award
Spouse Ronald Knox-Mawer (1951–2007)
Children 2

June Knox-Mawer, née Ellis (10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales – 19 April 2006) was a British writer of non-fiction books and romance novels and a radio broadcaster. In 1992, her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

Biography

Born June Ellis on 10 May 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant.[2] She raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle.[3] In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925–2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary, they had a son a and a daughter.[2] The married couple lived in Arabia and Fiji, which inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to UK. She died on 19 April 2006, survived by her husband and children.[3]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Novels

References and sources

  1. Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
  2. 1 2 Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's Who, Pacific Publications, 1968
  3. 1 2 June Knox-Mawer's Obituary at The Telegraph, 7 October 2012
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