Who is the mother of the Romance Writers of America's first president?
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RITA Award The RITA Award is the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romance fiction. It is presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA). The purpose of the RITA Award is to promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published novels and novellas. It is named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada.
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Rita Clay Estrada Rita Clay Estrada (born July 31, 1941 in Michigan, US) is an US writer of romance novels as Rita Clay, Tira Lacy and Rita Clay Estrada, she also wrote non-fiction books about writing romance novels. She was the first president of the Romance Writers of America, and founding member with her mother Rita Gallagher.
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Mary Daheim Mary Rene Daheim (born November 7, 1937) is an American writer of romance and mystery novels.
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Teresa Medeiros Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963) is a United States award-winning romance novelist with more than eight million books in print. She wrote her first novel at 21 and has since gone on to publish 23 books. Before becoming a well-known author, she was a nurse. According to her official biography, she lives in Kentucky with her husband and cat.
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Heather Graham Pozzessere Heather Graham Pozzessere (born March 15, 1953) is a best-selling American writer, who writes primarily romance novels. She also writes under her maiden name Heather Graham as well as the pen name Shannon Drake.
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Emma Holly Emma Holly (born 1961, New Jersey) is American author who specializes in writing erotic romance novels, often with a focus on BDSM. She has written over twenty books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance.
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Marina Oliver Marina Oliver (born 1934) is a British writer of romance novels. She has also written under the pseudonyms of Sally James, Donna Hunt, Bridget Thorn, Vesta Hathaway, Livvy West and Laura Hart. Marina also published writing books.
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Linda Cajio Linda Cajio is a US writer of over 30 romance novels. She started writing contemporary romances in 1986 for Loveswept, and she also wrote historical romances for Kensington and Zebra. She was nominee from Romantic Times Magazine to Best Harlequin American in 1997 and to Series Romantic Fantary in 1999.
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Margaret Moore Margaret Moore is a Canadian author of romance novels.
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Mary C. McCall Jr. Mary C. McCall Jr. (April 4, 1904, New York, New York – April 3, 1986, Los Angeles, California) was a writer best known for her screenwriting. She was the first woman president of the Writers Guild of America, serving from 1942–44 and 1951-52.
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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Corinne Roosevelt (September 27, 1861 – February 17, 1933) was an American poet, writer, lecturer, and public speaker. She was also the younger sister of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of future First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Claire Robyns Claire Robyns (born 1968, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is an author of historical and contemporary romances.
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Virginia Clinton Kelley Virginia Dell Blythe Clinton Dwire Kelley (née Cassidy; June 6, 1923 – January 6, 1994) was an American nurse and the mother of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.
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Hadley Richardson Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (November 9, 1891 – January 22, 1979) was the first wife of American author Ernest Hemingway. The two married in 1921 after a courtship of less than a year, and moved to Paris within months of being married. In Paris, Hemingway pursued a writing career, and through him Hadley met other expatriate British and American writers.
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A Romance of Two Worlds A Romance of Two Worlds was Marie Corelli's first novel, published in 1886. It referenced the contemporary debate between creationism and evolution, as well as supernatural themes, overlaid with elements of science fiction. The book was an immediate success, well beyond expectations.
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Bonnie Angelo Veronica Estelle "Bonnie" Angelo (January 29, 1924 – September 17, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was known for being the author of "First Mothers". During her more than a quarter-century with "Time", she served as a Washington correspondent from 1967-78, reported on the White House and covered newsmakers and events across America and the world.
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Barbara McMahon Barbara McMahon (b. July 1 in Virginia, US) is a popular U.S.American writer of over 65 romance novels published by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd since 1984.
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Rose Porter Rose Porter (6 December 1845 - 10 September 1906) was an American religious novelist. She was born in New York, New York. Her father, David Collins Porter, was a wealthy New Yorker. He died in 1845, while Rose was an infant. Her mother, Rose Anne Hardy, was the daughter of an English army officer. Porter's early years were spent in New York and in the family's summer home in Catskills-on-the-Hudson. She was educated in New York, with the exception of a year abroad. After completing her education, she and her mother made their home in New Haven, Connecticut. After the mother died, Porter kept her home in New Haven, where she lived with her servants. Her first success was "Summer Drift-Wood for the Winter Fire". Notwithstanding the fact that she was an invalid for years, Porter was a writer of quiet religious romance, publishing or editing 70 volumes.
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Abby May Abigail "Abba" Alcott (née May; October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) May was an activist for several causes and one of the first paid social workers in the state of Massachusetts. She was the wife of Transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott and mother of four daughters, including Civil War novelist Louisa May Alcott.
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Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (July 29, 1861 – February 14, 1884) was an American socialite and the first wife of President Theodore Roosevelt. Less than two days after giving birth to their only child, she died from Bright's Disease.
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Nancy A. Collins Nancy A. Collins (born September 10, 1959) is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue.
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Patrick Brontë Patrick Brontë ( , "commonly" ; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish priest and author who spent most of his adult life in England. He was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, and of Branwell Brontë, his only son. Patrick outlived his wife, the former Maria Branwell, by forty years by which time all of their children had died as well.