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Diane Pearson


Born
in Croyden, London, England, The United Kingdom
November 05, 1931

Died
August 15, 2017

Genre
Romance, Historical Fiction


Diane Margaret Pearson was born on 5 November 1931 in Croyden, London, England, daughter of Miriam Harriet Youde and William Holker. During her childhood, she often visited her grandparents in a village on the Surrey/Kent borders. She attended Secondary School in Croyden. She became in 1975, the second wife of the Irish actor Richard Leech (McClelland).

At 16, Diane started her career in publishing with Jonathan Cape Ltd, and she has been Senior Editor for Transworld Publishers for more than 35 years. In 1994 she won the British Book Award for Editor of the Year. As Diane Pearson she has published six historical romance novels and several short stories. She also was the President of the Romantic Novelists' Association from 1986 to 2011, whe ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,758 ratings · 201 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors
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4.19 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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The Summer Of The Barshinskeys
3.94 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1984 — 21 editions
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Bride of Tancred
4.09 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1967 — 18 editions
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The Marigold Field (Whitman...
4.06 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions
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Sarah Whitman (Whitman Saga...
3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions
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Voices of Summer
3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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