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Gloria Bevan


Born
in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
July 20, 1911

Genre
Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

Influences
Essie Summers


Gloria Isabel Bevan
aka Fiona Murray, Gloria Bevan

Gloria Isabel was born on 20 July 1911 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, the daughter of a mining engineer. At three, her family moved to New Zealand, and considers herself a New Zealander. She lived in Auckland, from 1926 to 1936. On 1937, she married Thomas Henry Bevan, a building inspector, and they had three daughters.

After leaving school she worked as a typist, but she had been writing stories for as long as she could remember and feel "there's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to." She not begin to publishing until she was well into her fifties, first detective novels as Fiona Murray in 1965, She started corresponding wit ...more

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Average rating: 2.87 · 429 ratings · 108 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors
High-Country Wife
2.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions
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Bachelor Territory
3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions
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Master of Mahia
2.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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Dolphin Bay
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions
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Fringe of Heaven
2.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions
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Summer's Vintage
3.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Flame in Fiji
2.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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The Rouseabout Girl
2.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions
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Kowhai Country
3.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
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Connelly`s Castle (Harlequi...
3.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions
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“There's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to.”
― Gloria Bevan
tags: writing
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