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Jean S. MacLeod


Born
in Glasgow, Scotland, The United Kingdom
January 20, 1908

Died
April 11, 2011

Genre
Romance, Contemporary, Fiction


Jean Sutherland MacLeod was born in 20 January 1908 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Allen and John MacLeod. Her father, who was a civil engineer, moved with jobs. Her education began at Bearsden Academy, continued in Swansea and ended in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She moved to North Yorkshire, England to marry with Lionel Walton on 1 January 1935, an electricity board executive, who died in 1995. They had a son, David Walton, who died two years before her. She passed away on 11 April 2011 at 103 years.

Jean S. MacLeod started writing stories for the magazine The People's Friend, before sold her first romance novel in 1936. She wrote contemporary romances, most of them were set in her native Scotland, or in exotic places ...more

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Average rating: 3.05 · 564 ratings · 90 reviews · 141 distinct works
Master of Glenkeith
3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1955 — 8 editions
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The Gated Road
2.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1959 — 15 editions
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Journey Into Spring
3.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions
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Moment of Decision
3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions
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Search for Yesterday
3.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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A Love Beyond Words & Shelt...
3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1964 — 5 editions
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Brief Enchantment
3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions
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The Silver Dragon
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions
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Adam's Daughter
3.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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Apollo Man
2.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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“I never use the word 'sex' in my novels - that is not what romance is about. It's about love and emotion. All my stories were different but they all had a happy ending - the perfect finish to any romance.”
― Jean S. MacLeod
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