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June Knox-Mawer

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June Knox-Mawer


Born
in Wrexham, Wales, The United Kingdom
May 10, 1930

Died
April 19, 2006

Genre
Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Romance


June Ellis was born on May 10, 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant. She raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle. 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. The marriage lived in Arabia and Fiji, that inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to UK.

Published since 1961, in 1992 her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Knox-Mawer was also a noted broadcaster which included a long time association with BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

June died on April 19, 2006, survived by her husband and children. ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 46 ratings · 7 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
A Ram in the Well
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Sandstorm
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Tales from Paradise
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Marama of the Islands
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The Shadow of Wings
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Gift of Islands
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Sultans Came to Tea
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The Shadow of Wings
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