Marina Oliver was born in 1934. She graduated from Keele University in Politics and Economics.
Marina started published historical romances, in 1974, at Robert Hale, and since 1977 also under the pseudonym of Sally James. In 1981, she published a novel as Donna Hunt at Minstrel Books. Since 1983, she uses de penname Bridget Thorn. In 1992, she also published a novel as Vesta Hathaway and in 2000 as Laura Hart. She has published more than fifty novels under her name and her pseudonyms, plus half a dozen non-fiction books. Her novels are historical romances as well as twentieth-century sagas, contemporary romances and crime. She has edited her own quarterly magazine, and also many books and newsletters, mainly for educational organisations.
Marina was elected the sixteenth Chairman (1992-1993) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, edited its Newsletter for 3 years, and now has been elected a Vice-President and runs the R.N.A. New Writer's Scheme. She reads for and judges short story competitions, reviews historical novels, and has done appraisals for (among others) a prestigious Regional Arts board.
Married with Chris, they had four grown-up children: Jackie, Debbie, Cindy and Simon, and seven grandchildren, Marina now splits her time between an old manor house built in 1720, which at one time belonged to Princess Diana's Spencer family in the rural Shropshire and her beloved Madeira.
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Petronella's Waterloo
3 editions - first published in 1980 -
A clandestine affair
3 editions - first published in 1980 -
Lord Fordington's Offer
2 editions - first published in 1982 -
Mask of Fortune
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
The Golden Gypsy
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
Heir to Rowanlea
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Fortune at Stake
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Almost legendary pop interviews
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Otherwise Engaged
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Fortune at stake
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Miranda of the island
1 edition - first published in 1977 -
Petronella's Waterloo
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Curtain
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Heir to Rowanlea
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Clandestine Affair
1 edition - first published in 1980
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Alternative names
- Marina Oliver
- Sally James
- Donna Hunt
- Bridget Thorn
- Vesta Hathaway
- Livvy West
- Laura Hart
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| October 27, 2010 | Edited by E-Romance | Added new photo |
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| October 27, 2010 | Edited by E-Romance | merge authors |
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