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unusual facts about Romantic Novel of the Year Award



Anne Eyre Worboys

In 1977, her novel Every Man A King (aka Rendezvous with Fear) won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

She won the Mary Elgin Award in 1975, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association in 1977 by her novel Every Man A King (aka Rendezvous with Fear).

Brenda Jagger

In 1986, her last novel A Song Twice Over won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Carole Matthews

She has published 23 novels and has appeared on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestsellers lists and her books, Welcome To The Real World and Wrapped up in You have both made the shortlist for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

Joanna Trollope

Her novel Parson Harding's Daughter won in 1980 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Jojo Moyes

She is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been translated into eleven different languages.

Moyes is one of only a few authors to have won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award twice.

Katharine Davies

For her debut novel, A Good Voyage, she won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by Romantic Novelists' Association sponsored by FosterGrant Reading Glasses.

Lucy Dillon

In 2010, her novel Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Marguerite J. Gascoigne

Her novel The Look of Innocence won in 1976 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Maureen Lee

In 2000, her novel Dancing in the Dark won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reay Tannahill

She also wrote historical romance novels, and in 1990, her novel Passing Glory won in 1990 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Rona Randall

In 1970, Broken Tapestry, her contemporary novel about a broken family, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Sarah Woodhouse

In 1989, her novel The Peacock's Feather was awarded the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Suzanne Goodwin

In 1964, her novel Journey from Yesterday won the Romantic Novel of the Year Awardawarded by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

She published Journey from Yesterday in 1963, which won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Veronica Henry

‘Marriage and Other Games’ has been listed (14 December 2009) in the final top 20 for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for 2010.


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