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| caption = Jo Beverley at the Romance Writer's of America Literacy signing, July 22, 2015, New York, NY
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'''Jo Beverley''', ''née'' '''Mary Josephine Dunn''' (22 September 1947 – 23 May 2016) was a prolific English-Canadian writer of historical and contemporary [[romance novel]]s from 1988 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|website=Dear Author|url=http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/tuesday-news-rip-jo-beverley-copyright-irony-sherman-alexie-comic-book-movies-grown-ups/|author=Janet|title=Publishing News: Tuesday News: RIP Jo Beverley, copyright irony, Sherman Alexie, and comic book movies for grown-ups|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
'''Mary Josephine Beverley''' (née '''Dunn'''; 22 September 1947 – 23 May 2016) was a prolific English-Canadian writer of historical and contemporary [[romance novel]]s from 1988 to 2016.<ref name="Janet">{{cite web|website=Dear Author|url=http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/tuesday-news-rip-jo-beverley-copyright-irony-sherman-alexie-comic-book-movies-grown-ups/|author=Janet|title=Publishing News: Tuesday News: RIP Jo Beverley, copyright irony, Sherman Alexie, and comic book movies for grown-ups|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>

Her works are regarded as well researched, filled with historical details, and peopled by communities of interlinked characters, stretching the boundaries of the historical romantic fiction genre. They have been translated into several languages, and she has received multiple awards.
Her works are regarded{{by whom|date=June 2016}} as well researched, filled with historical details, and peopled by communities of interlinked characters, stretching the boundaries of the historical romantic fiction genre. They have been translated into several languages, and she has received multiple awards.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
===Early life and education===
'''Mary Josephine Dunn''' was born 22 September 1947 in [[Lancashire]], England. She was of Irish descent.<ref>{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|author=Mary Jo|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
'''Mary Josephine Dunn''' was born 22 September 1947 in [[Lancashire]], England. She was of Irish descent.<ref name="MJP">{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|first=Mary Jo|last=Putney|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>


At age 11, she went to an all-girls boarding school, [[Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool]]. At 16, she wrote her first romance, with a [[medieval]] setting, completed in instalments in an exercise book. She read history and American studies at [[Keele University]] in Staffordshire from 1966 to 1970{{cn|date=May 2016}}, where she earned a degree in English history.<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/bio.html|title=About the Author|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref> The broad-based learning of Keele's foundation year and the availability of archived [[Regency period|Regency-period]] newspapers were useful resources to enable her to develop her fiction writing.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
At age 11, she went to an all-girls boarding school, [[Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool]]. At 16, she wrote her first romance, with a [[medieval]] setting, completed in instalments in an exercise book. She read history and American studies at [[Keele University]] in Staffordshire from 1966 to 1970,<ref name=GB>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10318.Jo_Beverley GoodReads website, ''Jo Beverley'']</ref> where she earned a degree in English history.<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/bio.html|title=About the Author|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref> The broad-based learning of Keele's foundation year and the availability of archived [[Regency period|Regency-period]] newspapers were useful resources to enable her to develop her fiction writing.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


On 24 June 1971, she married Ken Beverley, whom she met at Keele.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
On 24 June 1971, she married Ken Beverley, whom she met at Keele.<ref name=GB />


===Career===
===Career===
After graduation, she quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer. She stayed in this profession until 1976, working first in [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]], Staffordshire, and then in [[West Bridgford]], Nottinghamshire.
After graduation, she quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer. She stayed in this profession until 1976, working first in [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]], Staffordshire, and then in [[West Bridgford]], Nottinghamshire.


In 1976, Beverley moved to Canada, where her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], Nova Scotia. When her professional qualifications proved unusable in the Canadian labour market, Beverley decided to develop her early interest in creative writing.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
In 1976, Beverley moved to Canada, where her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], Nova Scotia. When her professional qualifications proved unusable in the Canadian labour market, Beverley decided to develop her early interest in creative writing.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


Many of her "Rogue" characters were created in an initial manuscript entitled ''A Regency Rape''. At this point, Beverley did not have a fixed idea of the narrower literary boundaries drawn by the traditional [[Regency romance|Regency romantic novel]] and thus created a literary hybrid. A precursor of the Regency historical novel, the work had a more varied cast of characters which, while respectful of the world of [[Georgette Heyer]], broadened the scope and intensity of the genre. At this time Beverley was still unpublished, but devoted her time to caring for her two young sons and participating in the [[woman-centred childbirth]] movement, which made her especially careful to portray births in her novels realistically but positively.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
Many of her "Rogue" characters were created in an initial manuscript entitled ''A Regency Rape''. At this point, Beverley did not have a fixed idea of the narrower literary boundaries drawn by the traditional [[Regency romance|Regency romantic novel]] and thus created a literary hybrid. A precursor of the Regency historical novel, the work had a more varied cast of characters which, while respectful of the world of [[Georgette Heyer]], broadened the scope and intensity of the genre. At this time Beverley was still unpublished, but devoted her time to caring for her two young sons and participating in the [[woman-centred childbirth]] movement, which made her especially careful to portray births in her novels realistically but positively.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


The turning point in Beverley's writing career came when her move to [[Montreal]] led to her attendance at a talk on "The state of romance in fiction" by Janet Adams, at Beaconsfield Library on 23 May 1984. The executive advisor of the Writers' Association for Romance and Mainstream demystified the creative process for the budding author and was sufficiently impressed by Beverley's writing to act as her agent.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
The turning point in Beverley's writing career came when her move to [[Montreal]] led to her attendance at a talk on "The state of romance in fiction" by Janet Adams, at Beaconsfield Library on 23 May 1984. The executive advisor of the Writers' Association for Romance and Mainstream demystified the creative process for the budding author and was sufficiently impressed by Beverley's writing to act as her agent.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


That same year, the family moved to [[Ottawa]], Canada, where Beverley became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers' Association (ORWA). Formed in 1985, ORWA became her "nurturing community" for the next 12 years.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
That same year, the family moved to [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada, where Beverley became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers' Association (ORWA). Formed in 1985, ORWA became her "nurturing community" for the next 12 years.<ref>[https://bookclubs.com/author/jo-beverley-9296 Book Clubs website, ''Jo Beverley'']</ref>


In 1988, Beverley, who was actively writing science fiction as well as romance, was a finalist in the [[L. Ron Hubbard]] Writers of the Future Contest. That same year, she sold her first romance novel. With her ensuing success in the latter genre, she allowed speculative writing to slide, though elements of it appear periodically in some of her romances and novellas.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
In 1988, Beverley, who was actively writing science fiction as well as romance, was a finalist in the [[L. Ron Hubbard]] Writers of the Future Contest. That same year, she sold her first romance novel. With her ensuing success in the latter genre, she allowed speculative writing to slide, though elements of it appear periodically in some of her romances and novellas.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


Beverly wrote at multiple blogs:
Beverly wrote at multiple blogs:
* ''Jo Talk'', a solo blog where "she post[ed] anything that interest[ed] her"<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/biolong.html|title=Jo Beverley -- Full Bio|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Jo Talk'', a solo blog where "she post[ed] anything that interest[ed] her"<ref name="Full Bio">{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/biolong.html|title=Jo Beverley - Full Bio|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Minepast'', a solo blog where "she share[d] interesting tid-bits of history she discover[ed] as she researche[d] her novels"<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/biolong.html|title=Jo Beverley -- Full Bio|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Minepast'', a solo blog where "she share[d] interesting tid-bits of history she discover[ed] as she researche[d] her novels"<ref name="Full Bio"/>
* the ''UK Historical Romance blog''<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/biolong.html|title=Jo Beverley -- Full Bio|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* the ''UK Historical Romance blog''<ref name="Full Bio"/>
* ''Word Wenches'',<ref>{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|author=Mary Jo|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref> a group blog comprising posts by eight women "historical authors who blog about history, writing, and anything vaguely related"<ref>{{cite web|website=jobev.com|url=http://www.jobev.com/biolong.html|title=Jo Beverley -- Full Bio|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Word Wenches'',<ref name="MJP"/> a group blog comprising posts by eight women "historical authors who blog about history, writing, and anything vaguely related"<ref name="Full Bio"/>


===Personal life===
===Personal life===
Soon after university, Beverley and her husband Ken moved to [[Ottawa]], Canada. Beverley became a Canadian with dual citizenship, and she and Ken raised their two sons there, then moved to [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|author=Mary Jo|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
Soon after university, Beverley and her husband Ken moved to [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada. Beverley became a Canadian with dual citizenship, and she and Ken raised their two sons there, then moved to [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref name="MJP"/>


More recently, she and Ken moved back to England{{when|date=May 2016}}, and they lived in [[Dawlish, Devon]].<ref name="M&BBio">{{cite web| title = Jo Beverley's Biography | date = | year = | website=jobev.com|url = http://www.jobev.com/bio.html | accessdate = 16 May 2012}}</ref>, though they were considering returning to Victoria permanently.<ref>{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|author=Mary Jo|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
She and Ken moved back to England in 2009,<ref name=KU>[https://www.keele.ac.uk/arboretum/legacytreesandbenches/memorialtrees/jobeverley/ Keele University website, ''Jo Beverley'']</ref> and they lived in [[Dawlish]], Devon,<ref name="M&BBio">{{cite web| title = Jo Beverley's Biography | website=jobev.com|url = http://www.jobev.com/bio.html | accessdate = 16 May 2012}}</ref> though they were considering returning to Victoria permanently.<ref name="MJP"/>


===Later life, and death===
===Later life and death===
In 2012, Beverley survived a bout with cancer and, for the past five years, was in remission. However, the cancer returned and moved very quickly. Beverley succumbed to it on May 23, 2016. She died in a care home in [[Yorkshire, England]] that once was a convent, with her husband and her pal Charlie, "the Cabbage Patch Kid", by her side.<ref>{{cite web|website=Dear Author|url=http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/tuesday-news-rip-jo-beverley-copyright-irony-sherman-alexie-comic-book-movies-grown-ups/|author=Janet|title=Publishing News: Tuesday News: RIP Jo Beverley, copyright irony, Sherman Alexie, and comic book movies for grown-ups|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=May 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Word Wenches|url=http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2016/05/in-memoriam-jo-beverley.html|author=Mary Jo|title=In Memoriam: Jo Beverley|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>
In 2012, Beverley survived a bout with cancer and was in remission for four years. However, the cancer returned and moved very quickly; she succumbed to it on 23 May 2016. She died in a care home in [[Yorkshire, England]].<ref name="Janet"/><ref name="MJP"/>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2016}}
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2016}}
Her works have been translated into many languages and have won her many awards, including five RITAs, two Career Achievement Awards from ''[[Romantic Times]]'', The Golden Leaf Award, and the Readers' Choice Award. A member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Honor Roll, Beverley is the sole Canadian romance author inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame.
Her works have been translated into many languages and have won her many awards, including five RITAs, two Career Achievement Awards from ''[[Romantic Times]]''.<ref name=KU /> She has also won The Golden Leaf Award, and the Readers' Choice Award. A member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Honor Roll, Beverley has been inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame.<ref>[https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/RITA/Hall_of_Fame.aspx Romance Writers of American website, ''Hall of Fame'']</ref> She is the only Canadian to be inducted.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
<ref name="fantasticfiction">{{cite web| title = Jo Beverley at Fantastic Fiction | date = | year = | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jo-beverley/ | accessdate = 16 May 2012|website=Fantastic Fiction}}</ref>
<ref name="fantasticfiction">{{cite web| title = Jo Beverley at Fantastic Fiction | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jo-beverley/ | accessdate = 16 May 2012|website=Fantastic Fiction}}</ref>


===Traditional Regencies===
===Traditional Regencies===
* ''Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-3082-7)
* ''Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed'' (1990) ({{ISBN|0-8217-3082-7}})
* ''The Stanfourth Secrets''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-380-71438-8)
* ''The Stanfourth Secrets'' (1989) ({{ISBN|0-380-71438-8}})
* ''The Stolen Bride''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-380-71439-6)
* ''The Stolen Bride'' (1990) ({{ISBN|0-380-71439-6}})
* ''Emily and the Dark Angel''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-380-71555-4)
* ''Emily and the Dark Angel'' (1992) ({{ISBN|0-380-71555-4}})
* ''If Fancy Be the Food of Love''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-449-22081-8) (see Novellas below)
* ''If Fancy Be the Food of Love'' (1991) ({{ISBN|0-449-22081-8}}) (see Novellas below)
* ''The Fortune Hunter''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-380-71771-9)
* ''The Fortune Hunter'' (1992) ({{ISBN|0-380-71771-9}})
* ''Deirdre and Don Juan''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-380-77281-7)
* ''Deirdre and Don Juan'' (1993) ({{ISBN|0-380-77281-7}})


===Company of Rogues Series===
===Company of Rogues Series===
* ''An Arranged Marriage''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-6401-2) Nicholas and Eleanor
* ''An Arranged Marriage'' (1991) ({{ISBN|0-8217-6401-2}}) Nicholas and Eleanor
* ''An Unwilling Bride''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-6724-0) Lucien and Beth
* ''An Unwilling Bride'' (1992) ({{ISBN|0-8217-6724-0}}) Lucien and Beth
* ''Christmas Angel''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-3976-X) Leander and Judith
* ''Christmas Angel'' (1992) ({{ISBN|0-8217-3976-X}}) Leander and Judith
* ''Forbidden''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-7599-5) Francis and Serena
* ''Forbidden'' (1994) ({{ISBN|0-8217-7599-5}}) Francis and Serena
* ''Dangerous Joy''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-8217-5129-8) Miles and Felicity
* ''Dangerous Joy'' (1995) ({{ISBN|0-8217-5129-8}}) Miles and Felicity
* ''Dragon's Bride''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-20358-5) Con and Susan (A Three Georges Story)
* ''Dragon's Bride'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20358-5}}) Con and Susan (A Three Georges Story)
* ''Skylark''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-21183-9) Stephen and Laura
* ''The Devil's Heiress'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20254-6}}) Hawk and Clarissa (A Three Georges Story)
* ''The Rogue's Return''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-21788-8) Simon and Jancy
* ''The Demon's Mistress'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20380-1}}) Van and Maria (A Three Georges Story)
* ''To Rescue a Rogue''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-22011-0) Dare and Mara
* ''Hazard'' (2002) ({{ISBN|0-451-20580-4}}) Race and Anne
* ''Lady Beware''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-22149-4) Darien and Thea
* ''St. Raven'' (2003) ({{ISBN|0-451-20807-2}}) Tris and Cressida
* ''Skylark'' (2004) ({{ISBN|0-451-21183-9}}) Stephen and Laura

* ''The Rogue's Return'' (2006) ({{ISBN|0-451-21788-8}}) Simon and Jancy
In the Rogues' world:
* ''Hazard''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-20580-4) Race and Anne
* ''To Rescue a Rogue'' (2006) ({{ISBN|0-451-22011-0}}) Dare and Mara
* ''St. Raven''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-20807-2) Tris and Cressida
* ''Lady Beware'' (2007) ({{ISBN|0-451-22149-4}}) Darien and Thea
* ''The Devil's Heiress''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-20254-6) Hawk and Clarissa (A Three Georges Story)
* ''A Shocking Delight'' (2014) ({{ISBN|0-451-46801-5}}) David and Lucy
* ''The Demon's Mistress''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-20380-1) Van and Maria (A Three Georges Story)
* ''Too Dangerous for a Lady'' (2015) ({{ISBN|978-0-698-17570-9}}) Thayne and Hermione
* ''The Viscount Needs a Wife'' (2016) ({{ISBN|978-0-451-47190-1}}) Dauntry and Kitty
* ''Merely a Marriage'' (2017) ({{ISBN|0-399-58353-X}}) Norris and Ariana


===Medieval Romances===
===Medieval Romances===
* ''Lord of My Heart'' (ISBN 0-451-20642-8)
* ''Lord of My Heart'' (1992) ({{ISBN|0-451-20642-8}})
* ''Dark Champion'' (ISBN 0-451-20766-1)
* ''Dark Champion'' (1993) ({{ISBN|0-451-20766-1}})
* ''The Shattered Rose'' (ISBN 0-8217-5310-X)
* ''The Shattered Rose'' (1996) ({{ISBN|0-8217-5310-X}})
* ''Lord of Midnight''
* ''Lord of Midnight'' (1998) ({{ISBN|0451408012}})
* ''Day of Wrath'' (see Novellas below)
* ''Day of Wrath'' (see Novellas below)
* ''The Wise Virgin'' (ISBN 0-373-83417-9) (see Novellas below)
* ''The Wise Virgin'' ({{ISBN|0-373-83417-9}}) (see Novellas below)


===The Malloren Series===
===The Malloren Series===
* ''My Lady Notorious'' (ISBN 0-451-20644-4) Chastity and Cyn
* ''My Lady Notorious'' (1993) ({{ISBN|0-451-20644-4}}) Chastity and Cyn
* ''Tempting Fortune'' (ISBN 0-8217-7347-X) Portia and Bryght
* ''Tempting Fortune'' (1995) ({{ISBN|0-8217-7347-X}}) Portia and Bryght
* ''Something Wicked'' (ISBN 0-451-21378-5) Elf and Fort
* ''Something Wicked'' (1997) ({{ISBN|0-451-21378-5}}) Elf and Fort
* ''Secrets of the Night'' (ISBN 0-451-21158-8) Rosamunde and Brand
* ''Secrets of the Night'' (1999) ({{ISBN|0-451-21158-8}}) Rosamunde and Brand
* ''Devilish'' (ISBN 0-451-19997-9) Diana and Rothgar
* ''Devilish'' (2000) ({{ISBN|0-451-19997-9}}) Diana and Rothgar
* ''Winter Fire'' (ISBN 0-451-22346-2) Genova and Ashart
* ''Winter Fire'' (2003) ({{ISBN|0-451-22346-2}}) Genova and Ashart
* ''A Most Unsuitable Man'' (ISBN 0-451-21423-4)
* ''A Most Unsuitable Man'' (2005) ({{ISBN|0-451-21423-4}})
* ''A Lady's Secret'' (ISBN 0-451-22419-1) Petra and Robin
* ''A Lady's Secret'' (2008) ({{ISBN|0-451-22419-1}}) Petra and Robin
* ''The Secret Wedding'' (ISBN 0-451-22651-8)
* ''The Secret Wedding'' (2009) ({{ISBN|0-451-22651-8}})
* ''The Secret Duke'' (ISBN 0-451-22953-3) Bella and Thorn
* ''The Secret Duke'' (2010) ({{ISBN|0-451-22953-3}}) Bella and Thorn
* ''An Unlikely Countess''
* ''An Unlikely Countess'' (2011) ({{ISBN|0451232712}})
* ''A Scandalous Countess''
* ''A Scandalous Countess'' (2012) ({{ISBN|0451236041}})


===The Georges Series===
===The Georges Series===
(related to the Company of Rogues)
(related to the Company of Rogues)
* ''Demon's Mistress'' (ISBN 0-451-20380-1)
* ''Demon's Mistress'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20380-1}})
* ''Dragon's Bride'' (ISBN 0-451-20358-5)
* ''Dragon's Bride'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20358-5}})
* ''Devil's Heiress'' (ISBN 0-451-20254-6)
* ''Devil's Heiress'' (2001) ({{ISBN|0-451-20254-6}})


===Novellas and short stories===
===Novellas and short stories===
* {{cite news|title=The Fruit Picker|work=Writers of the Future| volume= IV|date= 1988|isbn= 0-88404-314-2}}
* {{cite news|title=The Fruit Picker|work=Writers of the Future|volume=IV|date=1988|isbn=0-88404-314-2|url=https://archive.org/details/lronhubbardprese00lron_2}}
* {{cite news|title=If Fancy Be the Food of Love|work=A Regency Valentine|date= 1991|isbn= 0-449-22081-8}}
* {{cite news|title=If Fancy Be the Food of Love|work=A Regency Valentine|date= 1991|isbn= 0-449-22081-8 |last1=Grey |first1=Kitty }}
**{{cite news|title=If Fancy Be the Food of Love||work=Regency Valentines|date= 2015 |asin= B00T3P4PHW}}
**{{cite news|title=If Fancy Be the Food of Love|work=Regency Valentines|date= 2015 |asin= B00T3P4PHW}}
* {{cite news|title=Twelfth Night|work=Five Golden Rings|date= 1991|isbn= 0-8217-7062-4}}
* {{cite news|title=Twelfth Night|work=Five Golden Rings|date= 1991|isbn= 0-8217-7062-4 |last1=Michaels |first1=Fern |last2=Martin |first2=Kat |last3=Beverley |first3=Jo |last4=Joyce |first4=Brenda |last5=Sutcliffe |first5=Katherine }}
* {{cite news|title=Lord Samhain's Night|work=All Hallow's Eve|date= 1992|isbn= 0-8027-1252-5}}
* {{cite news|title=Lord Samhain's Night|work=All Hallow's Eve|date=1992|isbn=0-8027-1252-5|url=https://archive.org/details/allhallowseve00alle |last1=Allen |first1=Mary Elizabeth }}
* {{cite news|title=The Demon's Bride|work=Moonlight Lovers|date=1993|isbn= 0-451-17722-3}}
* {{cite news|title=The Demon's Bride|work=Moonlight Lovers|date=1993|isbn= 0-451-17722-3 |last1=Balogh |first1=Mary }}
* {{cite news|title=A Mummer's Play|work=A Regency Christmas|date= 1995|isbn= 978-0-451-18014-8}}
* {{cite news|title=A Mummer's Play|work=A Regency Christmas|date=1995|isbn=978-0-451-18014-8|url=https://archive.org/details/regencychristmas00heat |last1=Matthews |first1=Laura }}
* {{cite news|title=Forbidden Affections|work=A Spring Bouquet|date= 1996|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=Forbidden Affections|work=A Spring Bouquet|date= 1996}}
* {{cite news|title=The Determined Bride|work=Married at Midnight'' (Georgian)'' |date= 1996|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=The Determined Bride|work=Married at Midnight (Georgian) |date= 1996}}
* {{cite news|title=A Gift of Light|work=The Christmas Cat|date= 1996|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=A Gift of Light|work=The Christmas Cat|date= 1996}}
* {{cite news|title=The Lord of Elphindale|work=Faery Magic|date= 1998|isbn=}} Reissue 2006.
* {{cite news|title=The Lord of Elphindale|work=Faery Magic|date= 1998}} Reissue 2006.
* {{cite news|title=The Wise Virgin|work=The Brides of Christmas|date= 1999|isbn= 0-373-83417-9}}
* {{cite news|title=The Wise Virgin|work=The Brides of Christmas|date= 1999|isbn= 0-373-83417-9 |last1=Beverley |first1=Jo |last2=Moore |first2=Margaret |last3=Simmons |first3=Deborah }}
* {{cite news|title=Day of Wrath|work=Star of Wonder|date= 1999|isbn= 0-515-12653-5}}
* {{cite news|title=Day of Wrath|work=Star of Wonder|date= 1999|isbn= 0-515-12653-5 |last1=Beverley |first1=Jo |last2=Alfonsi |first2=Alice |last3=Farraday |first3=Tess |last4=Freiman |first4=Kate }}
* {{cite news|title=The Demon's Mistress|work=In Praise of Younger Men|date= 2001|isbn= 0-451-20380-1}}
* {{cite news|title=The Demon's Mistress|work=In Praise of Younger Men|date=2001|isbn=0-451-20380-1|url=https://archive.org/details/inpraiseofyounge00jobe |last1=Beverley |first1=Jo |last2=Maxwell |first2=Cathy |last3=Reding |first3=Jaclyn |last4=Royal |first4=Lauren }}
* {{cite news|title=The Trouble With Heroes|work=Irresistible Forces|edition=Trade |date= 2004|isbn= }} MM 2006
* {{cite news|title=The Trouble With Heroes|work=Irresistible Forces|edition=Trade |date= 2004}} MM 2006
* {{cite news|title=The Dragon and the Virgin Princess|work=Dragon Lovers|date= 2007|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=The Dragon and the Virgin Princess|work=Dragon Lovers|date= 2007}}
* {{cite news|title=The Raven and the Rose ...|work=Chalice of Roses|date= 2010|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=The Raven and the Rose ...|work=Chalice of Roses|date= 2010}}
* {{cite news|title=The Marrying Maid|work=[[Songs of Love and Death (anthology)|Songs of Love and Death]]|date= 2010|isbn=}}
* {{cite news|title=The Marrying Maid|work=[[Songs of Love and Death (anthology)|Songs of Love and Death]]|date= 2010}}


===Single Novels===
===Single novels===
* ''Forbidden Magic''{{when|date=May 2016}} (ISBN 0-451-21613-X)
* ''Forbidden Magic'' (1995) ({{ISBN|0-451-21613-X}})


==References ==
==References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.jobev.com Jo Beverley's Official Website at jobev.com]
* [http://www.jobev.com Jo Beverley's Official Website at jobev.com]


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite web|website=Subversion Romance|url=http://www.subversionromance.com/parlor/int005.cfm |title=Secrets of the Author – Jo Beverley On The Mallorens and Writing}}
* {{cite web|website=Subversion Romance|url=http://www.subversionromance.com/parlor/int005.cfm|title=Secrets of the Author – Jo Beverley On The Mallorens and Writing|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929221537/http://www.subversionromance.com/parlor/int005.cfm|archive-date=29 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}


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Jo Beverley
Jo Beverley at the Romance Writers of America Literacy signing, 22 July 2015, New York, NY
Jo Beverley at the Romance Writers of America Literacy signing, 22 July 2015, New York, NY
BornMary Josephine Dunn
(1947-09-22)22 September 1947
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died23 May 2016(2016-05-23) (aged 68)
England, UK
Pen nameJo Beverley
OccupationNovelist
SpracheEnglish language
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipKanada
Period1988–2016
Genrehistorical Romance, contemporary Romance
SpouseKen Beverley
Children2
Website
jobev.com

Mary Josephine Beverley (née Dunn; 22 September 1947 – 23 May 2016) was a prolific English-Canadian writer of historical and contemporary romance novels from 1988 to 2016.[1]

Her works are regarded[by whom?] as well researched, filled with historical details, and peopled by communities of interlinked characters, stretching the boundaries of the historical romantic fiction genre. They have been translated into several languages, and she has received multiple awards.

Biography

Early life and education

Mary Josephine Dunn was born 22 September 1947 in Lancashire, England. She was of Irish descent.[2]

At age 11, she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At 16, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed in instalments in an exercise book. She read history and American studies at Keele University in Staffordshire from 1966 to 1970,[3] where she earned a degree in English history.[4] The broad-based learning of Keele's foundation year and the availability of archived Regency-period newspapers were useful resources to enable her to develop her fiction writing.[citation needed]

On 24 June 1971, she married Ken Beverley, whom she met at Keele.[3]

Career

After graduation, she quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer. She stayed in this profession until 1976, working first in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and then in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

In 1976, Beverley moved to Canada, where her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When her professional qualifications proved unusable in the Canadian labour market, Beverley decided to develop her early interest in creative writing.[citation needed]

Many of her "Rogue" characters were created in an initial manuscript entitled A Regency Rape. At this point, Beverley did not have a fixed idea of the narrower literary boundaries drawn by the traditional Regency romantic novel and thus created a literary hybrid. A precursor of the Regency historical novel, the work had a more varied cast of characters which, while respectful of the world of Georgette Heyer, broadened the scope and intensity of the genre. At this time Beverley was still unpublished, but devoted her time to caring for her two young sons and participating in the woman-centred childbirth movement, which made her especially careful to portray births in her novels realistically but positively.[citation needed]

The turning point in Beverley's writing career came when her move to Montreal led to her attendance at a talk on "The state of romance in fiction" by Janet Adams, at Beaconsfield Library on 23 May 1984. The executive advisor of the Writers' Association for Romance and Mainstream demystified the creative process for the budding author and was sufficiently impressed by Beverley's writing to act as her agent.[citation needed]

That same year, the family moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where Beverley became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers' Association (ORWA). Formed in 1985, ORWA became her "nurturing community" for the next 12 years.[5]

In 1988, Beverley, who was actively writing science fiction as well as romance, was a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. That same year, she sold her first romance novel. With her ensuing success in the latter genre, she allowed speculative writing to slide, though elements of it appear periodically in some of her romances and novellas.[citation needed]

Beverly wrote at multiple blogs:

  • Jo Talk, a solo blog where "she post[ed] anything that interest[ed] her"[6]
  • Minepast, a solo blog where "she share[d] interesting tid-bits of history she discover[ed] as she researche[d] her novels"[6]
  • the UK Historical Romance blog[6]
  • Word Wenches,[2] a group blog comprising posts by eight women "historical authors who blog about history, writing, and anything vaguely related"[6]

Personal life

Soon after university, Beverley and her husband Ken moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beverley became a Canadian with dual citizenship, and she and Ken raised their two sons there, then moved to Victoria, British Columbia.[2]

She and Ken moved back to England in 2009,[7] and they lived in Dawlish, Devon,[8] though they were considering returning to Victoria permanently.[2]

Later life and death

In 2012, Beverley survived a bout with cancer and was in remission for four years. However, the cancer returned and moved very quickly; she succumbed to it on 23 May 2016. She died in a care home in Yorkshire, England.[1][2]

Recognition

Her works have been translated into many languages and have won her many awards, including five RITAs, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times.[7] She has also won The Golden Leaf Award, and the Readers' Choice Award. A member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Honor Roll, Beverley has been inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame.[9] She is the only Canadian to be inducted.

Bibliography

[10]

Traditional Regencies

  • Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed (1990) (ISBN 0-8217-3082-7)
  • The Stanfourth Secrets (1989) (ISBN 0-380-71438-8)
  • The Stolen Bride (1990) (ISBN 0-380-71439-6)
  • Emily and the Dark Angel (1992) (ISBN 0-380-71555-4)
  • If Fancy Be the Food of Love (1991) (ISBN 0-449-22081-8) (see Novellas below)
  • The Fortune Hunter (1992) (ISBN 0-380-71771-9)
  • Deirdre and Don Juan (1993) (ISBN 0-380-77281-7)

Company of Rogues Series

Medieval Romances

The Malloren Series

The Georges Series

(related to the Company of Rogues)

Novellas and short stories

  • "The Fruit Picker". Writers of the Future. Vol. IV. 1988. ISBN 0-88404-314-2.
  • Grey, Kitty (1991). "If Fancy Be the Food of Love". A Regency Valentine. ISBN 0-449-22081-8.
    • "If Fancy Be the Food of Love". Regency Valentines. 2015. ASIN B00T3P4PHW.
  • Michaels, Fern; Martin, Kat; Beverley, Jo; Joyce, Brenda; Sutcliffe, Katherine (1991). "Twelfth Night". Five Golden Rings. ISBN 0-8217-7062-4.
  • Allen, Mary Elizabeth (1992). "Lord Samhain's Night". All Hallow's Eve. ISBN 0-8027-1252-5.
  • Balogh, Mary (1993). "The Demon's Bride". Moonlight Lovers. ISBN 0-451-17722-3.
  • Matthews, Laura (1995). "A Mummer's Play". A Regency Christmas. ISBN 978-0-451-18014-8.
  • "Forbidden Affections". A Spring Bouquet. 1996.
  • "The Determined Bride". Married at Midnight (Georgian). 1996.
  • "A Gift of Light". The Christmas Cat. 1996.
  • "The Lord of Elphindale". Faery Magic. 1998. Reissue 2006.
  • Beverley, Jo; Moore, Margaret; Simmons, Deborah (1999). "The Wise Virgin". The Brides of Christmas. ISBN 0-373-83417-9.
  • Beverley, Jo; Alfonsi, Alice; Farraday, Tess; Freiman, Kate (1999). "Day of Wrath". Star of Wonder. ISBN 0-515-12653-5.
  • Beverley, Jo; Maxwell, Cathy; Reding, Jaclyn; Royal, Lauren (2001). "The Demon's Mistress". In Praise of Younger Men. ISBN 0-451-20380-1.
  • "The Trouble With Heroes". Irresistible Forces (Trade ed.). 2004. MM 2006
  • "The Dragon and the Virgin Princess". Dragon Lovers. 2007.
  • "The Raven and the Rose ...". Chalice of Roses. 2010.
  • "The Marrying Maid". Songs of Love and Death. 2010.

Single novels

References

  1. ^ a b Janet (24 May 2016). "Publishing News: Tuesday News: RIP Jo Beverley, copyright irony, Sherman Alexie, and comic book movies for grown-ups". Dear Author. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Putney, Mary Jo (23 May 2016). "In Memoriam: Jo Beverley". Word Wenches.
  3. ^ a b GoodReads website, Jo Beverley
  4. ^ "About the Author". jobev.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ Book Clubs website, Jo Beverley
  6. ^ a b c d "Jo Beverley - Full Bio". jobev.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ^ a b Keele University website, Jo Beverley
  8. ^ "Jo Beverley's Biography". jobev.com. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  9. ^ Romance Writers of American website, Hall of Fame
  10. ^ "Jo Beverley at Fantastic Fiction". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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