Gloria Vitanza Basile

Gloria Vitanza Basile
Born Gloria Vitanza
(1929-06-29)June 29, 1929
Westfield, New York
Died September 29, 2004(2004-09-29) (aged 75)
San Jose, California
Education San Jose University
UCLA
Genre Romantic thriller
Science fiction
Notable works The Godson (1976)

Gloria Vitanza Basile (1929-2004) was an American novelist and songwriter.

She was born in Westfield, New York, in 1929 to Sicilian immigrant parents. She studied at San Jose University and the University of California - Los Angeles. Before she began her writing career, she owned and managed a women's clothing shop.[1] She published 13 best-selling novels, mainly romantic thrillers and later science fiction. She also wrote a song, "Ballad of One-Eyed Jacks," for a movie, One-Eyed Jacks (1961), starring Marlon Brando.[2]

Her best known novel is The Godson (1976), later renamed House of Lions, about a Mafia family; at the time, this was an unusual topic for women writers.[3] In an interview, Basile said her childhood experiences with prejudice against Sicilians inspired her to research her roots, and resulted in The Godson and another novel, Appassionato (1978), set in post-war Sicily.[1]

She published two novels under the pen name Michaela Morgan.[4]

Works

  • The Godson / House of Lions (1976)
  • Appassionato (1978)
  • The Manipulators (1979)
  • Born to Power (1979)
  • Giants in the Shadows (1979)
  • Marco (1980)
  • Francesca (1981)
  • Eye of the Eagle (1983)
  • Global 2000 Trilogy (1984)
  • The Jackal Helix (1984)
  • The Sting of the Scorpion (1984)
  • Iago, Phaedra[1]
  • Aurora[1]
  • Bethaynia[1]

As Michaela Morgan:

  • Zanzara (1978)
  • Madelaina (1979)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Romano, Anne T. (2010). "Gloria Vitanza Basile (1929- )". Daughters of Italy: The Journey of Italian American Women Writers. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9781453547823.
  2. ↑ "Gloria Vitanza Basile". San Jose Mercury News. October 12, 2004. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ LaGumina, Salvatore J.; et al. (2003). The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 700.
  4. ↑ "Books by Gloria Vitanza Basile". Goodreads.


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