Katharine Gordon

Katharine Gordon
Born 1916
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Pen name Katharine Gordon
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality British
Period 1978–2001
Genre romance
Notable awards Authors' Club First Novel Award, RoNA Award

Katharine Gordon (born 1916) is a British author who wrote eight romance novels from 1978 to 2001. For her debut novel, "The Emerald Peacock", she won in 1978 the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and in 1979 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award of Special Merit by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

Biography

Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but grew up in India. She married an English RAF pilot, retired after World War II, and flew as an airline captain. Before writing, she worked as Secretary to E. A. Army Wardens in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1950 to 1951; as Immigration Officer at the Immigration Department in Nairobi from 1954 to 1957; and as Consular Clerk at British Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, from 1964 to 1969.[2]

Bibliography

Peacock Series

  1. The Emerald Peacock (1978). This book tells the story of Sher Khan and Bianca.
  2. Peacock in Flight (1979) aka In the Shadow of the Peacock (1980). This book tells the story of Muna, the Rose of Madore.
  3. The Peacock Ring (1981) aka The Peacock Rider. This book tells the story of Robert, the son of Muna.
  4. The Peacock Fan (1996)
  5. Peacock in Jeopardy (1984)

Single Novels

  • Cheetah (1986)

Zeena Series

  1. The Palace Garden (2000)
  2. The Long Love (2001)

References and sources

  1. ↑ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 10 August 2012
  2. ↑ Miranda H. Ferrara (1995), The Writer's Directory, 1998–2000, St. James Press, p. 1836


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